Sleeping Beauty
& The Beast
or
The Curse of Castle Cobweb
Arachnida, evil Queen of
the Web, has been banished to the foul Infernal Deep for a hundred years. On her
eventual release she learns from her two ghoulish sons that all the Fairies have
been invited to the christening of Princess Aurora... except her! Vowing
Vengeance for this slight, all three set off for Albion and the Court of King
Dumpling and Queen Semolina. Sixteen years later 'tis time for the Poisoned
Spindle! Thankfully, assistance is it hand from Fairy Flashlight, an apprentice
Fairy Godmother, and, for Arachnida at least, a somewhat embarrassing source!
The text is based upon the script of a Victorian Pantomime,
staged at Edinburgh's Theatre Royal in 1873.
(14 Principals & Chorus)
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