PETER PANTO Adapted From J.M. Barrie s Story by Suzan Holder

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1 PETER PANTO Adapted From J.M. Barrie s Story by Suzan Holder (Cast Copy) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page 48

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3 Song 12 (During the song All the rest of the cast enter the nursery and join in with the song. Lights fade down at end of song. All exit and the Dancers take their place for their finale dance.) Song 13 (Lights fade out at the end of the dance.) (Light up as the music starts for the last song and the cast bows.) Song 14 (Bows take place in the following order: Pirates, Indians, Lost Boys, Dancers, Nana, Mr and Mrs Darling, John and Michael, Mr Crocodile and Mrs Hook, Marina, Tiger Lily and Shadow, Smee and Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, Wendy and Peter. Encore, Full Company.) Song 15 (Curtain) PETER PANTO by Suzan Holder Characters Peter Pan Tinkerbell Wendy John Michael Mr Darling/Big Chief Little Panther Mrs Darling/Morning Cloud Nana - the dog Shadow Captain Hook Smee Mrs Hook - the cook Mr Crocodile Tiger Lily Marina - mermaid Tootles - Lost Boy Nibs - Lost Boy Slightly - Lost Boy Curly - Lost Boy Twin 1 & 2 - Lost Boy Indians 1-5 Pirates Dancers Additional Peters Published by Lazy Bee Scripts 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 3

4 PETER PANTO Act 1 Scene 1 (Front of tabs. Downstage is dressed with a couple of items to show a Children s nursery e.g. rocking horse, dolls house, large teddy bear. Stage Right there is an entrance designed to look like a wigwam. The wigwam, which may be half a wigwam if attached to a Downstage scenery flat hiding an access point, is a permanent fixture, as a nursery plaything and in Neverland it is the entrance and exit to the Lost Boys underground home. Simple mobiles could be hung to dress the Frontstage area, books, stars, a crocodile, a galleon pirate ship, a clock, a dolls house, etc., as required.) (John and Michael enter from the wigwam and are fighting with an umbrella and a toy wooden dagger, pretending to be Captain Hook and Peter Pan.) Michael: Take that you mean old pirate, you don t scare me. John: You dare to speak to me, Captain Hook, like that, the meanest, fiercest pirate that ever sailed the salty seas. Michael: You re no match for me, I m Peter Pan; you ll never catch me. John: Oh yes I will, I ll catch you and I ll make you walk the plank on my pirate ship - the Jolly Roger. Michael: Oh no you won t! I ll make you walk the plank, and waiting in the water below will be Mr Crocodile with his mouth open wide, ready to eat you up. John: No, no, not Mr Crocodile. He s already had a taste of me when you chopped off my hand and threw it into his big ugly mouth. Michael: Yes, and now he just can t wait to gobble up the rest of you! John: I ll get you Peter Pan, you won t get the better of Captain Hook! Michael: Oh yes I will, fighting pirates is my favourite game (They carry on their swordfight and the lights go down.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page 4 Mrs Darling: Oh my children it s so good to see you, we ve been so worried about you. (Mr Darling emerges from the wigwam wearing an Indian headdress.) Mr Darling: Did I hear something about Indians? Woooooo wooooooo! Wendy: Oh father what are you doing? Mr Darling: Well I thought maybe you all ran away because I didn t play enough silly games with you all. So I ve been practicing while you ve been away - haven t I, Mary dear? Mrs Darling: Yes George dear, you have. And we re sorry Wendy for wanting you to grow up and be a young lady when you should be having fun. There s plenty of time for being a grown up. You re right, you should enjoy your childhood for as long as you can! Isn t that right Peter? Peter: It s always worked for me. Wendy: But Peter can stay and live here with us, can t he mother? Mrs Darling: Well of course, he could, but I don t think Peter really wants to do that, do you Peter? Peter: I can t stay Wendy. Please understand, I have to return to Neverland, I need to go and have more adventures, so you ll be able to tell your children stories all about me and they can tell their children, for ever and ever. John: More adventures with the pirates Peter? (A few Pirates enter and take their place in the nursery.) Mr Darling: And don t forget the Indians, they re my favourites! (A few Indians come and take their place Onstage.) Michael: Can you really see the Indians father? Mr Darling: Of course I can Michael, I just wasn t looking properly before. (A Mermaid enters and takes her place in the nursery.) Wendy: Oh look Mother a mermaid - aren t mermaids beautiful? Mrs Darling: Oh yes Wendy, I d forgotten just how beautiful they were. (Full Company sing.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page 45

