The Tales of Custard the Dragon

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Cast Size

2w, 4m
Duration

45-50 minutes
Subgenre

Fantasy, Adventure, Adaptations (Literature), Theatre for Young Audiences
Target Audience

Appropriate for all audiences, Young Children (Age 2 - 5), Children (Age 6 - 10)

Details

Summary

Based on The Tale of Custard the Dragon and Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight by Ogden Nash. Join Custard the Dragon and his friends as they embark on a musical journey in which a most unlikely hero finds true courage. Based on the whimsical stories by Ogden Nash, this musical tale follows the exploits of young Belinda and her three boastfully brave pets, Mustard the Dog, Ink the Cat, and Blink the Mouse, and one not-so-brave dragon, Custard. Yet when Belinda is confronted first by a fearsome pirate and then a wicked knight, it's Cowardly Custard who comes to the rescue. Audiences will treasure Custard's discovery that you can be brave, even when you are afraid – Real courage comes from love. Audiences ages 5 and above will delight in this family musical.

History

Commissioned and originally produced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. It opened Off-Broadway in New York at the DR2 Theatre on November 2, 2008.

Cast Attributes

Keywords

Performing Groups

BELINDA - A little girl with a big imagination (Soprano)
BLINK - A mouse with a lion’s personality (Tenor or Baritone or Mezzo-Soprano if played by a woman)
INK – A worldly-wise Cat (Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano)
MUSTARD – Not-the-brightest Dog (Braitone)
CUSTARD – A dragon, both cowardly and dear (Tenor or High Baritone)
*THE PIRATE – A villain up to no good (Baritone)
*SIR GARAGOYLE – A wicked knight from a dark, faraway castle (Baritone)

*In a cast of six actors, the Pirate and Sir Garagoyle are doubled.
*In a cast of five actors, the roles of Mustard/the Pirate are doubled and the roles of Blink/Sir Garagoyle are doubled.

Time Period Present Day
Setting In Belinda’s room and in her imagination
Duration 45-50 minutes
Cautions
- No Special Cautions

Media

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The Tales of Custard the Dragon - Full Production
The Tales of Custard the Dragon - Full Production
The Tales of Custard the Dragon - Trailer

Music

Song Samples

Spread Your Wings sung by Custard and Belinda

Mouse sung by Blink the Mouse

Cowardly sung by Custard

I Saved the Day sung by Ink the Cat

Prologue
Nash Part 1
Cowardly
Transition into Belinda’s School of Bravery
Belinda’s School of Bravery (No Ordinary Dog, I Saved The Day, Mouse)
Nash Part 2
What Happened?
In The Eyes Of My Belinda
Nash Part 3
Imagine
Nash Part 4
Spread Your Wings
Nash Part 5
I Have A Habit
Spread Your Wings (Reprise) / Nash Part 6

This title is orchestrated for Piano Only.

Orchestra Size Piano Only

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Authors

Brad Ross

Brad Ross, winner of the Richard Rodgers Development Grant, is a composer of musical theatre, pop and classical music. His musicals and orchestral works have been performed worldwide.

Musical Theatre:
Three Musicals published by Samuel French. Little by Little premiered off-Br ...

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Mary Hall Surface

Danny Whitman

Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash (1902-1971). One of the most widely appreciated and imitated writers of light verse, Frediric Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York in 1902. Nash's first published poems began to appear in the New Yorker around 1930. His first collection of poems, Hard Lines, was pu ...

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The Tales of Custard the Dragon