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The Woodman and the Goblins

Short Play, Dark Comedy  /  3w, 1m

Don Nigro

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

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fables/Folktales
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
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.
History
First produced at Iowa Braille & Sight Saving School in Vinton, Iowa, in 1980.
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Performing Groups
WOODMAN
NAN
TESS
LEA
  • Time Period Not Applicable
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Don Nigro

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 ...

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