5 Mrs Hook: Now then everyone, should I give this lovely pie to one of the children? Shall I? (Tinkerbell and Smee move either side of her as she stands behind the line of Children.) Mrs Hook: Right, here we go one, two three! (Getting a child to help, Tinkerbell and Smee push the pie into Mrs Hook s face. She staggers about and goes behind the curtain.) Tinkerbell: Quick, I think you lot d better get out of here as fast as you can, let s give them all a great big round of applause! Thanks guys. Smee: Right, well I suppose I need to go find Mrs Hook and check I ve still got my new job in the bakery. Tinkerbell: And I need to go and tidy up the Lost Boys underground home, I should think Peter will be home soon. Smee: Are you sure he s coming back to Neverland Tinkerbell? Tinkerbell: Of course he s coming back - Peter Pan will never grow up, we re going to live here in Neverland together, forever! You can bake him a big cake to welcome him home. Scene 8 (They wave at the Audience and exit between the curtains. The curtains open to reveal the nursery - as it was in Act 1 Scene 2. Mr Darling is hidden out of sight inside the wigwam entrance, Mrs Darling is asleep in the rocking chair, Peter Pan and Wendy are standing on the window seat in the open window, Michael and John are next to Mrs Darling, and the Lost Boys are in front of the window looking around in wonder.) Wendy: (Speaking in a stage whisper.) You were wrong Peter, mother did leave the window open for us, and look she s even sleeping in the day nursery waiting for us to come home. Peter: Yes, she must love you all very, very much. Michael: Mother, Mother, wake up we re home, we re back from Neverland! (Mrs Darling wakes with a start and the Children all run to her, Peter stays standing on the window seat.) John: Oh mother, we ve had the most wonderful adventures with Indians and pirates and mermaids and fairies by Suzan Holder Page 44 Scene 2 (Tabs are pulled as the lights come up on the nursery. A window frame on a window seat is set in place Centrestage, with windows open. A rocking armchair is set Stage Left, with Michael s teddy bear on it. A small trampet - dressed as a drum, is set to the opposite side of the window from the chair. Wendy enters from the wigwam.) (John and Michael continue playing at sword fighting in the nursery, Wendy enters making Indian noises and attempts to join in.) Wendy: Oooo wooooo here come the Indians, don t worry Peter, Chief Great Big Little Panther will save you. Oooooooo wooooooo! John: Don t be silly Wendy, you can t be the Indian Chief you re just a girl. Michael: Yes Wendy, you need to be a fairy or a mermaid, something girly like that. John: You could be Princess Tiger Lily, she s an Indian and a girl! Wendy: Well I like that! I m just a girl am I? I ll have you know that girls are just as good as boys. John: Well obviously they re not, are they Michael? Michael: Ummmmmmm? Wendy: John, you and Michael wouldn t even know about Peter Pan, Captain Hook, pirates, Indians and mermaids if it wasn t for me telling you stories about Neverland every night. Michael: She does tell us wonderful stories John, she is alright really for a girl. John: Well of course she is, but she is still just a girl! Wendy: Right, well I won t be telling you any stories ever again! Michael: Oh no Wendy, please tell us more stories, we love your stories, don t we John? John: They re alright. Wendy: Then say girls are just as good as boys go on John, say it John: Girls are okay 2015 by Suzan Holder Page 5

6 Wendy: I think you need a bit of convincing John. (She looks at the Audience.) Wendy: Girls will you help me? Let s show them what girls can do. If you think we re as good as boys go Oooooo woooooo. After three - one, two, three (She makes an Indian sound, hopefully the Audience will do so too.) John: Right, well boys, if you think boys are better than girls go Arrrrgggghhh like a pirate. One, two, three (He and Michael get the Audience to join in with a pirate noise. Wendy and John take it in turns encouraging the Audience to respond with Ooooo woooo and Argggghhhhhh, getting louder and louder. While all this is going on Mr and Mrs Darling enter. They are dressed for an evening out and Mr Darling is carrying a top hat.) Mrs Darling: Oh my goodness what on earth is all this awful noise? Mr Darling: I m sure I only have three children, how on earth can just three small children make so much noise? Mrs Darling: You should know better Wendy dear. You re not a little girl anymore, you are nearly a young lady. Wendy: No I m not! I don t want to be a young lady! I want to be a pirate! Mr Darling: A pirate? Where does she get these ridiculous ideas? I think your mother is right Wendy, it s time for you to grow up. John: } (Together) Michael: } Wendy: } Grow up? Mr Darling: Well I don t know about pirates, but you three certainly do a good job of being parrots. Mrs Darling: Yes Wendy you really need to behave more like a lady and forget all about these silly stories about pirates and mermaids and Peter Pan. Wendy: I ll never forget about Peter Pan! Mrs Darling: Oh yes you will my dear, we all do, eventually. Mr Darling: Quite right I agree. In fact tonight will be your very last night in the nursery. It s time you grew up and had your own room, like a real young lady. Tinkerbell: She s right, but children know so much nowadays, or they think they do, so they don t believe in fairies. And every time a child stops believing in fairies, a fairy dies. Smee: