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the result was a lively and colourful musical ... a
six year old boy stole the show by using sign language
for the deaf ... |
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This is an original work which is worth looking at ... |
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The King of a remote island has hearing
difficulties which cause great problems for
the people. They offer a great prize to whoever
can succeed in helping their King. A strange
mix of candidates try and fail, but success
comes for a boy/girl who teaches the King
to "sign".
 Sometime
in the past, the remote island of Dubbi Cassa
had a King who had become profoundly deaf.
This created problems for the people as it
was their tradition that all important decisions
had to be agreed and their grievances settled
by the King. Affairs of state were getting
very bad because nobody seemed able to communicate
with him.
He was much loved so his courtiers and the
people decided to look for someone who could
help them. Some interesting people with even
more interesting ideas answered their call
and tried to improve the situation, but with
no success.
At last a young boy (or girl) arrived who
knew how to 'talk with his hands'. The King
and all the people learnt this new language
from him which they found to be great fun,
and much to their joy they were able to converse
with their King once more.
The Deaf King deals in a sympathetic, unusual
and informative way with hearing disability
and has been successfully performed many times
by junior schools, senior schools and college
groups. It offers an opportunity to discover
and try out British Sign Language (BSL) which
is the first language of around 50,000 people
in the UK. The work is very flexible and has
been used by a wide range of age groups in
different ways including: a full staged production,
a simple concert performance and a mimed performance
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| Narrators 1 &
2 - speaking roles who tell the story
as it unfolds (either sex) |
| The King -
a grey haired old man, profoundly deaf. Non-speaking
part, male |
| Chancellor
- a small speaking part (either sex) |
| The Medicine Man
- an African 'witch doctor'. Non-speaking
part, male |
| The Woman From Wales
- dressed in Welsh national costume. Has a
small solo singing part |
| The Famous Rock Star
- dressed in a typically outrageous style.
Non-speaking part, male |
| The Electronics Expert
- white lab coat and glasses. Non-speaking
part (either sex) |
| The Small Boy (or
Girl) - a non-speaking part |
| Court Trumpeters
- a number of either real or miming trumpeters
sounding a fanfare |
| Court Guards
- a number of 'heavies' who remove the ineffectual
visitors |
| Company -
courtiers and citzens |
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Invoicing may do so by adding those
items required to the Shopping Basket
as normal. Please make sure you have
an Official Order Number and the school
e-mail address BEFORE you get to the
Checkout.
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Royalties
The royalty fees below are payable for
each performance
given to an audience, where the seating
capacity of the venue does not exceed
200. Obtain a quotation by either completing
the Application at the Credit Card payment
Checkout, or mail-in our printed Application
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| Duration |
: 25 mins |
| Acts |
: 1 |
| Cast |
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| Principals |
: 1f, 3 m/f |
| Support |
: 3m, 2m/f |
| Sets |
: 1 |
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| ISBN |
: 1904458688 |
| Size |
: A4 |
| Pages |
: 24 |
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