Rapunzel (Davis)
Joy Davis
Genre: Pantomime
Cast size: 14 +Chorus
Duration: Two Act
Joy Davis | Pantomime | 6m, 8f +Chorus
Short synopsis
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Loosely based on the original Brothers Grimm story this is a very funny traditional family pantomime full of slap stick and silly jokes with great songs, most of them with rewritten lyrics that specifically suit the plot.
Gothel, the witch is obsessed by being beautiful and eats a magic plant in her garden to ensure she remains so. Liesl, her next-door neighbour who is having a baby has taken a fancy to eating the plant and sends her husband Kurt to go and steal some of the leaves.
However, all the plants are soon gone and when Gothel catches Kurt she takes their newly born baby as punishment. Sensing that the magic is in the baby’s hair she vows they will never see their baby again.
Helga, Kurt’s mother promises to help them get their baby back with the help of a trio of robbers, Heinz, Fritz and Anna. Whilst they are initially successful in taking back the baby, Gothel, with the help of her fellow witches recaptures Rapunzel, as the baby is now called after the magic plant.
Gothel takes Rapunzel to a tall tower with no door with the only entrance being via Rapunzel’s magic hair which has grown and grown and remains the source of Gothel’s continuing beauty.
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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