Aha! Lightbulb! But how about if we could get some children up here now and make them laugh, maybe we could make some new fairies. Mrs Hook: Yeah but how are we going to make them laugh? Tinkerbell: Yeah, you ve not managed it during the rest of the show! Smee: We can do it! Who wants to come up and help us? Anyone? (Three children are brought up Onstage from the Audience. Improvisation section with children. Each asked their name and asked to give us their best laugh.) Mrs Hook: Well they all did very well didn t they? Tink, see if we ve got any goody bags for them. (Tinkerbell gets goody bags from a Stage hand coming through the wigwam entrance.) Tinkerbell: And we ve got a special prize for the best laugh Oh Mr Crocodile! (Mr Crocodile emerges from between the curtains, he has a toy plastic hook.) Mr Crocodile: Here you go, this is all that was left of Captain Hook, he was absolutely delicious! Mrs Hook: Oh you horrid beast, that s my boy, James, James can you hear me? You come out of that nasty crocodile right now! (Mrs Hook chases Mr Crocodile off behind the curtain.) Tinkerbell: Oh dear. Is a plastic hook the best prize we can give? They ve cut the budget this year haven t they? I ve got a much better idea. Michael has gone back home and left his teddy bear behind, would you like to give it a new home? (She gets the teddy from the wigwam and gives the cutest child Michael s teddy bear.) Smee: I think Mrs Hook might have something else back there too (Mrs Hook reappears holding a very large custard pie. She stands next to the bravest looking of the children.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 43

7 Peter: Well here s an idea Hook, how about this game - let s see who can run fastest, you or Mr Crocodile here? Mr Crocodile, he s all yours! (Hook screams and runs Offstage Right pursued by Mr Crocodile. Everyone cheers and Peter crows.) Peter: Well that s the last we ll see of him. I hereby declare myself Captain of the Jolly Roger! (Everyone Onstage cheers.) Peter: Wendy, John, Michael - hold on tight and we ll use the ship to fly you home! Cock-a-doodle-dooooo! (Everyone cheers again. Lights fade out, the stage clears, the moon is full and as stirring music plays there is a silhouette of the pirate ship flying from Stage Left to Stage Right. Tabs close.) Scene 7 (Front of curtain. Mrs Hook, Tinkerbell and Smee conduct the audience participation section.) Smee: Well I suppose that s me out of a job now then? I wonder what sort of work there is for a hopeless pirate. Mrs Hook: Now don t you fret Mr Smee, I always knew this pirate lark would never last - so I ve been developing a nice little side-line, you can come and work with me. Smee: With you? Doing what? Mrs Hook: Making cakes of course, I know just the place to open a nice little bakery, I bet you ll be much better suited to working with fondant fancies! Tinkerbell: Right well, as long as you two are sorted I m not stood around here for my health you know. Smee: You re not stood around as an elf Tinkerbell! You re a fairy! Mrs Hook: Oh yes she is, but did you know, there aren t as many fairies as there used to be? Smee: Oh I don t know are you sure about that? Mrs Hook: Yes Smee, I m quite sure. You see when the first baby laughed for the first time, it s laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. Wendy: } (Together) John: } Michael: } No! Mr Darling: What a silly fuss you are making, honestly, I don t know what to do with you all. I have three children who want to be pirates. I told you we d be in trouble if we didn t hire a proper nanny, now look at the mess we are in. Mrs Darling: Oh my goodness George, look at the time, we re going to be late for the party if we don t leave soon. Where is Nana? It s time these naughty children were in bed. Mr Darling: I don t know where she is. Burying a bone? Chasing her tail? Have you ever heard of any other respectable family who has a dog as their children s nanny? The shame of it! (Nana the dog enters on all fours, banging into Mr Darling s legs as she goes past, making him even more cross. He drops his top hat in the confusion and John picks it up and puts it on the arm of the chair by the window.) Mr Darling: That s it! Off to the kennel for you Nana. Michael: No father, don t send her to the kennel. Nana is the cleverest dog in the whole world Watch this if you don t believe me. (John and Michael move Centrestage with Nana and perform a dancing dog routine - to Mission Impossible music or similar.) Wendy: Oh father wasn t that wonderful? Mr Darling: (Sarcastically) Simply breath-taking. Mrs Darling: Nana does have her uses you know George dear, she caught a shadow just the other night. Mr Darling: (Becoming very angry.) Oh well, that changes everything! She caught a shadow you say? Well in that case take her to the party with you, she can wear my suit, I ll go and live in the kennel outside, put Nana in charge of the whole house! Mrs Darling: Calm down dear. Mr Darling: Oh I am perfectly calm. I want to see this amazing captured shadow. Where is it, show it to me? Mrs Darling: Oh, well, you see dear, we can t find it at the moment, we don t know where she s hidden it. Wendy: It was a lovely shadow though father. I think it might belong to Peter Pan by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 7

