The Witches
by Roald Dahl, David Wood, David Wood from Roald Dahl

The Witches Book Cover
The Witches Cover

Highlights

60 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Puppet Comedy

Synopsis

"This popular children's book has been magically adapted into a play that toured extensively before its successful West End production at the Duke of York Theatre."--Publisher.

Press Reviews

"[A] cracking adaptation"

— The Guardian

"This vermonious entertainment has a good hiss-and-boo rating and can be warmly recommended to dutiful parents as well as to their children."

— Sunday Telegraph

"While the kids will be thrilled by the dazzling illusions and the complex puppetry, their parents will be no less engaged by the sly humour that lurks within this ostensibly frivolous confection."

— What’s On

"Innovative, ingenious and full of warmth and humour, this was family entertainment at its best."

— Bath Evening Chronicle

"This is going to be an enduring classic."

— Bristol Evening Post

Characters

Character
Grandmother
Display Witch/ Witch One/ Voice Of Maid
Lawyer/ Hotel Dorrman/ Head Waiter
Sailor/ Doctor/ Mr. Jenkins/ Head Chef
Nurse/ Waitress
Tree-House Witch/ Mrs. Jenkins/ Witch Two
Bruno Jenkins/ Frog/ Second Chef
Grand High Witch
Waiter
Boy

Videos

David Wood on Doing It Yourself

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1994
Binding Paperback
Pages 80
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573050992
ISBN-10 0573050996
LCCN 95203929
LCC PR6073.O578 W58 1993

The Witches is a puppet play written by Roald Dahl and published by Samuel French in London (1994).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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