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1 By Todd Wallinger Copyright 2017, by Todd Wallinger 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 rights to this play including but not limited to amateur, professional, 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 other rights in this play, including radio broadcasting, television and motion picture rights, are controlled by TODD WALLINGER to whom all inquiries should be addressed c/o Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. PO Box 4267, Englewood, CO rights are fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America and of all countries covered by the Universal Copyright Convention or with which the United States has reciprocal copyright relations, including Canada, Mexico, Australia and all nations of the United SCRIPT PER CAST MEMBER MUST BE PURCHASED FOR PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTING ALL OR ANY PART OF THIS BOOK WITHOUT PERMISSION IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN BY all programs, printing and advertising, the following information must appear:1.

2 The full name of the play2. The full name of the playwright3. The following notice: Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver, Colorado HEIDI S LANGUAGEB eing Swiss, Heidi speaks German as her native language. The language she speaks here, however, is a mishmash of English, German, and some made-up words. Here s a glossary to help you make sense of it Himmel! (mine HIM-mel) Heavens!Ach du lieber! (ock doo LEE-ber) Oh, my goodness!Was ist los? (VAHS ist LOHS) What s the matter?Kaput (kuh-POOT) Done (KLINK-en KLANK-en) Made-up. Represents the sound of a doorknob being (guh-BROKH-en SHNOP-en) Made-up. Combines the German words for broken and snapped. Mein (mine) wiedersehen, Fr ulein Margie! (owf VEE-der-zane FROY-line MAHR- jee) Goodbye, Miss Margie!

3 As a guide to her accent, some of her words have been spelled rather creatively, with w becoming v, s becoming sh, and th becoming s or z. These are suggestions preview onlyRIGHTS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE REPRODUCING THIS SCRIPTii35 THE enchanted BOOKSHOPBy TODD WALLINGERCAST OF CHARACTERS(In Order of Appearance)# of linesMARGIE ..bookshop owner; scatterbrained, 140 eternally hopefulBOMBALURINA ..Margie s cat; likes to steal things 8 MOM ..bored bookshop customer 24 TIMMY ..kid; hates books 10 ROBIN HOOD ..vain Medieval English outlaw 54 TOM SAWYER ..mischievous Missouri schoolboy 36 SHERLOCK HOLMES ..brainy English detective 58 TOTO ..Dorothy s dog; not as brave as n/a he thinks he isDOROTHY ..Kansas farm girl; fearless, clever mountain girl; 38 melodramaticPOLLYANNA ..New England schoolgirl; 42 annoyingly optimisticBOOK FAIRY.

4 Brings the book characters to 29 life; overbearingLADY IN RED ..mysterious bookshop customer 24 FAGIN ..English pickpocket; sneaky 13 LONG JOHN SILVER ..English pirate; treacherous 17 OFFICER police officer 24 FINGERS ..jewel smuggler; dumb ; bossy and dumb 90 DOCTOR DOLITTLE ..English veterinarian; talks 16 to animalsQUEEN OF HEARTS ..ruler of Wonderland; hothead 9 FRANKENSTEIN ..monster; grunts a lot n/aWICKED WITCHOF THE WEST ..Dorothy s nemesis; smart aleck 8 HOPALONG CASSIDY ..noble cowboy 7 BOMBALURINA Cat ears. Use makeup to give her a cat nose and Fleece jacket, yoga Whatever kids are wearing these book characters dress like they do in their books. It s not necessary, however, to give them elaborate costumes. For the most part, each of the book characters can be identified by two or three key items, as listed below:ROBIN HOOD Green pointed hat, green SAWYER Straw hat, HOLMES Deerstalker hat, trench Black pointy dog ears.

5 Use makeup to give him a dog nose and Calico dress, silver shoes (as in the book). Note that the ruby slippers are from the 1939 MGM movie and are not in the public Dirndl, braided Frilly 1910 s-era dress, large hair IN RED Red dress, mink stole, red pillbox hat with Shabby overcoat, flat wide-brimmed hat, scraggly beard and JOHN SILVER Pirate hat, long coat, parrot. For the peg leg, wrap the lower leg in a cardboard tube painted to look like wood. Or you can buy a peg leg sock from one of several online vendors. Either way, the realism of the effect will mostly depend on the stiff-legged walk of the KETCHUM Police uniform including and FINGERS Black knit cap, black DOLITTLE Top hat, frock coat, OF HEARTS Crown, gown with Dark jacket, clunky shoes, green WITCH OF THE WEST Witch hat, black dress, green CASSIDY Cowboy hat, neck CASTINGBOMBALURINA, TIMMY, TOTO, OFFICER KETCHUM, FINGERS, and EDDIE can be played by either gender with few, if any, line actor playing FAGIN can double as DOLITTLE and either FRANKENSTEIN or HOPALONG.

