Goose Girl, The Pantomime Script by Doris Russell

Goose Girl, The Doris Russell This is the lovely story of a medieval princess who sets forth to another part of the country to be betrothed to a prince she has never even seen, It opens with preparations at the prince’s court for the nuptials, and then we see the princess and her mother packing her trunk in readiness for the weeklong journey. The Good Fairy appears and gives her a magic ring to protect her from evil, but in the forest on the way she loses the ring and her wicked maid picks it up, with the aid of the evil Jack Frost, and wears it, to assume the role of Princess. The true princess then has to become her servant, They are protected by two ostlers (the idiots of the story who provide the comedy, along with the Dame who is appointed her new maid and it gooseherd) On arrival at the Court the poor servant is put out to help the gooseherd, who eventually finds he is failing in love with her, Of course the expected happens and the ring is retrieved by the ostlers, she is dragged off to jack ’Frost’s lair, and rescued by her Prince, to make a happy ending. An intriguing tale where good wins over evil---quite unusual, but a traditional Pantomime, with slapstick, comedy, audience participation and a ripping good story. Prices Note. All prices shown are now inclusive. No additional VAT is charged on Scripts, Library Reading Service or Performing Licences. Royalty Code F Script £5.00 Library Service £1.50 Performing Licence £45.00 per performance for Hall seating up to 150 Performing Licence £50.00 per performance for Hall seating up to 400 Please note that one Performing Licence is required for each performance. Buy Online Cast Summary Goose Girl, The: 14 Principals Synopsis “The Goose Girl” is the perfect Pantomime subject, which I found in a very old book of fairy tales. The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were told these magical stories in their childhood and eventually collaborated to write them down for posterity. They were born in the late 18th century, so a very different world from ours today, but still the tales hold the same magic for the modern child, and in Pantomime form for adults, however sophisticated we think our lives are with all the trappings of the 21st century. “The Goose girl” has a few bloodthirsty elements running through it, which from my own boys’ experience I know all children would enjoy, but as most adults would take exception I’ve toned down most of them! For instance, the ring given to Yolanda should be in the form of a blood-soaked handkerchief, and the assumed Princess orders the horses to be killed and their heads cut off and hung in the stable yard---perhaps a bit too gory for a stage production for the family! The tale has the Good fairy and the evil Jack Frost weaving their way through it, and as always the Good fairy wins. It starts off with the peasants of a village in the Kingdom of Wessex learning the news that their Prince is to marry the Princess of the distant Kingdom of Mercia. The King’s Lord Chamberlain finds he fancies cottager Dame Dippy, who is asked to wait on the Princess when she arrives in a week’s time. Gimlet the gooseherd and his pet goose introduce themselves here. Then the story moves on to the Castle in Mercia, where the Queen is packing her daughter’s trunk for the journey, assisted by the maid, Matilda. Two ostlers are summoned to escort the bride-to-be and her maid to the Wessex Court. They provide a great deal of the comedy, along with the Dame and goose-herd. The Fairy appears and gives the Princess a magic ring to keep her safe from harm. They are next seen in the forest, nearing their destination, but Yolanda loses the ring as she drinks water from the brook, and the wicked maid quickly picks it up and takes on the role of Princess, relegating her mistress to serve her as her maid. The Chamberlain and Courtier arrive to escort them for the remainder of their journey,as the ostlers are by now completely lost. Everyone is deceived by the new Princess, including the King and Prince when they arrive there. They catch a glimpse of Yolanda in the courtyard and ask who the lovely girl is down there. Matilda insists she be given a menial task to keep her from being idle and out of her way, and they appoint her assistant to the gooseherd, thus giving the story its name. Of course the inevitable happens, and the gooseherd falls in love with her, but she remains true to her Prince and cannot tell him why he is spurned, as she fears for her life at Matilda’s hands if she does. Then things really hot up---Jack Frost captures Yolanda, literally out of the gooseherd’s arms, and in Panto fashion drags her off to his icy lair. Meanwhile the two ostlers get their way into the Castle and manage to retrieve the ring in an hilarious slapstick scene, which in her turn Matilda loses. All is revealed to the Prince and they go to rescue the real Princess in a magical final scene of ice and snow behind a white gauze curtain. Jack Frost gets his just desserts and is melted by the Fairy and ends up as a few drops of water in a bucket. The Prince and Yolanda have found true love, as the hero and heroine always do, the Chamberlain is rewarded at last for his wooing of Dame Dippy, and the bad Matilda is thrown out to the mercies of the forest as punishment. “The Goose Girl” is full of action, with plenty of comedy running through it, and a wonderful story to keep audiences enthralled. In its first production very few were familiar with the fairytale, so the adults couldn’t wait to learn what happened next as the story unfolded, and the children were spell-bound right through, not one of them bored for one minute, even toddlers---no-one went to sleep, that was assured! Any drama group, large or small, could present it successfully. I recommend it to you. Read Sample Pages Specifications Format: Paperback Pages: iv,45 Dimensions: A5 (148mm width x 210mm height) Publisher: Jasper Publishing Published: 2010 Language: English ISBN: 978 1 906997 64 9 Links If you would like to include a link to this script, you can copy the following HTML and paste it into your own website. 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