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Treasure Island

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Treasure Island

adapted by Todd Espeland from Robert Louis Stevenson

Pirates sponging for rum, treasure maps filled with pieces of eight!

 About 70 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks


 20
12 M | 8 W, Plus patrons & pirates, gender flexible


Simple set


 50 pages

Drama Classical Adaptation

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Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest… Pirates sponging for rum, treasure maps filled with pieces of eight!

Join Jim, Long John Silver and the rest of his scurvy crew for this classic pirate adventure. Easy staging (including Silver’s peg leg) gender flexible options, and a thrilling journey to Skeleton Island.

Yo, ho, ho!

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