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For Preview Only KING ARTIE and the KNIGHTS of the RAD TABLE Book and Lyrics by Pat Lydersen Music by Wendy Woolf © Copyright 1997, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that a royalty must be paid for every performance, whether or not admission is charged. All inquiries regarding rights should be addressed to Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., PO Box 4267, Englewood, CO 80155. All rights to this musical—including but not limited to amateur, professional, radio broadcast, television, motion picture, public reading and translation into foreign languages—are controlled by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., without whose permission no performance, reading or presentation of any kind in whole or in part may be given. 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The following notice: “Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado” For preview only KING ARTIE AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE RAD TABLE Book and Lyrics by PAT LYDERSEN Music By WENDY WOOLF CAST OF CHARACTERS Main Characters: # of lines GWEN........................................... a typical teenage girl 85 ARTIE............................................a skateboarder 71 MERLIN.........................................a rather bumbling wizard 78 MORGAN LA FEY.........................a witch, the villain of the play 39 LANCELOT...................................a knight of the Rad Table 60 GAWAIN........................................ another 35 GARETH.......................................another 33 TRISTAN....................................... another 20 BEDIVERE.................................... another 24 KAY............................................... another 22 Characters which can be doubled or played by extras: COWBOYS................................... n/a INDIANS........................................ n/a CAVEMEN (3)............................... n/a KNIGHTS (3)................................. Knight #1 16 ...................................................... Knight #2 12 ...................................................... Knight #3 17 PAGES (3).....................................Page #1 6 ...................................................... Page #2 6 ...................................................... Page #3 6 LADIES-IN-WAITING (2)...............Morgan La Fey’s ...................................................... Lady #1 10 ...................................................... Lady #2 10 MESSENGER............................... 5 TOWN CRIER............................... 15 TOWNSPEOPLE........................... n/a SIR LAMORACK........................... 3 ORTH............................................ 4 SIR PETTIPOT.............................. 2 DAMSELS (4)................................Damsel #1 4 ...................................................... Damsel #2 3 For preview only ...................................................... Damsel #3 4 ...................................................... Damsel #4 4 HORSA......................................... 3 DWARF......................................... 5 DRAGON...................................... 11 BLACK KNIGHT............................ 12 LOATHLY LADIES (2)...................one ugly; one beautiful 11 TROLLS (2)................................... Troll #1 3 ...................................................... Troll #2 2 SKELETONS (3)...........................Skeleton #1 5 ...................................................... Skeleton #2 5 ...................................................... Skeleton #3 5 GHOSTS....................................... 5 The six Knights of the Rad Table can also play some of the characters which appear in the early scenes. Consult PRODUCTION NOTES for more suggestions on flexible casting, doubling, etc. SEQUENCE OF MUSICAL NUMBERS MC 1 Overture.................................................. Instrumental MC 2 How I Wish I Lived Back Then................Gwen, Chorus MC 3 Pull That Sword Outta That Stone...........Town Crier MC 4 I’m Morgan La Fey.................................. Morgan MC 5 Knights of the Rad Table.........................Knights, Artie MC 6 A Spot of Tea...........................................Dragon, Chorus, Gareth MC 7 The Black Knight and the Loathly Lady...Black Knight, Loathly Lady, Chorus MC 8 Knights of the Rad Table (Reprise).........Chorus MC 9 Curtain Call............................................. Chorus For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only For preview only End of Script Sample For preview only For preview only For preview only We hope you’ve enjoyed this script sample. We encourage you to read the entire script before making your final decision. 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