8 Mr Darling: (Exasperated) Oh we re not back to him again are we? I ve heard quite enough about pirates, pixies and Peter Pan. Mrs Darling: Wendy, why do you think the shadow belongs to Peter Pan? Mr Darling: Oh don t you start! Mrs Darling: No, this might be important. Children, have you seen anyone looking in through this window? Mr Darling: Mary we are three floors up! Who on earth is going to be flying past this window looking in at the children? Mrs Darling: It might be Oh I don t know. We need to keep this window shut do you hear me children? (She goes to the window and closes it.) Mrs Darling: Under no circumstances open this window and Wendy, I don t want you telling any of your fairy stories tonight, do you understand? Wendy: But mother, children should never go to sleep without hearing a story first. It just wouldn t be right. Mr Darling: Wendy you ve heard what your mother said. No silly stories, they are making you all much too excitable. You simply can t move in this nursery without tripping over pirates and Indians and fairies and mermaids, it all needs to stop right now! Mrs Darling: Perhaps we shouldn t go to the party after all, the weather is changing, it looks like there s a storm coming. Mr Darling: Nonsense, we must go to the party. Now say goodnight to the children dear, it s time to go. Nana, find your basket. (He points Offstage and Nana grudgingly exits Stage Left.) Mrs Darling: Goodnight my dears. Now do as your father says and straight to bed. (Mr and Mrs Darling exit.) John: You are going to tell us a story tonight though, aren t you Wendy? Michael: Oh you must Wendy, we can t go to sleep without hearing a story. Wendy: Well, mother and father did make me promise not to But luckily I had my fingers crossed behind my back. John: Oh you are clever Wendy Especially for a girl! Michael: Can you tell us a story about pirates Wendy? 2015 by Suzan Holder Page 8 Scene 6 (The Jolly Roger. Neverland stage with a mast Centrestage and pirate ships sails and flags. Captain Hook, the Pirates and The Lost Boys run into position Onstage from the auditorium. The Lost Boys are all huddled Centrestage with their hands behind their backs as if tied, the Pirates and Smee stand in a semi-circle around them, on guard.) Hook: Right, so what will it be? The life of a pirate or walk the plank? John: We will never surrender! Michael: I want my mother! Wendy: It s alright Michael, Peter will save us! Hook: Pan won t save you because Peter Pan is dead! (From the back of the auditorium comes the sound - cock-a-doodle -doooooo.) Hook: What was that? Smee, did you hear that? Smee: It sounded like Peter Pan, Captain. Hook: Impossible! There is no Peter Pan! Smee: But Captain look! (Peter Pan, plus three extra look-alike Peter Pans are positioned all around the theatre. One after the other they call out.) Peter 1: I m Peter Pan! Peter 2: I m Peter Pan! Peter 3: I m Peter Pan! Peter: I m Peter Pan! Hook: But what? How? Men get them! (Music starts to play as two pirates dive off the stage and start having sword fights with two Peters. Another Peter gets Onstage and unties all the Prisoners, the real Peter makes a beeline for Hook and they begin to fight Frontstage. Peter gets the better of Hook and knocks his sword away, then John picks it up. Hook is down on his knees and Peter has his dagger at his throat. Suddenly the music stops and there is a SFX - ticking sound. Everyone freezes. Mr Crocodile appears Onstage and weaves his way towards Captain Hook as he whimpers.) Hook: Peter, I beg you, show an old man some mercy. It was all just a game Peter, you know that don t you... It was all just a jolly game by Suzan Holder Page 41

9 Peter: Hey, what s going on? Give that back. Tinkerbell: No, Peter you mustn t take it. Peter: Oh Tinkerbell give it up. I know you don t like Wendy but she s gone now, there s no need to be jealous anymore. Tinkerbell: It s not that Peter - it s poisoned. Peter: Oh now I know you re crazy, why would Wendy want to poison me? If you d just been a bit nicer to her she might still be here you know! Tinkerbell: No, it s Captain Hook... he poisoned it! Peter: Tink, talk sense, how would Hook know where to find me? (Tinkerbell looks guiltily at the Audience and suddenly drinks the medicine in one go.) Peter: Hey, what a mean thing to do (Tinkerbell starts to cough and collapses on the floor in a heap.) Peter: Tink? Tinkerbell, what s wrong. Oh no, the medicine was poisoned wasn t it? Oh Tinkerbell, what have you done? (To the Audience.) If we want to save Tinkerbell you re going to have to help me. There s only one way to save the life of a dying fairy. You have to let her know that you believe in fairies, if you clap your hands it might just work. Can you do that? Clap your hands that s right, keep clapping. Oh Tinkerbell, can you hear that, the children all believe in fairies (As everyone claps their hands Dancers dressed as Fairies appear all around the theatre. Tinkerbell starts to revive and Peter helps her to her feet.) Peter: Oh