6 The actress playing LADY IN RED can double as QUEEN OF HEARTS and WICKED preview onlyRIGHTS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE REPRODUCING THIS SCRIPTiii34 SETTINGTime: : A Likely Story used book OF SCENESACT ONES cene One: One evening near closing Two: That Three: The next Four: That Five: The next TWOS cene One: That Two: The next Three: That Four: The next DESCRIPTIONA quaint used book store with the walls lined with bookshelves. The main entrance is at STAGE RIGHT. The entrance from the upstairs apartment is at STAGE LEFT. A counter with a cash register is UP RIGHT. The counter hides a low opening in the UPSTAGE WALL through which the book characters enter and s cat bed is DOWN LEFT. A sign shows the name of the store, A Likely Story. PRODUCTION NOTESPROPERTIES ONSTAGES helves with books, cat bed hiding a rabbit s foot and a locket, sign showing the name of the store, A Likely Story, and a counter with cash register, phone, pen, notepad, bottle of glue, and containing some shopping ACT TWO, Scene Four, a fake necklace is added to the locked book that is BROUGHT ONACT ONES cene One:Book (MARGIE)Phone (TIMMY)Scene Three:Locked book containing diamond necklace (LADY IN RED)Scene Four:Pillow, Robin s hat (BOMBALURINA)Slingshot, three marbles, two pennies, string, magnifying glass, beetle (TOM)Bow, arrow (ROBIN)Hairpin (POLLYANNA)Lock pick (FAGIN)Parrot (LONG JOHN)ACT TWOS cene One:Slingshot (TOM)Scene Two:Photo (FINGERS)Scene Three:Binoculars (BOMBALURINA)Stretcher (ROBIN, DOLITTLE)Scene Four.

7 Lasso (HOPALONG) Real diamond necklace (LONG JOHN)Book (TIMMY)COSTUMESThe real-life characters wear contemporary Funky, bohemian-style preview onlyiv33 BOOK FAIRY: No, Margie. They re not gone. They re right where they re supposed to be, just waiting for someone to open their books and bring them to : But how will that ever happen? Hardly anyone comes to the store anymore. And when they do, they don t buy FAIRY: Oh, Margie. You ve got to have faith! Someday, maybe, if you truly believe (Hears MOM and TIMMY approach.) Uh oh. Somebody s coming. I ve got to go. (EXITS UPSTAGE.)MARGIE: (Calls after her.) It was nice knowing you! I : (Bursts IN RIGHT with TIMMY, who clutches his copy of White Fang.) We re back!MARGIE: What s the matter? Didn t he like the book?MOM: Are you kidding?

8 He loved it!TIMMY: It was the greatest book ever!MARGIE: I m so glad you enjoyed it!TIMMY: Do you have any more?MARGIE: Do I have any more? I ve got a whole store full of books!MOM: What would you recommend?MARGIE: (Pulls books off the shelf and names each one.) Well, there s Robin Hood and Pollyanna and Sherlock Holmes and Heidi and Tom Sawyer (Pauses at The Wizard of Oz.) And then there s this one, the most special one of all. (Places the book in TIMMY S hands.)TIMMY: The Wizard of Oz? I thought that was a : Oh, sure. They made a movie out of it, but if you really want to see some great special effects, you ve got to read the : Awesome!MOM: We ll take them : Wonderful! I ll bag these up for you. (Goes behind the counter and gets out a shopping bag.)MOM: No, no. I don t mean these all.

9 (Gestures toward the books in MARGIE S hands.) I mean these all. (Gestures toward all the books in the store.)MARGIE: The entire store?MOM: The entire : Wow! Thanks, Mom!MARGIE: Well, Bombalurina, it looks like we re going to need some more bags! (Gets out a big stack of bags and starts bagging up books as MOM and TIMMY eagerly look through The Wizard of Oz. Delighted to finally get rid of them, BOMBALURINA brings her more books. And more books. And still more books. LIGHTS FADE to BLACK.)END OF PLAYSET DESIGN1510152025303540 For preview only13215101520253035 THE enchanted BOOKSHOPACT ONES cene OneAT RISE: MARGIE reads The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. BOMBALURINA lies in her cat bed, listening : Listen, Bombalurina! Here comes the exciting part! (Acts out the story as she reads.)

10 At last Little John struck like a flash, and rap! the Tanner met the blow and turned it aside, and then smote back at Little John, who also turned the blow, and so this mighty battle began. MOM: (ENTERS RIGHT with TIMMY, who plays a game on his phone. MARGIE doesn t notice them.) Excuse : (Reads.) Then up and down and back and forth they trod, the blows falling so thick and fast that, at a distance, one would have thought that half a score of men were fighting. MOM: I said, excuse : (Reads.) Thus they fought for nigh a half an hour, until the ground was all plowed up with the digging of their heels, and their breathing grew labored like the ox in the furrow (MOM taps her on the shoulder.) Aaah! (Startled, throws up her hands, causing the book to fly across the room.)MOM: I d like some help, : (Flustered.)