MOTHER GOOSE

The Cast:  

Mother Goose             A stereotypical panto dame

Jack                             Mother Goose’s son, in love with Annabelle

Horace                         } 2  policeman

Alf                               }

Jim                               } 2 villagers

Jill                                }

Baron Grabbitall         The penniless and unprincipled owner of the cottage           

Annabelle                    The Baron’s daughter, in love with Jack       

Goose 

Fairy Nuff                   The Good Fairy

Wicked Willie             An alien servant of the Man in the Moon

Man In The Moon       Lunar Royalty

Gloria Hunnibun         An American visitor to li’l ole England

Walter Hunnibun III   Her husband (not very communicative but very rich)

Cow                            Front and back ends required, must be agile.

Taxman                       A much maligned public servant

Additional Roles

Guard, Villagers, Moon dwellers, Cat, Dog, Dish, Spoon

Synopsis:

The Baron, aided by the two stupid policemen, needs to force the Dame out of  her cottage.  They plan to kidnap her goose and hold it to ransom.  Meanwhile, the Baron arranges to sell the cottage to rich Americans.

Wicked Willie hypnotises the two PC’s and they help him to steal the goose for his master instead.  Willie returns to the moon.

After Alf’s home-made spaceship explodes, the cast set off in hot pursuit, aided by the good fairy.

Wicked Willie is blown up by his own bomb and the man in the Moon explains everything. He must act out the story, ‘Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle…’ They agree to help him re-enact the nursery rhyme, but correctly, with Annabelle’s cow jumping over the Moon instead of the goose.

Back on Earth, the cow is practising.  She falls down the well, and the lost treasure of the Grabitalls comes to light.  A spider infested cake, baked during a very messy slapstick scene, frightens away the American tourists and the treasure satisfies the taxman, funds Annabelle and Jack’s wedding, covers the unpaid rent and pays for a celebration.  The cow is over the Moon and everyone else is happy too.