Dramatized parodies of familiar stories : six one-act, royalty-free scripts, with original song lyrics set to well-known melodies, for performance by young people / by Claire Boiko.
A collection of plays which give surprising plots and settings to well-known stories and folk tales. Includes production notes.
Contents
Roamin' Jo and Juli; a lighthearted version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" -- Belinda and the beast; a wild-west adventure based on "Beauty and the beast" -- Rowdy Kate; a western "adaptation" of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the shrew" -- Cybernella; space-age disco antics modeled on "Cinderella" -- The town that couldn't wake up; romantic melodrama that retells "Sleeping Beauty" -- The fastest thimble in the west; a new look at "The brace little tailor."