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Norman Robbins
Terry Early’s announcement that he and Susan Rickworth intend to marry rouses the fury of the formidable Alice, Terry’s mother, on account of a previous relationship between her and Reuben…
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In Usher, his great country house, aging horror star Romney Marsh gathers a group to read a new play. When the last guest arrives, Romney unleashes the guard dogs and…
The play is a pantomine on conventional lines with a dame, wicked witch, good fairy, haunted bedroom, and knock about scenes, contemporary songs to choice, references to local names, etc…
Penniless Dame Foxtrot doesn’t know her old Grandfather Clock is a magical possession. Years ago the Fairy Queen locked into it the wicked Black Imp who menaced Fairyland. If the…
The audience are taken back to Nursery-rhyme land for this lively pantomime of adventure, comedy and magic with all the traditional favourites: the good fairy, Georgie Porgie, Old King Cole…
Combines the traditional tale of Mother Goose with spirited songs and dances (to be chosen by the director). Plenty of opportunity for audience participation, led by irascible Billy, Mother Goose’s…
11 Principals. Chorus. Various interior and exterior settingsNorman Robbins’ fun-packed pantomimes tell the traditional stories in a clear fast-moving style and can be staged simply or elaborately, as required. The…
Norman Robbins’ fun-packed pantomimes tell the traditional stories in a clear fast-moving style and can be staged simply or elaborately, as required. The choice of music is left to the…
This is an adaptation of one of the most exciting Arabian Night stories of all time. The staging can be simple or elaborate and casting flexible - only a few…
Norman Robbins pantomime tells the traditional story in which his own wacky style combines with the traditional elements to provide a script that is hilarious and imaginative, with plenty of…
Taking its title from the traditional song Green Grow the Rushes O , this play explores the events surrounding a murder which took place four years previously and how strangely…
When the Catholic Church decides to close the tiny convent of St Gudrun and dispose of its assets, it unwittingly brings tragedy to the peaceful village of Redston.
Marion Bishop, an elderly writer of romantic novels, is dying. Katherine Willis, kind soul from the nearby village, looks after Marion in a most caring way while coping with her…
In the seemingly quiet town of Bere Knighton there is never a dull moment for Dr Richard Forth. Not only does he have a hectic work schedule and an awkward…
A happily married man tries to explain to his stubborn mother-in-law that his old friend from the past, Hilary, is not a woman and a risk to his marriage, or…
As night falls and fog descends on Monument House Hotel and Alternative Health Spa, Hecuba Tomb and her niece Drusilla receive a series of unexpected visitors. The uninvited guests are…
Long retired from the operatic stage, the famous soprano, Tryphosa Swan, is still a force to be reckoned with. Impulsive, imperious, and incredibly rich, she has only one regret in…
Alison Murchison is the last sort of a girl one would visualize as a heroine she’s fat, straight haired and wears glasses. But her Uncle Frank decides to make her…
In a guest house in the Peak District, Marjory Pike is wrongly identified by another guest as the author of a book declaiming certain mediums, one of whom had committed…
Set in the village of Pumpernickel, the Forest Fairy and Attrocia, the Witch, battle for the villagers. Attrocia builds the Gingerbread House to entice the children, Hansel and Gretel, but…
A pantomime based on an English legend involving real people.
Pantomime for 13 characters and chorus on convential lines with a bad tempered fairy, a good witch, knockabout scenes, reference to local names and so on, but based on a…
Based on the 19th-century story by the French Countess d'Aulnois the story concerns the heir-less King Pat-a-Cake of Euphoria who has three adopted sons. Seeking a successor he sets them…
Mother Goose has insured the smooth running of Nursery rhyme land for years. The king’s on his throne, everyone’s happy and Humpty Dumpty is still in his egg on the…
Dame Dallymore’s orphanage is in peril. She has been unable to pay the rent for ten years, so the cruel Squire wants to make her - and all the orphans…
This delightful version of Aladdin and his Magic Lamp is told in time honored pantomine fashion with all the well loved characters and Aladdin himself and, of course, the well…
Comedy Thriller Norman Robbins
Characters: 4 males, 6 females
Scenery: Interior
Months have passed since the ghastly events in Monument House occurred that are related in A Tomb with a…
The gruesome discovery of several dead bodies buried on the moor sparks a police investigation and a heavy media presence in the remote North Yorkshire village of Chellingford. When Adrian…
Comedy Thriller / Casting: 4m, 6f / Scenery: Interior A Tomb With A View is set in as sinister an old library as one is likely to come across presided…
Norman Best
A memoir of a union activist fighting for industrial democracy, quality craftsmanship and self-actualization through work. It shows how the construction of rural roads, railroad bridges, and modern superhighways depended…
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