Tinkerbell, you had us all so worried we thought we d lost you forever. Tinkerbell: Oh I m alright now Peter, thanks to you and to all of you I feel stronger than ever and I think we have more fairies coming to help us too, we ll help you beat Captain Hook and rescue Wendy and all the boys, look Peter can you see them? (Tinkerbell, Peter Pan and Fairies sing.) Song 11 (Fairies with lights enter through the auditorium, joined by Full Company singing from all around. Blackout.) John: And Indians, I like stories about Indians best. Wendy: Yes, I ll tell you a story about all of them, about Peter Pan and Neverland and scary pirates, brave Indians, magical fairies and beautiful mermaids. I think all children need to believe in stories with lots of adventure and always a happy ending don t you? (Wendy and Company sing.) Song 1 (During the song the Children are joined gradually Onstage by characters from the rest of the show - Pirates, Indians, Mermaids, etc. The Lost Boys are dressed in pyjamas and are extra Children, amazed at the storybook characters Wendy is conjuring before their eyes in the song. As the song ends they all drift Offstage leaving just Wendy, John and Michael.) Michael: I love your stories Wendy, they are all real aren t they? John: I wish we could go to Neverland, just imagine the adventures we would have there. Wendy: Everything in Neverland is just as I have told you. Now come on it s time for you to go to sleep, off you go. John: Goodnight Wendy. Michael: Night, night Wendy. (They exit, John taking his umbrella and Michael takes his teddy bear. Wendy goes and looks out of the window and then settles down in the chair. She moves the top hat to sit down but keeps it close. The stage goes dark.) Scene 3 (The nursery at night. There is a flash of light and a thunderclap - SFX. Peter Pan is in silhouette at the open window. The stage darkens again, a second flash and thunderclap and he appears on one side of the stage. A third and he has changed position again standing on top of the ABC block. The lights come up slowly, with Peter struggling to keep hold of a tiny green light in his hand. It seems to be pulling him in different directions all over the stage.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 9

10 (As he talks to Tinkerbell her answering voice is just a tinkling bell. The real Tinkerbell, hidden offstage in the wigwam, could ring the bell as necessary.) Peter: Come on Tink help me find my shadow. (SFX bell.) Peter: Of course you can, you re the cleverest fairy I know. (SFX bell.) Peter: Yes and the prettiest, come on now we have to find my shadow while the children are asleep. Peter: Do I think you re prettier than Wendy? What a funny question, you girls can be so silly. (SFX bell rings louder.) Peter: Alright, alright. You re not silly, don t get your wings in a whirligig. (SFX bell. All the noise has woken Wendy - who jumps up out of the chair.) Wendy: Oh, Peter, Peter Pan is it really you? I knew you d come one day. Peter: Oh Tinkerbell now look what you ve done! Wendy: Who are you talking to? What s that in your hand? Peter: This? Oh this is Tinkerbell, my fairy. (SFX bell.) Peter: You are my fairy, you know you are, stop being so grumpy. Fairies can be sooo sensitive. Wendy: Oh can I hold her, please can I? I ve always wanted to hold a fairy. (Suddenly a very loud SFX bell ringing - Peter loses complete control of the fairy light he is holding, it appears to jerk out of his hand and it flies - he throws it - into the wigwam. From inside the wigwam a green light moves quickly to and fro.) Peter: Oh Tinkerbell don t be so mean, come and meet Wendy and try to be nice. Wendy: Oh, how do you know my name? Peter: Of course I know your name, we ve been coming here lots and listening to your stories from outside the window. I particularly like the ones that are all about me. Wendy: From outside the window, but how? Scene 4 (The stage is set as Neverland. The Pirates have got hold of all the Lost Boys and Wendy, John and Michael. As the lights go up Captain Hook emerges from the wigwam entrance.) Hook: Right, that s Peter Pan taken care of, he won t be giving us any more trouble! Wendy: Noooo! Michael: I want my mother! Hook: There, there, little boy don t worry, you can have my mother instead! Michael: Whaaaaaaaaaaa! Hook: Yes, you may have a point! Smee, bring me the fairy - I can t wait to tell Tinkerbell the good news. I d never have been able to kill Peter Pan without her help! (Smee runs Offstage Left. SFX - breaking glass, a green light goes across the stage. The Lost Boys all watch as it darts around across the stage and comes to rest on the wigwam. Smee enters empty handed.) Smee: Oops! Hook: Can I not trust you to do anything you blundering buffoon? Right, men take the prisoners back to the ship, we have some new pirate recruits for the Jolly Roger. (The Lost Boys and the Children shout No! Never! We want Peter! ) Hook: Silence! It s up to you sign up as pirates or you ll be forced to walk the plank! (They All continue to shout as they are led Offstage. Blackout.) Scene 5 (Lost Boys underground home - with roof bar. As the lights come up, Peter wakes and stretches.) Peter: Ohhhh, Tootles was I snoring? Tootles? Slightly? Wendy? Not even the twins have stayed with me. Oh look I went to bed without taking my medicine Okay, Wendy I ll take it now, for you (Full size Tinkerbell enters from the wigwam and runs at Peter snatching away the bottle.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 39

