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'The Magic Tinderbox' by Peter Bond - songs and additional information.


'The Magic Tinderbox' by Peter Bond
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Songs
The following songs are suggestions; other songs may be used at the discretion of the production. Performance rights for the script do not include rights for songs.
Song #Song
1Wonderful Copenhagen (Frank Loesser)
2O Sole Mio (Music: Eduardo Di Capua. Lyrics: Giovanni Capurro. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
3aI Enjoy Being A Girl (Music: Richard Rodgers. Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein. From: Flower Drum Song)
3bSixteen Going On Seventeen (Music: Richard Rodgers. Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein. From: The Sound Of Music. Alt Lyrics: Peter Bond )
4Barcarolle (Jacques Offenbach. From: Tales of Hoffman. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
5aThe Entertainer (Scott Joplin. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
5bAfter The Ball (Charles K Harris. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
6aThere’s Something About A Soldier (Noel Gay)
6bGoodbyeee (Bert Lee & R P Weston)
7I’m Called Little Buttercup (Gilbert & Sullivan. From: HMS Pinafore)
8Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saëns)
9aThe Impossible Dream (Music: Mitch Leigh. Lyrics: Joe Darion)
9bI Will Survive (Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris. Sung By: Gloria Gaynor)
10Wonderful Copenhagen - Reprise (Frank Loesser)
11O Sole Mio - Reprise (Music: Eduardo Di Capua. Lyrics: Giovanni Capurro. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
12On the Street Where You Live (Music: Frederick Loewe. Lyrics: A J Lerner. From: My Fair Lady)
13At The Discretion Of The Production
14Barcarolle - Reprise (Jacques Offenbach. From: Tales of Hoffman. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
15At The Discretion Of The Production
16aI'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Music: Harry Carroll. Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy)
16bAll By Myself (Eric Carmen)
16cOn My Own (Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer. From: Les Misérables)
16dThe Entertainer (Scott Joplin. Alternative Lyrics: Peter Bond)
17At The Discretion Of The Production
Period and Geography
Location: Scandinavia. Time Periods: Timeless and 19th Century
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 6
Setting: Bedroom, Wilderness, Castle Interior, Castle Exterior, Village, Shop/Store and Front-of-Curtain
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
 Language Advisory:Help
We have not identified any instances of bad language in the text.
(However we are not omniscient. We therefore invite you to read the text on-line.)
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
A list of the suggested songs
Style:
British pantomime (a variety show with a story!) very loosely based on The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen. Lots of verbal humour (as you would expcet with a company of guards called Hoo, Mee, Yoo and Him).
Synopsis:
A witch tricks a young man into fetching a tinderbox. He discovers it can summon a magic dog who can grant wishes. This sort of thing is bound to lead to trouble... (And, unexpectedly, pizza.)

 
 

 
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