Toad of Toad Hall (by Kenneth Grahame adapted by Philip Goulding)
Philip Goulding & Alan Williams
Genre: Play with Music
Cast size: 4 or 19
Duration: Two Act
Philip Goulding & Alan Williams | Play with Music | Comedy Adaptation | Full-length | 4m/f
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Adapted by Philip Goulding with music by Alan Williams
Meet the famous trickster of Toad Hall: the sharp-witted, finely groomed, incredible, magnificent, incomparable, munificent, marvellous Mr. Toad. A connoisseur of the finer things in life, Mr. Toad has gone and dug himself into a mole-hole that even he may not be able to escape from. After stealing one of the finest cars ever designed, Mr. Toad hurtles lickety-split along winding rural roads scaring the living daylights out of any poor creature that happens to be out attempting to enjoy the country air. Toot-toot! Inevitably, of course, Mr. Toad is apprehended by the heavy-handed rural police, and banged up for what could prove to be a good long while.
But all is not lost. With the help of a sympathetic friend Mr. Toad manages to break out of jail. But now Toad’s an infamous outlaw, bamboozling railway staff, hopping trains and river rafts, trying to out-scheme authority at every turn.
Meanwhile, when Toad is incarcerated, or barmily bounding about the countryside trying to save his trickster toady hide, the pack of faithful friends that he’s left behind fret about his welfare as the days and hours tick by. What’s worse, without Mr. Toad around, his pals Ratty, Badger and Mole haven’t been able to resist the scheming Stoats, Weasels and Wildwooders that have occupied Toad Hall!
Will this group of rogue rodents steal Toad’s home for good? Philip Goulding’s wildly hilarious adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic takes us on a thrilling countryside ride with the most comical creatures to show us that we really need to stick together if we don’t want things to fall apart.
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