11 Wendy: Oh, I almost forgot. (Peter turns expectantly.) Peter: Yes? Wendy: You must remember to take your medicine before you go to bed. Please Peter? For me? (Peter turns away disappointed.) Wendy: I ll just leave it here and you can have it later. Goodbye Peter. (She exits and Peter turns only when she has gone, walks over and picks up the medicine bottle.) Peter: That s it, go! Leave me alone! I don t need you! Do this Peter, do that Peter take your medicine Peter! They don t know what they are in for - wanting a mother! Why would you want someone who tells you what to do all the time? Okay, they might tell you stories and make you lovely things to eat and look after you and love you like nobody else does Oh but I ve worked so hard to forget about all that. I ve got everything I need right here in Neverland, and if it s not here I just make it up and use my imagination! (Peter sings.) Song 10 (At the end of the song Peter picks up the bottle of medicine and puts it near him and lies down on the floor to sleep. The lights dim.) (Captain Hook enters the Lost Boys underground home from the wigwam entrance.) Hook: Aha! Here we are in Peter Pan s secret home. Oh look, there he is, sleeping just like a baby! What s this? A full bottle of medicine, perfect, I ll just put in a few drops of poison and that will be the end him! Now, let me see, how much does it say? One drop for boys, two drops for pirates, four drops to kill a hippopotamus, well then five drops should do it! (He pours the drops into the bottle and puts it back near Peter, he shushes the Audience as he creeps back out through the wigwam. Blackout.) Peter: That s how I lost my shadow here the other night. That big daft dog of yours caught me on the windowsill, I managed to get away, but my shadow was too slow. Wendy: Oooooo I ll help you look for your shadow Peter. (Tinkerbell quickly emerges full size from the wigwam, she is pulling Shadow, a character dressed like Peter Pan but all in black, with her.) Tinkerbell: I ve found it Peter, we don t need your help Windy. Wendy: It s Wendy, Tinkerbell, you say it like this Wendy. Tinkerbell: That s what I said Windy. (Meanwhile Peter is busy checking his Shadow over, moving this way and that getting it to mirror his moves.) Peter: Well it looks okay - it seems to be in full working order. I need to find a way to stick it back on. I can t risk losing it again. Shadow: Don t worry Peter, I m sticking close to you from now on. You won t lose me again. (Peter and Shadow sing.) Song 2 (As the song and dance routine ends, Wendy claps and looks very impressed with Peter, Tinkerbell is becoming more and more irritated.) Wendy: Oh Peter, that was just wonderful, you are clever. Tinkerbell: (Mocking Wendy.) Oh Peter you re so wonderful, and I m so Windy, full of wind! (She blows a rather rude raspberry.) Peter: Take no notice of her Wendy, you re right - I am very clever, aren t I Shadow? (Shadow nods vigorously in agreement and then steps behind Peter watching and mirroring his every move.) Wendy: In fact Peter, you are so clever, I think I might give you a kiss! (Tinkerbell makes a loud gagging sound, but her actions only make Peter and Wendy more determined to ignore her.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 11

12 Peter: Thank you Wendy, I think I should very much like to have a kiss. (He holds out his hand.) Wendy: Peter, you do know what a kiss is, don t you? Tinkerbell: Well what do you think? Windbag. Peter: Well I shall know what it is when you give it to me, won t I Wendy. Wendy: Oh yes, of course, let me see. (She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a thimble and places it gently on his outstretched hand.) Wendy: There you go Peter, there s a kiss. (Tinkerbell is hooting with laughter now, rolling around, wiping her eyes.) Peter: Oh thanks Wendy. I think I should like to give you a kiss now. (This stops Tinkerbell suddenly in her tracks and she looks horrified. Wendy is delighted and puckers up and closes her eyes. Peter takes off an acorn that is strung around his neck and places it gently over Wendy s head.) Wendy: Oh, Peter, it s beautiful. I shall never take it off. Tinkerbell: (Pushing in between Peter and Wendy.) Come on Peter, it s time to go back to Neverland, we can t stay here all night, we ve got what we came for. Peter: Yes, come on Shadow, time to fly. Wendy: Oh, must you go? How do you get to Neverland? Is it far? Peter: Oh it s very, very far Wendy. Why don t you come too? Would you like to come to Neverland and meet all the Lost Boys? They d love to hear all your stories. Wendy: Well, I don t know, me go to Neverland? What would Mother and Father say? Peter: I don t care anything about what mothers and fathers say. In Neverland there are no mothers and fathers, no one to tell you what to do, and you never, ever have to