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Jenifer Toksvig

JENIFER TOKSVIG

  
Nationality:    British
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Jenifer Toksvig's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Jenifer Toksvig's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Coppelia         Curious Quest For the Sandman's Sand, The         Hitler's Canary         Legacy         Mort         Nutcracker, The         Pandemonium! (A Greek Myth-Adventure)         Queen of Snow         Sardines         Shake, Ripple and Roll         Skool and Crossbones         Space         Speed Dating         Spellbound         Stones Are Hatching, The         Testing         Wilderness

Coppelia

Synopsis:
Coppelia is about to marry the perfect wife - then he meets the perfect woman

Notes:
Music by Dominic Haslem; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Curious Quest For the Sandman's Sand, The

Curious Quest For the Sandman's Sand, The
Teddy, Meggie and Jesse battle Jewels the Witch and Gump Grump to retrieve the magical sand

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1998   978-0573081095

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Genre:
Childrens Musical Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  11 + Fxtras

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Hitler's Canary

Synopsis:
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Music by Alexander Rudd; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig. Based on the book "Hitler's Canary" by Sandi Toksvig

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Genre:
Musical

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Legacy

Synopsis:
The sailors bellow deck on Nelson's Victory wonder how they will be remembered

Notes:
Music by Cathy Shostak; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mort

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Writer: Jenifer Toksvig, based on the novel by Terry Pratchett; composer: Dominic Haslam

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Organisations:
Youth Music Theatre: UK

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Nutcracker, The

Nutcracker, The
It's Christmas: the best time of year for toys and stories. But all over the world, the magic of Make Believe is fading. Only the toys know the truth: the Queen and King of mouses have stolen the Christmas Star and used its magic to turn the Prince of Make Believe into a wooden Nutcracker. Can Clara and her brother Fritz bring the Nutcracker back to life, help him defeat the House of Mouse, and restore him to the throne? First, they must believe. . .

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book and lyrics by jenifer Toksvig, music by David Perkins. A musical inspired by E T A Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"

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Genre:
TYA musical adaptation

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  12            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pandemonium! (A Greek Myth-Adventure)

Pandemonium! (A Greek Myth-Adventure)
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1st Published:
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Queen of Snow

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Notes:
Music by Alexander Rudd; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig. Based on the story "The Snow Queen " by Hans Christian Andersen

1st Produced:
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford    2009

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sardines

Synopsis:
A group of teenagers are trapped when the Eurostar train breaks down in the Channel Tunnel

Notes:
Written by Jenifer Toksvig and Andrew Tilling

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Genre:
Youth one act

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Shake, Ripple and Roll

Shake, Ripple and Roll
Unless they find the will the awful Deanne la Domme will sell the ice cream parlour

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   978-0573081125

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Skool and Crossbones

Skool and Crossbones
Pirates threaten a Caribbean island. The teenage son of the Sun God comes down to help the islanders - but his Father has forbidden him to use magic

Notes:
Music by David Perkins; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   978-0573081248

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Space

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Genre:
Short play

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Speed Dating

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Rob Archibold; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig and members of the original cast

1st Produced:
Mountview Theatre School, London    -

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Genre:
Musical

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Spellbound

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Genre:
Short play

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Stones Are Hatching, The

Synopsis:
The Stoor Worm has been asleep for aeons now it is waking up and its brood of hatchlings too. Only a boy can save the world from them - but his uncle is about to give him to the fairies

Notes:
Music by Alexander Rudd; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig. Based on the book by Geraldine McCaughhrean

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Testing

Synopsis:
The lifetime of three people in twenty minutes. One keeping time, one fast, one slow

Notes:
Music by Kwame Brandt-Pierce; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig

1st Produced:
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University    -

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Genre:
One act musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wilderness

Synopsis:
The wildebeest musical

Notes:
Music by Ben Cohn; lyrics and book by Jenifer Toksvig

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Genre:
Ten minute musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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