The Tails of Three Kitties
Adapted for the stage from the works of Beatrix Potter
TABITHA TWITCHETT
Three mischievous little kittens love to play in the garden. When Mrs Tabitha Twitchett invites her friends to tea, she spends hours washing them, cleaning behind their ears and dressing them nicely - but within moments, they run around the garden and lose their clothes. How will Tabitha Twitchett explain her naughty little kittens' behaviour to her friends?
MRS RIBSTER & THE PRIZE WINNING PIE
Ribby, a large tabby cat, invites her good friend Duchess, a small dog, to tea. She plans to serve very special, prizewinning pie. Duchess suspects it'll be mouse pie, but can't bring herself to tell Ribby she hates the taste of mouse. How can Duchess save herself from eating mouse, without upsetting her dear friend. She decides to secretly switch it with one of her own pies made from ham and veal. She has a plan!
TOM KITTEN'S BIG ADVENTURE
It is baking day in the Twitchett house. Mrs Tabitha Twitchett is baking muffins for tea, and tries to keep her unruly family out of mischief by putting them in the cupboard under the stairs. Tom Kitten escapes - but he choses a very unwise place to hide, and falls into the hands of the big Rats! Will he be baked in a pie? Or will this adventure finally teach him to do as he is told.
Type
One Act
Genre
Youth
Duration (minutes) - excluding intervals
40
Style
Simple staging.
The play may be performed as a whole short production with no interval. Alternatively, an interval may be held between scenes 2 and 3. Each short play may have a different cast (with the exception of Beatrix Potter) as the ‘kittens’ are very young in scene 1, and are somewhat older in scene 3. The scenes may also be performed stand-alone as 15 minute short plays, preceded by the prologue, using the titles of the scenes as a title for each short plays. (Please ask the author for relevant adaptations)
Casting
3M, 6F with doubling. Up to 22 without doubling. Ages 8 - 16.
Scripts and Licencing
Contact the playwright for scripts and licencing details.