The Twits
By David Wood
The Twits is a play that needs 9 or more performers (2 women, 2 men, 2 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 9 or more performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 2 men, 2 any gender
- Cast notes
- 2m., 2w., 2 either gender, plus 3 children. Expandable. No
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- comedy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
The play is set in a circus ring, which offers opportunities for fun and slapstick, as well as spectacle. The narrator acts as ringmaster, bringing to life the story of the grotesque, satisfyingly unpleasant couple, Mr. and Mrs. Twit, who enjoy playing nasty tricks on each other. Mr. Twit decides to train monkeys to perform upside down. He goes to the African rainforest and captures a family of monkeys —the Mugglewumps— and incarcerates them in a cage. The birds, who nightly roost on the big dea
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