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'The Musicians of Bremen - Pantomime' by Hilary Mackelden - songs and additional information.


'The Musicians of Bremen - Pantomime' by Hilary Mackelden
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Songs
The following songs are suggestions; other songs may be used at the discretion of the production. Performance rights for the script do not include rights for songs.
Song #Song
1A Comedy Tonight (Stephen Sondheim)
2Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich)
3Delaney’s Donkey (William Hargreaves)
4Old Mother Hubbard (in the style of Handel) (Victor Hely-Hutchinson)
5Rockstar (Chad Kroeger, Daniel Adair, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake)
6Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (Henry J. Sayers (new lyrics by Hilary Mackelden))
7A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One (Music by Arthur Sullivan, lyrics by W. S. Gilbert)
8Chain Gang (Sam Cooke and Charles Cooke Jr)
9Food, Glorious Food! (Lionel Bart)
10The Great Escape theme ([Instrumental] Elmer Bernstein)
11Yakety Sax ([Instrumental] James Q Rich and Boots Randolph)
12Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Eliphalet Oram Lyte)
13he Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) (Music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin)
14Don’t Stop Me Now (Freddie Mercury)
15The Laughing Policeman (George W. Johnson and Billie Grey)
Period and Geography
Location: a fictitious country. Time Period: Timeless
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 5
Setting: Dining Room, Prison Cells, Forest, Village, 'Other Location' and Front-of-Curtain
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
 Language Advisory:Help
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(However we are not omniscient. We therefore invite you to read the text on-line.)
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
A list of the suggested songs
A list of the required sound effects
Style:
A full-length pantomime, based (fairly loosely!) on the Brothers Grimm story. Multiple sets, but front-of-curtain scenes keep the show moving during set changes.
Synopsis:
Mother Hubbard needs money to keep her farm, and stop the evil Henry Harrington turning it into a chicken pie factory. Her animals hatch a plan to enter the best band contest at the local music festival - but before they get the chance, they're framed for bank robbery!

 
 

 
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