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The Wind in the Willows PPllaayyss ffoorr YYoouunngg AAuuddiieenncceess A PARTNERSHIP OF SEATTLE CHILDREN’S THEATRE AND CHILDREN’S THEATRE COMPANY-MINNEAPOLIS 2400 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55404 612-872-5108 FAX 612-874-8119 The Wind in the Willows By Mike Kenny From the Story by Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows was originally produced by York Theatre Royal, UK, in 2010. The license issued in connection with PYA perusal scripts is a limited license, and is issued for the sole purpose of reviewing the script for a potential future performance. All other rights regarding perusal scripts are expressly reserved by Plays for Young Audiences, including, but not limited to, the rights to distribute, perform, copy or alter scripts. This limited license does not convey any performance rights of any kind with this material. By accepting any perusal script(s), Licensee agrees to and is bound by these terms. Characters (originally performed with 8 actors, doubling) Weasel Mole Badger Ratty Toad Rabbit Otter Horse Hedgehog 1 Hedgehog 2 Chief Weasel Judge Clerk Gaoler’s Daughter Washer woman Guard Driver Bargee The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 1 THE SETTING IS TOAD HALL, MANY YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE BOOK. NATURE HAS BEGUN TO TAKE IT OVER. IT’S OVERGROWN AND NEGLECTED. HOWEVER IT HAS EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR THE RETELLING OF THE STORY. AN OLD SETTEE BECOMES A CAR, A WARDROBE (ON ITS SIDE) A BARGE, A HOSTESS TROLLEY IS A BOAT AND A WHEELBARROW AND AN OCCASIONAL TABLE ARE TRANSFORMED INTO A CARAVAN. THE SPACE IS INHABITED WITH WILDWOODERS BEFORE MOLE TURNS UP. AND THEY JUST JOIN IN WITH THE TELLING. THERE IS NO MORE PRETENCE THAN THAT. THE NARRATION BEGINS WITH MOLE, BUT THE OTHER CHARACTERS JOIN IN WITH THE STORY TELLING AS THEY ARE INTRODUCED. THE START IN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION THE CHIEF WEASEL WAS AROUND WHEN THE AUDIENCE ARRIVE, BEHAVING AS AN ESTATE AGENT. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A BROOD OF CHILD WEASELS WHO HAD A TENDENCY TO STEAL HANDBAGS (AND OF COURSE BE FORCED TO GIVE THEM BACK.) WHEN THE AUDIENCE IS ASSEMBLED, HE BEGINS. WEASEL Welcome ladies and gentlemen. I’d like to show you this well presented property. I think you’d agree that internal viewing is The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 2 essential. A perfect example of early Edwardian architecture, in need of some modernization. Originally residential, but prime for development. THERE IS A BURROWING AND MOLE EMERGES FROM THE GROUND. I can assure you the foundations are quite sound. No problem with dry rot. MOLE SNIFFS A LITTLE. MOLE Where am I now? PEERS. Not home that’s for sure. KEEPS ON SNIFFING. SHOUTS DOWN TO THE OTHERS WHO WE CANNOT YET SEE. Wait a minute. Now where am I...? TO CHIEF WEASEL Oi. Who are you? WEASEL I’m from Wild Wooder Properties, Inc. Push off. MOLE A Wild Wooder? SEES THE AUDIENCE. Oh my good gracious. What a lot of you? DOWN. It’s a Wild Wooder. I’m stuck. Go round. Is this the Wild Wood, then? I suppose it must be, but... That smell. I know that smell. From way back. BADGER (ENTERS) It doesn’t smell of home and earth and cozy. RATTY ENTERS. It doesn’t smell of damp and river. TOAD ENTERS. Let’s have a look. WEASEL Do you mind? The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 3 TOAD No. You carry on. MOLE Wait a minute. Can’t see, can’t think, can’t find my way but my sense of smell is as good as it ever was. SNIFFS. I’m getting fun and food and laughs and craic. TOAD Toad Hall! We’re in Toad Hall. RATTY This is Toad Hall, isn’t it? WEASEL It was. You planning on making an offer? BADGER Old Toad Hall, so the Wild Wood got you in the end, eh? MOLE TO AUDIENCE Take a deep breath. Smell it. (HE BEGINS REVEALING STUFF FROM BEHIND GROWTH. MAYBE OTHER WILD WOODERS GATHER TO HEAR THE STORY.)That’s the smell of being young. BADGER This is where we saw you lot off the first time. WEASEL As if! TOAD We did! Right here. In the banqueting hall. WEASEL I’m phoning head office. Stay here. HE GOES. MOLE Toad Hall. TOAD This is where it all started. MOLE Not for me. Oh no. That was in my hole, my little home. HE BEGINS TO CREATE THE PICTURE. THE OTHERS JOIN IN. WE’RE ESTABLISHING STYLE HERE. THE REST OF THE CAST CREATE THE The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 4 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, THEY