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Hans Brinker

Short Play, Comedy  /  7w, 7m

Tom Taggart

Papa Brinker was injured years ago and lost his memory. He can't remember where the family's small fortune is buried or how a valuable gold watch came into his possession. His son Hans, daughter and wife live in poverty. How the buried treasure is found---how the mysterious watch points the way to h…

Hans Brinker

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    7w, 7m

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Papa Brinker was injured years ago and lost his memory. He can't remember where the family's small fortune is buried or how a valuable gold watch came into his possession. His son Hans, daughter and wife live in poverty. How the buried treasure is found---how the mysterious watch points the way to happiness for Dr. Boekman and how daughter Gretel wins the silver skates make a thrilling tale.

HANS BRINKER - a boy of Holland

GRETEL - his sister

RAFF BRINKER - their father

MEITJE BRINKER - their mother

HILDA VAN GLECK - the Burgomaster's daughter

PETER VAN HOLP - HANS' friend

ANNIE BOUMAN - a peasant girl

VOOSTENWALBERT SCHIMMELPENNINCK - a fat boy

BENJAMIN DOBBS - his English cousin

MYNHEER BOEKMAN - famous Dutch doctor

MEVROUW VOLLENHOVEN - his nurse

CARL SCHUMMEL

RYCHIE KORBES

KATRINKA FLACK

Cast consists of mostly children

  • Setting The Brinker cottage, on the banks of a canal near Amsterdam, long ago.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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