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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson, Phil Willmott
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson, Phil Willmott
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This is the first adaptation of Treasure Island with great parts for both male and female performers. Inspired by real-life female adventurers, Phil Willmott has changed the gender of several of the central characters without compromising the spirit of Stevenson's classic novel. First produced to great acclaim as part of London's Free Theatre Festival on the South Bank in 2005, this swashbuckling stage adaptation brings out all the comedy and adventure of this ever-popular story. The play can be simply staged, is suitable for performance by kids and adults and can be adapted to suit a large company or a small team playing several roles.
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Treasure Island
Disreputable PATRONS swarm into a tavern yard from all directions.
The characters of LONG JOHN SILVER and BLIND PUGH are not present although the actors who play them are amongst the ensemble.
Many PATRONS are smashing the hell out of metal dustbins as drums in time to their chanting of:
Fifteen men on a dead manâs chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Letâs drink to the devil
And to hell with the rest.
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Itâs a huge exhilarating sound full of violence and energy.
It comes to a thundering climax.
JIM: Excuse me! Excuse me! EXCUSE ME!
The PATRONS shut up.
If I could take a moment of your time.
The wolfish patrons stare in amazement and some amusement at this apparent innocent whoâs wandered into their clutches.
GENTLEMAN JACK: Well lookee here!
ISRAEL HANDS: What do we have here?
JIM: (Fearlessly businesslike.) My name is Jim Hawkins and I seek a company of fit and hard working sailors to crew the Good Ship Hispañola, setting sail for foreign territories at the first opportunity. Any able-bodied seaman of good character and references is invited to sign up below. Excellent rates offered, high standard of duty expected. Are any of you looking for a job aboard ship? (He spots someone in the crowd.) Just a moment. Iâve seen that manâs face on a wanted poster at the customs house. Heâs a pirate! Get him!
Donât let him escape.
MEG the landlady takes charge.
MEG: What him! Him thatâs never hurt a fly? You must be mistaken lad; heâs as soft a nature as any lamb. See youâve scared him clean out of the window and away.
The PATRONS are amused by these events.
PICCADILLY POLL: Heâll be down as far as tobacco dock by now.
NIGHTINGALE NELL: He never was one to stick around when thereâs trouble.
PATRONS roar with laughter.
JIM: Then, you⊠You all know him? Then you must be⊠(Backing away in terror.) You all must beâŠ
MEG: Must be what lad? Spit it out. Whatâs troubling you?
JIM: Are you pirates too?
Gasps of mock ad-libbed horror and protestation from all.
MEG puts on a show of innocence for JIM.
MEG: Pirates. In my pub. No it canât be. This is a premises for respectable ladies and gentlemen, ainât that right?
SHOREDITCH SAL: Oh yes, respectable.
MEG: Thank heavens you chased him off. My goodness me a pirate here in the Shipwrightâs Arms! Iâve come over all giddy with the thought. Now one of you mob, go to the door and make sure no more of that type comes in here again. (To a member of the audience.) Sit up straight look respectable if youâre capable. (To JIM, trying to get rid of him.) You poor lad. Such nice manners. You must have had quite a shock. Youâll be wanting to get back to your ma and pa Iâm sure.
MEG: Did you indeed. Iâll give you a tip lad: these parts are no place for a youngster with no one to look out for him.
JIM: But I must find a crew for my friendâs ship if weâre to sail tomorrow.
NATHANIEL CRISP: We donât get many recruiting round these parts.
MEG: (To her customers.) Must be the sight of your ugly mugs puts people off.
Laughter.
JIM: So many ships have hired crew recently that weâve had little luck recruiting in the usual parts of town.
GEORGE MERRY: Well, youâve come to the right place.
GENTLEMAN JACK: Thereâs plenty hereâll sign up for a voyage for the right reward.
JIM: Oh youâd be well rewarded I promise you. My friend is very insistent on paying an honest wage for honest toil.
NIGHTINGALE NELL: Something smells fishy to me.
HARRY FLASH: It must be Meg!
Laughter.
JIM: The only thing we stipulate is no pirates!
GENTLEMAN JACK: Quite right too.
JIM: Pirates are the most despicable knaves alive. My poor father said they take through laziness and cowardice what other men earn through hard work and honourable living.
ISRAEL HANDS: Ainât that the truth!
Laughter.
HARRY FLASH: Thereâs no one here would disagree with that.
PICCADILLY POLL: Nasty vicious vermin!
GENTLEMAN JACK: Now, about that rich reward you was speaking of.
GEORGE MERRY: How much is your friend paying, boy?
JIM: Her ladyship is offering the sum of â
The inn yard goes still and quiet.
OLD JOE: Just a minute! Whatâs that you say, lad?
HARRY FLASH: âHer ladyshipâ? A female type person.
JIM: Thatâs right. Lady Trelawney herself is proposing to take personal charge of the expedition, I mean voyage.
SHOREDITCH SAL: A woman in charge.
GENTLEMAN JACK: Youâre joking ainât you, lad.
HARRY FLASH: A woman in charge of a ship?
OLD JOE: Donât you know thatâs unlucky.
GEORGE MERRY: Thereâs not a soul here thatâd sign up for ship with a woman in charge.
GENTLEMAN JACK: If youâve any sense you wonât serve as cabin boy neither.
HARRY FLASH: Why, women aboard ship, itâs as unlucky as, unlucky as â
OLD JOE: A stone in your pasty!
NATHANIEL CRISP: Itâs unheard of....
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APA 6 Citation
Stevenson, R. L. (2012). Treasure Island (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1980802/treasure-island-pdf (Original work published 2012)
Chicago Citation
Stevenson, Robert Louis. (2012) 2012. Treasure Island. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/1980802/treasure-island-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Stevenson, R. L. (2012) Treasure Island. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1980802/treasure-island-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.