Mother Goose (pantomime script)
An eggs-ellent traditional family panto
Mother Goose
Truly the Hamlet of dame roles! Will the poor but kind-hearted Mother Goose realise that friendship is more important than beauty in time to defeat the wicked Demon of Discontent and save her goose Priscilla?
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Within the script, you will note places where square brackets indicate the text can be updated with a local reference. The author also gives permission for the text to be updated based on contemporary events and the requirements of your production.
CHARACTERS: 15, plus chorus
4M, 4F, 7M/F
RUNNING TIME: approx. 120 minutes, minus interval
CHARACTERS
MOTHER GOOSE (M)
Silly BILLY, her son (M)
COLIN, her other son (M/F)
JILL, the squire’s daughter (F)
PRISCILLA the goose (M/F – skin part)
SQUIRE Tightwad (M)
The DEMON of Discontent (M/F)
GRABBEM, SMASHEM and RUN, bailiffs who work for the squire (M/F)
Fairy SUNSHINE (F)
Fairy SNOWFLAKE (F)
Fairy TREVOR (M)
Character note: the gag with Fairy Trevor is that he’s a stagehand who’s been drafted in at the last minute to fill in for Fairy Raindrop
FAIRY QUEEN (F)
LORD GANDER of the Goose Dimension (M/F)
Chorus parts
“RUDDY” NORA, a woman with a red face
A BUTLER, Jeeves
A 50P
GHOST
VILLAGERS
TRADERS
DEMON MINIONS
FAIRY ATTENDANTS
Despite the gender suggestions given, it is possible to adapt parts to the cast. For example, I have staged this pantomime with the comic role of Silly Billy as a “breeches part” and a female Demon, while the role of the Fairy Queen was played by a man in the style of a drag queen.
SCENE LIST
Act One
Prologue – woodland near the village (frontcloth)
Scene 1 – the village of Windy Bottom (full stage)
Scene 2 – outside the beauty parlour (frontcloth)
Scene 3 – Mother Goose’s beauty parlour (full stage)
Scene 4 – woodland near the village (frontcloth)
Scene 5 – Mother Goose’s boudoir (full stage)
Scene 6 – outside Mother Goose’s cottage (frontcloth)
Scene 7 – Mother Goose’s cottage (full stage)
Scene 8 – Tightwad Towers (frontcloth)
Scene 9 – Mother Goose’s beauty parlour (full stage)
Scene 10 – Tightwad Towers (frontcloth)
Act Two
Scene 1 – woodland near the village (frontcloth)
Scene 2 – Mother Goose’s boudoir (full stage)
Scene 3 – spooky woods (full stage)
Scene 4 – the village of Windy Bottom (full stage)
Scene 5 – on the way to the woods (frontcloth)
Scene 6 – spooky woods (full stage)
Scene 7 – spooky woods (full stage)
Scene 8 – spooky woods (full stage)
Scene 9 – woodland near the village (frontcloth)
Finale – the village of Windy Bottom (full stage)
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