Rumpelstiltskin (Davis)
Joy Davis
Genre: Pantomime
Cast size: 23
Duration: Two Act
Joy Davis | Pantomime | 9m, 4f, 10m/f
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King Alfred's coffers are empty, due largely to Chancellor Scrimp helping himself to the ever increasing taxes. The King though is suspicious that Scrimp is not the honest Chancellor he appears to be and orders his Knights of the Square Table to spy on him.
Scrimp learns of a girl, Marigold, who he mistakenly thinks can turn flax to gold not realising it is only a game she is playing. He gets his incompetent debt collectors, Cash and Carry to bring her before the King in order that she can show how she can turn flax into gold.
However, when she cannot, the King throws her in the dungeon with orders that unless she can turn flax into gold she will be beheaded.
Rumplestiltskin, an evil gnome magically appears and offers to help Marigold in return for her first-born child. Marigold agrees and eventually marries Prince Gerald as reward for doing as she was ordered. When her first son is born Rumplestiltskin suddenly reappears to take the child. However, he is persuaded to let her keep her son if anyone can guess his name.
The Knights of the Square Table are immediately despatched to all four corners of the Kingdom to find out what the evil gnome’s name really is. Will they be successful? What do you think!
But will Gothel be able to keep her there forever, especially when Prince Leopold just happens to discover the same tall tower in the forest?
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