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ARF 'N' ARF |
A Victorian Musical
by PETE TALMAN and PAUL HARVEY
| Cast: | 50 or more, including 12 principals (8 m, 4 f) and many other speaking and/or chorus parts. |
| Suggested Age Range: | 10 - 18 (could extend downwards) |
| Approx. Running Time: | 120 minutes [ + interval] |
| Music: | A full score with a range of comic, poignant and dramatic numbers including up tempo chorus routines suitable for choreography, ballads, solos and duets. Easily adapted for a smaller band. |
| Set: | Act One : A Victorian
School. Act Two : In and around the streets of Victorian London. |
| Synopsis: | Dancer Jessie Kemp has
fallen on hard times and benefactor Sir George Farthing has found her
employment at Bradshaw's School, as a maidservant. She attracts the attention
of an assistant master, Henry Mould, who is already a source of romantic
interest for another servant, Daisy, while Jessie herself falls for debonair
Mr. Matthews. Joseph Farthing, a pupil, overhears a conversation concerning his
father's financial difficulties. He runs away to London. A pursuit leads to the
sinister domain of Silas Webber who runs an "academy" for chimney sweeps' boys.
The mood is alternately funny, lively, romantic and finally dramatic as Henry risks all to save Joseph from the villain's clutches. |
| Click to view script (requires PDF viewer, Acrobat Reader, Xpdf, etc.) | |
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| Script: | Code D | |
| Piano Score: | Code G | |
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Band Parts - please enquire |
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| Past Performance Cassette: |
Code E |
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| Performance Rights: | Code X | |
| Licence to Copy: | Code X | |
ISBN 978 1 872475 64 6
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