Prince and the Pauper

<i>You are a Prince not a pauper. And before too long the whole of England will be in your hands...</i><br/><br/>Jemma Kennedy's stage adaptation of <i>The Prince and the Pauper</i> is a dynamic and fast-paced adaptation of Mark Twain's 1881 classic novel of confused identities. Set in a gritty vibrant Tudor London the poverty-stricken Tom Canty has a chance meeting with the young heir to the throne Prince Edward and - by pure coincidence - they find they look almost identical.<br/><br/><i>The Prince and the Pauper</i> tells the story of what happens when one person is mistaken for the other and what happens to them in the long-term: Tom Canty is forced into the world of the court and power while Edward is cast down into a world of poverty and thieves from which he must fight his way back to the court.<br/><br/>First produced at the Unicorn Theatre the UK's leading theatre for young audiences aged 2 - 21 from the 25th November 2012 to the 13 January 2013.