Roger Ravenbeard - Scourge of the Oceans
It’s bad enough being an eighteenth century pirate without having your mother turn up unexpectedly, then having to hide the fact that you distress people for a living.Then there’s the recently captured princess who isn’t all she appears to be.And Partial Jack Spatula is out for revenge after you took his eye during your most recent encounter. Well, it’s only fair, isn’t it? Will Roger track down the treasure or will he end up having his libber thrown to the sheiks? Join Roger, Sam and a cast chock-full of salty sea-dogs, cannibal warrior women and Melville, the amazing sarcastic parrot, in this unusual high-seas adventure.
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This show has 4 songs.. |
The CD contains 8 tracks - each of the songs is recorded with and without a guide vocal. The vocal version will help the children learn the song and the plain backing track can be used for the actual performance. |
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| Roger Ravenbeard, scourge of the oceans Mrs Ravenbeard, his remarkably well mother Sam Bloodlust, aka little Sammy Tinkle Mary Kidd / Isabella, not really a princess Katy Kidd, a conspicuous stowaway Melville, a sarcastic parrot Neil Pring, an almoner |
Willy Bunce, a look-out Israel O’Reilly, a sea cook Noah Grubb, a navigator Pip Green, a cabin boy Arthur Bobbin, pirate without portfolio } |
Slim Jim Flynn, fount of knowledge Rupert Flower, hypochondriac buccaneer Otis Ogle, a boatswain Nathanial Broom, another pirate Father ‘Sinless’ Quelch, a ship’s vicar |
Partial Jack Spatula, a blackguard Percy Cork, verbose know-all Salathiel Hack Zanzibar Brown Pedro Santiago Headcase Nutter Anne Moffet Calico Dan Windfall Craggs |
Queenie Flo Babs Prudence Hilda Doreen Edna |
Cast: 33 characters with scope for extra non-speaking parts and a chorus.
An extract from ACT II Scene 2 - Roger's Crew Meet the stowaway
| (Katy trips, dropping her oranges which roll towards the members of the crew. She manages to hold onto one.) Katy: Oops. (The crew jump up and see Katy. None of them is sure what to do. Katy: Hello there. (She holds out an orange.) Orange? Good for scurvy. (Rupert lets out a yelp and runs away.) Rupert: Aarghh! Oranges! My allergy! (Otis steps forward to take it.) Otis: Thanks. (He’s pulled back by Willy.) Willy: Watch out! Could be poisoned. I heard of a girl who ate a poisoned apple given to her by a friendly old woman once. Sinless: Snow White? Willy: That was her. Tragic. Jim: We’ve got ourselves a stowaway. Sinless – you go and get the Captain. (Sinless exits) Otis: So is it? Katy: What? |
Otis: Poisoned? The orange I mean. Katy: Could be. I’m pretty dangerous. (Otis ducks behind Willy.) Nathaniel: (Pointing to the rag-covered object.) What’s that then? (Katy quickly hides it behind her back.) Katy: What? Nathaniel: That thing you’ve got in your hand. Katy: It’s an orange. Nathaniel: No, your other hand. (Katy swaps the orange and the rag covered object behind her back and brings out the same orange.) Katy: Oh! That’s an orange too. Willy: Oh great! If you’ve got two oranges, can I have one? Otis: Hang on – you said it might be poisoned. Willy: No…that was the other one. (Enter Roger, Sam, Mrs Ravenbeard and Mary. Roger approaches Katy.) Otis: Watch out sir! She’s got an orange! |
