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The Hand of Friendship

Short Play, Drama  /  16any gender (adult)

Joann Rose Leonard

A folktale from India for ages 8-18,
with flex-gendered roles and cultural insights into the timeless and
universal lessons of international storytelling.

The Hand of Friendship

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    16any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy, Adventure, Fables/Folktales
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A folktale from India. One of six globe-trotting one-acts for ages 8-18, with flex-gendered roles and cultural insights into the timeless and universal lessons of international storytelling. Includes cultural/historical production notes and a glossary or foreign words. Published in All the World’s a Stage, Volume 3.
History
All of the multicultural plays in each of the three volumes of All the World’s a Stage were first performed by MetaStages, a youth theatre outreach program at Penn State University. The plays were developed from folktales by MetaStages founder and director, Joann Rose Leonard.
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Performing Groups
SHANTA - the dancing teacher
INDU - a student
RAVI - a student
OSAMA - a student
SONALI - a student
JAHAN - the acting teacher
MIRA - the pipal tree
PUNJAB - the elephant
NANDA - the water buffalo
BRAHMAN 1
BRAHMAN 2
BRAHMAN 3
JACKAL 1
JACKAL 2
TAJ -a tiger
KHAN - a tiger
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Authors

Joann Rose Leonard

Joann Rose Leonard
Wisconsin born Joann Rose Leonard was Texas-raised and has chigger bite scars to prove it. Theatre-trained and frostbitten at Northwestern University, she worked as an actress in New York and in regional theatres across the U.S. She studied mime in Paris with Marcel Marceau ...
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