This beautifully crafted show adds elements of the tale of Sinbad to the traditional story of Aladdin. The result is a bumper pantomime, offering parts for two principal boys and two genies – the slave of the lamp and the slave of the ring, as well as many other good roles for both male and female actors. Widow Twankee gets up to her usual mischief as manageress of Chinese laundry – not so ably assisted by slopper-out Wishee-Washee, while the beautiful and feisty Princess Jasmine steals Aladdin’s heart and risks the wrath of her father, the Sultan Ming the Mirthless and her ghastly mother, Sultana No-Lo-Fat. The terrifying magician Abanazar, meanwhile, proves a formidable rival for Jasmine’s hand in marriage.
Cast: M9 F7, M or F 6
Provision is made in the script for the inclusion of nine musical numbers, plus three dance routines. More musical numbers could easily be incorporated.
Published and licensed for performance by Samuel French Ltd.
ISBN: 0-573-16447-9
Characters
Widow Twankee, proprietress of the Happy Tub Chinese Laundry
Aladdin, her good-for-nothing son (later, Prince Wai-No-Dong)
Sinbad the sailor, an itinerant principal boy
Wishee-Washee, slopper-out of the Happy Tub
Abanazar, a magician
Hoo-Poo, a Chinese policeman
Hee-Pong, ditto
Dim Sum, a Pekingese police dog puppet
Ming the Mirthless, Sultan of Ching-Chong, Ping-Pong and Ooooagadoogoo
No-Lo-Fat, the Sultana
Princess Jasmine, fragrant and delectable
Pee-Long, her hand maiden
The Grand Vizier
Chip-Chop-Ow, the inscrutable executioner
The slave of the ring
The slave of the lamp
Mrs Cheng, terrifying piratical personage
(Her cutthroat crew of Yangtze pirate scum)
Nip-Tuk
Kung Po Prawn
Wong-Ki-i
Wong-Wei
Noo-Noo, a pantomime panda
A herald of the Imperial Court
Coolies, pirates, and citizens of Old Peking
Several old bicycles