The Merrie Christmas Show
by Lindsay Price
A group of lively travelling players take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. Flexible casting, and audience participation.
About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
6
3 M | 3 W, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
23 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, The Merrie Christmas Show can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
Productions of The Merrie Christmas Show may be Livestreamed.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance is a traditional performance that is livestreamed to the Internet as the actors are performing. Instead of watching the show live in the theatre, the audience watches virtually from their home or other location.
All Livestream Performances must be conducted through our Authorized Streaming Partner, BookTix. Please contact BookTix at info@booktix.com for more information about Livestreaming.
A Livestream Performance may be pre-recorded. Recordings for pre-recorded Livestreams may be made if the recording is destroyed at the conclusion of the production. Should the producing organization want to retain the recording for archival purposes, they must purchase a separate Videorecording License from Theatrefolk.
Theatrefolk charges no additional fees for permission to Livestream. However, BookTix will charge nominal fees to the producing organization. Theatrefolk does not have any financial interest in BookTix and does not receive any commission or fees from BookTix.
Theatrefolk cannot be held responsible for any issues, technical, financial, legal, or otherwise, arising from the producing organization’s relationship with BookTix.
Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
One license, three ways to use it
Each royalty you purchase can be used as a Traditional Live Stage Performance, Virtual Performance, or Livestream Performance. How you choose to use your performance license is up to you! Performances need not all be of the same type so long as the total number of performances given does not exceed the total number of performances ordered.
How to Order
Click on the red "Add to Cart" button, then select "A Production"
"Yule! Yule! Yule! Three puddings in a pool!"
A group of lively traveling players are at your service as they take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. They have searched the globe for Christmas stories and songs that will amaze, thrill, and delight children of all ages.
A great play for beginners, The Merrie Christmas Show can be performed with almost any sized cast. Lots of room for audience participation.
This is a vignette play! What is a Vignette Play?
Characters
6
3 Men, 3 Women, Easily Expandable
A troupe of travelling players led by:
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Dame Dorothy
[W]
32 lines
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Robyn Steadfellow
[M]
32 lines
King Karl and the Lamprey Pie:
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Mary-Ann
[W]
32 lines
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William
[M]
32 lines
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King Karl
[M]
14 lines
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Mother
[W]
4 lines
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Father
[M]
7 lines
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Santa
[M]
3 lines
Rupert:
- Rupert [M]
- Singer and Chorus
A Very Special Night:
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Katherine
[W]
13 lines
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Henry
[M]
14 lines
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Reggie
[M]
7 lines
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Simon
[M]
2 lines
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Cat
[A]
3 lines
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Duck
[A]
4 lines
- Players to be Wasps, Barn door, Apple trees
Good King Wenceslas:
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Wenceslas
[M]
4 lines
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Page
[A]
2 lines
- Subgenres
- Farce Fantasy Christmas/Holiday Fables/Folktales Mystery/Thriller Theatre for young audiences Fairy tales
- Settings
- 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Dress
- Period costumes
- Audience
- All audiences Children Pre-teen Teen
- Features
- Variable Cast Size Poetry Dance Audience participation Choral work Physical comedy Music Student directors
- Set
- Simple set Interior set
- Themes
- Personal responsibility Theatre
- Other uses
- Class work
Prop List
Lamprey pie, Pillow, Blanket
Multimedia
Let Us All Be Merry (p. 5)
| Sheet Music |
Rupert (p. 6)
| MP3 | Sheet Music |
Wenceslas (p. 15)
| Sheet Music |
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Customer Comments
We love Theatrefolk and Lindsay Price. Last year we did Deck the Stage... it was fabulous! Deck the Stage is perfect for a high school production. Ms. Price's dialogue is witty and charming, with just the right measure of silliness that can really be hammed up.
I know this year's production of The Merrie Christmas Show will be just as successful as Deck the Stage.
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Royalty fees apply to all performances whether or not admission is charged. Any performance in front of an audience (e.g. an invited dress rehearsal) is considered a performance for royalty purposes.
Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.
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About 30 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
6
3 M | 3 W, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
23 pages