grow up. Wendy: You never have to grow up? Peter: No, we just have adventures all day long. We play with Indians and pirates. There are mermaids Wendy, and lots of fairies, nicer ones than Tinkerbell - don t let her put you off. Wendy: That s a terrible thing to say! She ll have left the window open - so we can fly back any time we like. Peter: You re wrong about mothers Wendy. Long ago I thought like you and I flew back to my nursery, but there were bars on the window and my mother had forgotten all about me, and there was another little boy sleeping in my bed. Wendy: } (Together) John: } Michael: } Lost Boys: } No! Peter: It s true, so you see - you might as well forget all about mothers just the way they will forget about you! Tootles: What s your mother like Wendy? Wendy: Well she s lovely and kind and is always smiling. Slightly: Oh she sounds lovely. Peter: Well, if you all want to go home with Wendy that s fine. Go! Wendy: You could come too Peter, I m sure Mother would love you too. Peter: Pah! I don t need a mother! Why would I need a mother? What possible good could having a mother ever be to me? I m Peter Pan! John: But you can t stay in Neverland on your own Peter. Peter: Why not? I don t care about being on my own. Tinkerbell has scarpered, why don t you lot just clear off too and give me some peace. I don t need Lost Boys, I don t need mothers and I certainly don t need you! Wendy: Come along boys, it s time to go! Peter: You won t get far, you don t even know the way. Wendy: Oh I figured that out a while ago. Second star to the left and straight on till evening! (Wendy stands at the wigwam entrance, John and Michael exit first, followed by all of the Lost Boys in turn. Peter stands with his arms crossed looking the other way. Once they ve all gone she turns back to Peter.) Wendy: Peter please? Peter: Goodbye Wendy by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 37

13 Hook: Smee: pirate! (Blackout) Oh Mother, whatever gave you that idea? You know Captain, sometimes I quite like being a Scene 3 (The Lost Boy s underground home - with roof bar and black curtain to hide the moon. The Lost Boys and Peter are gathered around having a pretend feast with imaginary food and drink - they are all tucking in, John and Michael are with them. Wendy is watching.) Tootles: Oooh Peter this feast is amazing. Slightly: Nibs pass me another chicken leg will you? Nibs: Righto Slightly, chuck another couple of bread rolls this way then. Peter: That s right guys tuck in, there s plenty for everyone. Wendy: But Peter there s nothing here at all! John: Don t be a ninny Wendy, can t you see all this delicious food? Michael: We re having a feast Wendy come and join us. Wendy: But I want a proper meal and don t talk with your mouth full Michael! Peter: Ha! So you can see all the food! I knew it! Wendy: Oh this is just too silly for words. Peter, these boys need proper food... I don t think I can look after them all properly. I think they should all come home with me and John and Michael and be looked after by Mother. (The feasting scene immediately freezes and Everybody turns to stare at Wendy. When Peter speaks they turn to stare at him, etc.) Peter: What good is a mother? The Lost Boys don t need a mother! Wendy: You re wrong Peter. Everyone needs a mother even you! Michael: Aren t you our mother, Wendy? Wendy: Oh Michael, no I m not your mother, our mother is back home in our nursery waiting for us don t you remember? She must be so worried about us all by now. Peter: She ll have forgotten all about you by now by Suzan Holder Page 36 Wendy: Oh it does sound wonderful. Peter: And the Lost Boys have never heard any stories Wendy, wouldn t you love to tell them your stories? Wendy: I couldn t go without John and Michael, can they come too? Peter: Of course they can, Shadow bring the boys now. (Shadow runs Offstage and returns with John and Michael. Tinkerbell appears in a right huff about this.) Michael: Wendy, is it true? Are we really going to Neverland with Peter Pan? John: I thought I must be dreaming, but here you are, the real Peter Pan, in our nursery. Wendy: Oh isn t it all so exciting, we re going to have a real adventure boys but Peter, how do we get to Neverland? Peter: We fly of course. Wendy: Oh but we can t fly. John: I knew it was all too good to be true. Michael: I want to see the pirates! Peter: And so you shall - I can teach you how to fly, Shadow, let s show them how it s done. (If actual flight on wires is not an option - a small trampet can be used for characters to bounce on in turn and then fly through the air to land on the window seat of the open window.) John: Well that looks easy. Peter: All you need to do, is think of a happy thought... Oh and I almost forgot, Tinkerbell, sprinkle them with fairy dust. Tinkerbell: Do I have to? Peter: Come on Tink it ll be fun. Tinkerbell: Well, whoopee. (She grudgingly sprinkles glittery fairy dust over each of the Children in turn. She then jumps from the trampet to the window and exits through the window with Shadow.) Wendy: Oh, it s working, it s working. (The Children all go up on tiptoe and drift towards the trampet where they fly towards the window. They speak their lines while bouncing.) John: This really is highly irregular! 2015 by Suzan Holder Page 13

