BARRIE QUAPPE
| Nationality: | Caymanian |
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Plays by Barrie Quappe
Magna Carta: The Musical Trial of King John |
| 1st Produced: | The Prospect Playhouse, Cayman Islands, British West Indies | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Musical Play | Musical | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | chorus | |||||
| Notes: | by C G Wilson and Dody Denman, music and lyrics by Chuck & Barrie Quade. There are two other versions available with more parts for larger castings | |||||
| Synopsis: | King John is brought back from Hell to plead his case that he was not the evil figure as portrayed in Robin Hood fiction and the worse king ever on the English throne. Told with dialogue, music and dance from the time of Richard the Lionheart's death, the Magna Carta and John's own suspicious death with the audience being the jury. Love, murder, poison, trickery and battles abound at a furious pace. Visit www.magnacartamusicaltrial.com for pictures, script and music excerpts. | |||||