ALSO ESTABLISH THE EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. IT’S ALMOST AS IF THEY BECOME ESSENCE OF MOLE TILL REQUIRED TO BE SOMETHING ELSE. SPRING Spring! I’d been working very hard all morning, spring cleaning my little home. With brooms and dusters. On ladders and steps and chairs. With a brush and a pail of whitewash. Dust and paint was everywhere. All morning with aching back and weary arms and then it caught me. Spring (HE SMELLS IT.) Something – life - was moving up above And it filled me – with longing. HE FLINGS HIS BRUSH AND BUCKET ON THE FLOOR. Bother! And blow! Hang spring cleaning! I’m sick of it! And I bolted. Out of the house. A WILDWOODER HOLDS OUT A COAT. Oh, I didn’t wait for that. AND A HAT The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 5 Or that Something – life was calling me. So I scraped and scratched And scrabbled and scrooged And then I scrooged again And scrabbled and scratched And scraped. Up we go! Up we go! Until Until Out! Out in a big green meadow, under a blue blue sky, with a warm yellow sun shining down. Oh the joy of living! Oh the delight of spring! Without the cleaning. Run for the hedge. EVERYONE’S RUNNING. Run. Run. A RABBIT STEPS OUT MOLE COMES TO A HALT Rabbit! RABBIT Hold up! The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 6 LOTS OF RABBITS MOLE Lots of rabbits! RABBIT Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road. MOLE SNIFFS. RABBITS SNIFF MOLE Smell that? THEY ALL SNIFF. Life. That’s life! It’s calling me. Calling me. And I’m coming. So, out of my way! HE BOWLS THEM OVER AMID MUCH CONFUSION AND COMPLAINING And I ran and ran Along the hedgerows Birds building Flowers budding Leaves thrusting Everything growing Till I came at last to the banks of a full fed river. THE RIVER Never seen one before Never The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 7 All ashake and ashiver Glints and gleams and sparkles, Rustle and swirl Chatter and bubble Bringing the best stories in the world From the heart of the earth To be told at last to the insatiable sea. MOLE, EXHAUSTED AT LAST SITS DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. RAT APPEARS. THEN DISAPPEARS. APPEARS AGAIN. THEY SUSS EACH OTHER OUT. RAT DISAPPEARS. APPEARS AGAIN RAT Hullo Mole. MOLE Hullo....erm? RAT Rat. Water rat. MOLE Of course. Hullo Rat. RAT Would you like to come over? MOLE How? RAT Boat? MOLE And Rat came to ferry me over. RAT In my little boat. Nice isn’t it? MOLE It was blue outside and white within RAT And just the size for two animals. The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 8 MOLE What do I do now? RAT Step lively. Climb aboard. MOLE GETTING IN VERY CAREFULLY. Do you know, I’ve never been in a boat before in all my life? RAT What?! Never? What have you been doing, then? MOLE Is it that nice? RAT Nice? It’s the only thing. Believe me, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as messing, simply messing about in boats. Now, that basket under your feet. Open it. MOLE What’s in it? RAT Cold chicken, MOLE Mmmm. RAT And cold tongue cold ham cold beef pickled gherkin salad French rolls cress sandwiches potted meat ginger beer lemonade... MOLE Stop! Stop! It’s too much. RAT Do you think? MOLE Oh yes. RAT It’s just that the other animals call me mean. MOLE Mean? RAT They say I cut it fine. So I put in more. I like to have enough for unexpected guests. OTTER APPEARS WITH A FEW CHILDREN IN TOW. The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 9 OTTER You greedy beggars. RAT Otter! You see what I mean, Mole. Otter! OTTER Why didn’t you invite me, Ratty? RAT It was just an impromptu affair. Off the cuff. You’re more than welcome. BADGER APPEARS. Oh look. Now here’s Badger. Hallo Badger, old chap, come on for dinner. BADGER LOOKS. Hmm. I see you’ve got company. RAT It’s only Mole, there’s plenty for all. BADGER Thanks all the same. BADGER LEAVES MOLE Oh dear. RAT Don’t worry dear fellow. That’s just the way he is. Hates society. That’s the last we’ll see of him today. OTTER And we must be off too. RAT So soon? OTTER Swimming lesson for young Portly here. Nice to meet you. Come along children. THEY LEAVE. MOLE Goodness me. How hectic it is around here. RAT Spring you see. Spring on the river bank.. Everything’s on the move, SEES TOAD Oh dear me. Oh dear me, no. TOAD APPEARS WITH A CREW OF ROWERS. TOAD AS COX. The Wind in the Willows by Mike Kenny 10 MOLE What’s that? TOAD Pull! Pull! RAT That, is Toad.
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