The Woodman and the Goblins

Short Play, Dark Comedy / 1m, 3f

A lonely woodcutter finds three eggs in the middle of the dark forest, brings them home, and they hatch into three beautiful young girls who first enchant, then torment, and finally destroy him.

The Woodman and the Goblins

Cast Size
1m, 3f
Duration
10 minutes
Subgenre
Fables/Folktales
Accolades
Not Applicable
Target Audience
- Adult
- Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13)
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Additional Info

A lonely woodcutter finds three eggs in the middle of the dark forest, brings them home, and they hatch into three beautiful young girls who first enchant, then torment, and finally destroy him. This scary, funny, and haunting play is based on an old European folktale that was a favorite of Charles Dickens. In Green Man & Other Plays.

Keywords

Childhood, Fairy Tales

Considerations

Performing Groups

High School/Secondary
College Theatre / Student
Community Theatre
Professional Theatre
Shoestring Budget
Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

Cautions

No Special Cautions

License details

Minimum Fee: $45 per performance

Production

Details

Time Period: Not Applicable
Duration: 10 minutes
Additional Features: No intermission
Features / Contains: Period Costumes

Music

Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)

Casting

1m, 3f

WOODMAN
NAN
TESS
LEA

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Cast Attributes

Ensemble cast

Resources

Scripts

Green Man and Other Plays

Authors

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written monologues and epics, spare realistic dramas ...

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First produced at Iowa Braille & Sight Saving School in Vinton, Iowa, in 1980.

The Woodman and the Goblins

The Woodman and the Goblins