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'Cutpurse Moll and the Lonely Hearts' by David Pemberton - songs and additional information.


'Cutpurse Moll and the Lonely Hearts' by David Pemberton
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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
1I'm Getting Married in the Morning (Loewe and Lerner)
2Old Beer Bottle (James Leisy and Charles Grean)
3A Single Life (Hedy West)
4Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Turk and Handman)
5The Roast Beef of Old England (Henry Fielding)
6Somewhere A Voice Is Calling (Tate and Newton)
7My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Trad., new lyrics by David Pemberton)
8My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Robert Burns, new lyrics by David Pemberton)
9(Adapted from) Gentlemen Rankers (Rudyard Kipling, new lyrics by David Pemberton)
Period and Geography
Location: England. Time Period: 17th Century
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 4
Setting: Stage, Street, Courtroom and A Room
Set Requirements: Furniture Only
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: less than 1 known rude word per thousand.
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
Sexual slurs
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
A synopsis of the plot
Miscellaneous notes from the author
Style:
Full-length comedy with music - a modern take on the life of a notorious 17th century figure. Four settings, but created by the company moving furniture, otherwise bare stage.
Synopsis:
When cross-dressing criminal Moll Cutpurse agrees to 'marry' Sebastian, it is all part of the escort service she provides for gentlemen of society. In reality, young Sebastian wants to marry Mary, but his father has refused, so he tries to deceive him into believing that he intends to marry the notorious Moll instead.

 
 

 
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