Goosed!: a funny fairy tale one act play [Theatre Script]
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Looking for a large cast comedy play script with plenty of female roles for your next festival or drama competition? It’s time to get Goosed!
When two poor sisters save a goose from the butcher, the animal is so grateful it produces them piles of gold. But when their greedy neighbors want the treasure for t
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Goosed! - Hillary DePiano
The Tale of Tales project
Giambattista Basile (1566–1632) wrote and compiled the 60 fairy tales within The Pentamerone (Lo cunto de li cunti in Neapolitan or The Tale of Tales in English) in Naples, Italy in the early 1600s. His sister, Adriana, published it in two volumes in 1634 and 1636 after his death. While not widely known, it's important historically because the Brothers Grimm later used it as the source for their far more famous fairy tale collection. The Tale of Tales contains the earliest known versions of fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Puss in Boots, Hansel and Gretel and more.
But I'm not interested in the stories everyone has heard of. I like the obscure ones, the weird ones lost to time. Why do we obsessively retell the same dozen fairy tales when there are plenty of other great ones we ignore?
It bothers me. So, since early 2013, I've been adapting these lesser-known tales for modern audiences to bring these stories back into circulation. I've modernized them with today's audiences in mind while still staying true to the spirit of the originals. Wherever possible, I also preserved the names from the original fairy tale and, where characters were unnamed, I've named them within the historical context and often with names from elsewhere in the Tales themselves.
This project is still ongoing. For the latest list of all the tales I've adapted from The Tale of Tales and what I'm working on next, visit HillaryDePiano.com.
Bibliography
Basile, Giambattista (2007). Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones
. Translated by Nancy L. Canepa, illustrated by Carmelo Lettere, foreword by Jack Zipes. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2866-8.
Standalone One-Acts
There are standalone one-act versions of every fairy tale I've adapted from The Tale of Tales.
The Myrtle
30-40 minutes, 5 m 8 f (6-20+ performers possible)
A prince discovers his myrtle tree turns into a fairy maiden at sundown.
Goosed!
(based on The Goose)
25-35 minutes, 2 m 6 f 8 any (11-20+ performers possible)
Two poor sisters rescue a golden goose but their sneaky neighbors want it for themselves.
Arm Candy
(based on Pintosmalto)
35-45 minutes, 2 m, 4 f (5-7+ performers possible)
When a brilliant inventor builds