Battledrum
Battledrum is a musical that needs 5 or more performers (1 women, 4 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- musical
- Cast size
- 5 or more performers
- Roles
- 1 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4m., 1w. with doubling. May be expanded to up to 10m., 3w.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Battledrum occurs during the early years of the Civil War in Kentucky and surrounding southern states. A 10-year-old Confederate boy named Rufus has been orphaned after his family's farm has been burned to the ground. With nowhere else to turn, he tags along with a Union troop as the "second drummer, on reserve." Jackson, the Union drummer boy in command, is none too pleased to have a Confederate charge underfoot—but, in time, the two boys develop a brotherly if quarrelsome regard. When Jackson
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