The Myrtle

<p><strong>Looking for a large cast comedy play script with plenty of female roles for your next festival or drama competition? You’ll find a winning combo of slapstick and sentimentality in <em>The Myrtle</em>! </strong></p><p>When a trio of sneaky suitors steal a beautiful myrtle tree and gift it to the prince they don’t know it transformers into a fairy maiden at sundown. But now the prince must right the wrong and reunite myrtle and mother at the risk of losing the woman he loves. A weird and wacky romantic comedy about family and flaws inspired by the Italian fairy tale. </p><p>Love blooms in this modern adaptation of The Myrtle from Giambattista Basile’s The Tale of Tales (Il Pentamerone Lo cunto de li cunti).</p><ul> <li>Comedy / Fantasy</li> <li>5 m 8 w (5-20+ performers possible)</li> <li>30-40 minutes</li></ul><p>Features</p><ul> <li>Simple flexible staging.</li> <li>Large cast with majority female roles.</li> <li>Opportunities for physical comedy masked commedia dell’arte and improvisation.</li> <li>Great length for drama competitions and classroom study.</li></ul><p><strong>Fairly Obscure Fairy Tale Plays</strong></p><p>Looking for some crowd-pleasing funny fairy tale plays that aren’t the same old standards? Playwright Hillary DePiano presents the weirdest and wackiest lesser-known folk and fairy tales as family friendly stage adaptations perfect for schools and community theatre. From large cast one-act comedies to commedia dell’arte scripts with a modern twist for classroom use there are plenty of options to help your group live happily ever after!</p><p>Want to combine any of the plays together to make an evening’s entertainment? Interstitials and connecting scenes are available upon request.</p>