Jack the Lad

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Following the success of their collaboration on Robin Hood, David Wood and

Dave and Toni Arthur wrote Jack the Lad, a musical celebration of Jack, the

ubiquitous hero or everyman of English legend, myth and folklore - from

Little Jack Horner, through Jack and the Beanstalk to Spring Heeled Jack, the

Terror of London.

The setting is a gypsy encampment, where a series of Jack tales and songs

are performed by the gypsies to celebrate the 80th birthday of their senior

member - affectionately known as Jack the Lad. The play, therefore,

depicts contemporary gypsy life, as well as traditional gypsy customs and

superstitions, and is a delightful amalgam of the traditional arts of storytelling,

singing and dancing, with a mumming play, a shadow-mime and

puppetry also employed within the main framework.