The 3 1/2 Musketeers

The 3 1/2 Musketeers

Book by Tim Kelly
Music and Lyrics by Jack Sharkey
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas

The 3 1/2 Musketeers

The 3 1/2 Musketeers

Book by Tim Kelly
Music and Lyrics by Jack Sharkey
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas

Overview

Alexandre Dumas’ greatest swashbuckling novel is turned inside out, and the result is sheer musical hilarity. Darth Canyon, a country lad, dreams of becoming a King’s Musketeer. In Paris, he joins up with three of the best: Armistice, Pothole and Applesauce. Because Darth Canyon is very short they decide to be known as “The 3 1/2 Musketeers.” Soon Darth Canyon is smitten with one of the Queen’s handmaidens, the lovely Custard (she’s sweet and always running). The Musketeers find themselves smack in the middle of a wild plot concocted by the evil Minister of State, Richelieu, and his number one spy, the devastatingly beautiful (and wicked) Countess De Whimper.

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Details

  • Genre: Parody / Spoof
  • Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences

Authors

Tim Kelly

Kelly was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on October 2, 1932. He graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree and received a masters degree in play-writing from Yale University. His first stage play was Widow's Walk, published in the 1960s. At the same time, three of ...
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Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey (1931-1992) was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 to 1955. In mid-1955, Mr. Sharkey enlisted in the Army, serving at Sandia Base ...

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Author

Alexandre Dumas