Roald Dahl
Adapted for the stage by David Wood

5m, 2f, 1 boy, extras

Various simple settings.

Nine year old Danny lives happily in a gypsy caravan with his father but his world is turned upside-down when he learns that his father poaches pheasants from the estate of the nasty, greedy Victor Hazell. One night his father doesn’t return from a poaching run and Danny fears the worst. Danny sets off on a courageous journey to find his father and with a little help from the village soon finds himself masterminding the most incredible and exciting plot ever attempted against Victor Hazell.

“ . . . as fine a piece of theatre for young people as one could hope to see . . . moving, uplifting, funny and fast-moving . . captures the spirit of Dahl’s work in a highly persuasive and heartwarming manner . . .”

Fee: $75 per performance.

Other David Wood titles available from Samuel French include:

Babe, The Sheep Pig
Babes in the Magic Wood
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Flibberty and the Penguin
The Gingerbread Man
Hijack Over Hygenia
The Ideal Gnome Expedition
Jack the Lad
James and the Giant Peach
The Meg and Mog Show
Mother Goose's Golden Christmas
Nutcracker Sweet
Old Father Time
Old Mother Hubbard
The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See
The Papertown Paperchase
The Pied Piper
The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner
Robin Hood
Save the Human
The See Saw Tree
The Selfish Shellfish
Spot's Birthday Party
There Was an Old Woman . . .
The Witches