Wilde Tales

Plays for Young Audiences

By: Doug Goheen
Cast: 7 M, 7 F, 25 flexible, extras (With doubling 4 M, 3 F, 15 flexible)
Performance Time: Approximately 45-60 minutes, 47 pgs.

FABLE. This collection features three well-known fairytales by Oscar Wilde adapted for the stage. All three tales mix elements of fantasy and fable. In “The Nightingale and the Rose,” a poor tutor must find one red rose to win a chance to dance with the princess at the ball. In “The Happy Prince,” the statue of a prince comes to life and is determined to help the poor by giving away the jewels and gold that adorn him. And in “The Star-Child,” a poor woodcutter rescues an infant and raises the child as his own even though he barely has enough food for his own family. These tales of self-sacrifice and love have charmed young audiences for more than a century.

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Doug Goheen has published several plays for children and adults and has taught English and theatre for more than 35 years. Mr. Goheen and his wife, Diane, live in Topeka, KS. They have two sons, Jacob and Nathan.