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| The Ratbusters of Hamelin by Philip Bird (music Isabelle Michalakis) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. Whilst there is no formal requirement for a chorus, there are opportunities for additional townsfolk and additional children. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano/vocal scores for three original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play for kids, with an interesting variation on the Pied Piper story. (As suits modern tastes, it comes with a happy ending, though the mayor probably wouldn't think so.) |
| Synopsis | The people of Hamelin shake their mayor and town council out of their greedy complacency when the town's children are kidnapped by they hypnotic piper - assistant to the unpaid and affronted travelling doctor. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
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