The Love for Three Oranges
By Doreen B
The Love for Three Oranges is a play that needs 8 or more performers (3 women, 5 men, 11 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 8 or more performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 5 men, 11 any gender
- Cast notes
- 5m., 3w., with doubling, or up to 20+ (5m., 4w., 11 either gender) plus extras.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
This delightful, fast-paced comedy is full of the broad and wacky humor of the commedia dell'arte, the Italian comedy theatre of olden times. It was written in 1761 for the commedia and derived from a southern European folktale. The kingdom of King Silvio is in an uproar. Prince Tartaglia never smiles and the inept court doctor, Il Dottore, cannot cure him. The impish jester Truffaldino and the king's advisor, Pantalone, decide to have a festival to cheer up the prince. The event backfires when
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