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Maxwell: Plays Three
About this book
Three beautifully crafted plays for young people by the award-winning playwrightGlyn Maxwell. Contains the plays Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, and Merlin and the Woods of Time.
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Dramatis Personae
THE WOOD
WATERCUP
an itinerant healer
LILY
his best friend and helper
ELAINE
the Lady of The Woods
CAMELOT
KING ARTHUR
QUEEN GUINEVERE
SIR LANCELOT
SIR GAWAIN
and
SIR MORDRED
Knights
SIR LUCAN
and
SIR BORS
former Knights, now Experts
HERALD
a singer
MERLIN
THE WHITE KNIGHT
MRS GORMAN
a service professional
NOTE ON LILY
Lily communicates in two ways, indicated by typography:
1. She mimes, and other characters interpret aloud what she means.
2. Or she mimes and simultaneously speaks the line in Welsh, as printed.
Merlin and the Woods of Time was first performed on July 14th 2011 in Grosvenor Park, Chester, as part of the open-air summer season produced by Chester Performs. The play was staged in repertory with As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
Cast
Nick Asbury – BORS
Mike Burnside – GAWAIN
Paul-Ryan Carberry – LANCELOT
Rob Compton – THE WHITE KNIGHT
Natalie Grady – MRS GORMAN
David Hartley – WATERCUP
Rosie Jones – ELAINE
Alan McMahon – MERLIN
Tarek Merchant – MUSICIAN
Robert Mountford – MORDRED
David Ricardo-Pearce – HERALD
Sophie Roberts – GUINEVERE
Sevan Stephan – ARTHUR
Rebecca Smith Williams – LILY
Andrew Westfield – LUCAN
Creative Team
Alex Clifton – Director
takis – Designer
David Shrubsole – Composer
Kay Magson – Casting
With thanks to Rebecca Smith Williams
and Angharad Fflur Dafydd for the mystical wood-warble.
and Angharad Fflur Dafydd for the mystical wood-warble.
ACT ONE
HERALD: Once in the woods of a world you know
A story grew where the lime-trees grow
And it grew till you sat where you sit right now
Between a first word and a final bow
And when it was over, I heard it cry
‘Why are we stopping?’ Don’t ask me why…
WATERCUP and LILY. WATERCUP sits, exhausted. LILY signs to him.
WATERCUP: Why are we stopping…Don’t ask me why,
Lily, I can’t walk any more, we’ve walked
since doomsday afternoon is what it feels like.
How can we eat if we stop…We have no food,
no money… I know we need
a place of many people, I know we need
a crowd to sell our medicines to, I know
you’re hungry, but I’m starving! I’m fading…
illusions of some great celestial p...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Open Air and House of Stories
- Alice in Wonderland
- Wind in the Willows
- Merlin and the Woods of Time
- By the same author