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'The Elves and the Shoemaker' by JPS Yates - songs and additional information.
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'The Elves and the Shoemaker' by JPS Yates
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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
1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (Music: Ray Henderson. Lyrics: Lew Brown & B G De Sylva. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
2
Save Your Love (Johnny & Sue Edward. Sung By: Renee & Renato. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
3
I Will Talk Hollywood Will Listen (Robbie Williams & Guy Chambers. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
4
Sisters (Irving Berlin. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
5
Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Music: Richard Rodgers. Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein. From: The Sound Of Music. Alt Lyrics: JPS Yates)
6a
You Did It (Music: Frederick Loewe. Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner. From: My Fair Lady. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
6b
Why Can’t the English Teach Their Children How To Speak (Music: Frederick Loewe. Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner. From: My Fair Lady. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
7
Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
8
Pinball Wizard (Pete Townshend. Sung By: The Who. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
9a
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Music: Jerome Kern. Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein. From: Show Boat. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates )
9b
In These Shoes (Kirsty MacColl. Alternative Lyrics: JPS Yates)
10
Footloose (Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford)
Period and Geography
Locations
: a fictitious country and England.
Time Periods
: 18th Century and 19th Century
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets
: 3
Setting
: Village, Shop/Store, Street and Front-of-Curtain
Set Requirements
: Backdrops/simple flats
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
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 list of the required sound effects
Descriptions of the characters
Costume notes
Style
:
Full-length British pantomime.
Synopsis
:
The evil empire-building Freeman Hardly-Lykely is taking over Tommy Cobbler's shoe-making business. Only a last minute deal can save the shop and the Cobblers home, and maybe win Joe Cobbler the hand of lovely Clementine into the bargain.
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