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The White Cat

Full-Length Play, Pantomime  /  4w, 2m, 10any gender (adult)

The White Cat
by Norman Robbins

Norman Robbins' fun-packed pantomimes tell the traditional stories in a clear fast-moving style and can be staged simply or elaborately, as …

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m, 10any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Christmas/Holiday, Fables/Folktales
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary

Based on the nineteenth century story by the French Countess d'Aulnois the story concerns the heirless King Pat-a-Cake of Euphoria who has three adopted sons.  Seeking a successor he sets them atask, offering the throne to the winner.  Dim-witted Princes Fyne and Dandi squabble over he quest whilst Prince Peerless encounters a beautiful girl on his travels.  She is, in fact, Princess Rosamund, hidden twenty years ago by her distraught parents who believed she would be forced to marry Prince Ghastly by his mother Queen Venoma, who is still searching for her, using her magic powers.  Mother Goose keeps a fairy-watch over the story and is instrumental in hiding Rosamund at the court of the White Cat, Queen of Mysteria.

This new version of the famous Victorian pantomime has all the essential ingredients of modern pantomime from ghost sequences to the Dame and the children's sing-a-long, with the Internet, and e-mail thrown in for good measure!

History

First productions in 2002

To date just under 50 productions nationally

Cast Attributes

MOTHER GOOSE (F)

GHISELLE, her pet goose (M or F)

AMBROSE (M)

KING (M)

VENOMA (F)

DAME (M or F)

PRINCESS (F)

PETER (M or F)

FYNE (M or F)

DANDI (M or F)

PEERLESS (F or M)

BLUEMALKIN (M or F)

ESMERALDA (F)

PEGLEGASUS, a horse, (M or F) x2

TIGGER-TOES (dancer) (M or F)

Dame preferably played by a man - but not a female impersonator

Peerless preferably played by a woman (principal boy character)

Chorus of citizens, courtiers, servants, cats can be any in number, age or gender

  • Time Period Not Applicable
  • Setting

    Multiple settings as simple or extravagant as finances allow

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Elaborate / High Volume Costumes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive, Play w/ Music
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Norman Robbins

Norman Robbins, one of Amateur Theatre's most popular authors, wrote his first stage show almost 60 years ago whilst working for the Yorkshire Evening Post. An avid theatregoer from the age of three (his grandparents ran the pub near the local theatre so free tickets were al ...

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