14 Michael: Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! (The Children are now all on the window seat. Peter bounces on the trampet.) Peter: Come on everyone, it s time to go, are you ready? One, two, three go. (Everyone jumps into the air on Peter s go and the lights go down while everyone is in the air. A black backcloth reveals a large moon behind the window, or the moon image is flown in. Images of Peter and the Children - silhouette puppets of Peter and the Children in flight, or projections across a moon - should be seen through the open window.) Scene 4 (The night sky. Empty stage with a black star cloth lit, in front is a large full moon - as a projected image, or a light gobo shining onto a white wooden or cloth moon. The flying Children appear to move Stage Right to Stage Left as they speak.) Wendy: (Offstage) Oh Peter we re so high! John: (Offstage) I can see Big Ben over there, look. Michael: (Offstage) Weeeeeeeeeee... Wendy: (Offstage) Oh slow down Tinkerbell, we can t keep up with you. Which way is it Peter? Which way to Neverland? Peter: (Offstage) It s this way Wendy, second star to the right and straight on till morning. Song 3 - with Dancers, who come Onstage. (Lights down at the end of the song.) Scene 5 (Neverland. The lights come up to reveal Neverland, possibly with a full moon filling the backdrop area. The stage is bathed in bright light so the moon appears to be shining in the daytime. Trees, shrubbery, or a dappled lighting effect across the stage as though light is filtering through the trees. Enter the Lost Boys - Tootles, Nibs, Slightly, Curly. Tootles is playing a penny whistle and they all march in line behind him from Stage Right.) Smee: Oh yes, I ve seen that, it s really good! Hook: Well we haven t stolen that idea from The Graham Norton Show at all! Smee: We haven t? Hook: Of course not Smee, he s got a big red chair and as you can quite clearly see, we ve got a small blue chair, so it s not the same at all! Smee: But we do have a lever connected to the chair that will flip someone out if we don t like their story. Hook: You re getting the idea Smee! Mother, would you like to take a seat and start to tell all the lovely people here one of your enthralling, entertaining stories? Smee: And if you lot think we should pull the lever you shout off, off, off. This will pay her back for those custard pies earlier. I like this game! Hook: Okay everyone, are we all set. Mother, tell us your story. Mrs Hook: Ooohh yes. You re in for a treat now then boys and girls. Let me see, what shall I tell you about? Oooo I know, well you know about my cousin Marjorie and the hassle she s had with her new budgie You won t believe it when I tell you. You know Marjorie, married to Malcolm, Malcolm and Marjorie, I mean, you just wouldn t do it would you, and that s not the worst of it, his last name is Snufflebottom! Could there be a worse name than that Well this budgie cost a fortune, have you ever bought a budgie? I ve bought a parrot once of course (Improvise more of the story.) (Mrs Hook launches into her story and Smee encourages the Audience to shout Off, off, off. Hook decides the point at which to pull the lever, plus accompanying sound effect! As soon as the lever is pulled Mrs Hook throws herself backwards onto the crashmat. Improvise the next section. Mrs Hook is given a couple more chances to tell a tale, but in reality it s just so we get more chances to pull the lever and send her flying.) Mrs Hook: Right! That s it. I don t think you want to hear my stories after all. (Mrs Hook exits.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 35

15 Smee: No Captain, but then I very rarely know what is going on. Hook: Right, I ll speak in words of one syllable - get, off, the, stage! Mrs Hook: But I am in this scene, you obviously haven t read the script properly! Hook: Right, that s it. I do apologise for this ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, script! Bring me a script immediately! (Hook clicks his fingers and a Stage Hand brings on a script and hands it to him. He puts the lamp with Tinkerbell light in it down and flicks to the page, as Mrs Hook tries to look over his shoulder.) Hook: Oh give me strength. Act two, scene two, Captain Hook and Smee in Neverland, Mrs Hook is hovering in the background. Hovering you deluded dingbat! (He thrusts the script at the Stage Hand who flees.) Mrs Hook: Ahhhhhhh. Hook: Right, well now you re here we might as well have a bit of fun, don t you think boys and girls? Mrs Hook: I know your idea of fun! I'm not walking the plank again! Hook: No, no I just want you to tell the boys and girls here one of your stories. You like telling stories about all the fascinating things that happen in your life don t you Mother dear? Mrs Hook: Ooohh yes, just wait until you hear about what happened at the post office just the other day! Smee: But her stories are terrible! They just go on and on and round and round. Hook: I know, that s why we re going to have some fun! Props! (A couple of members of the Crew run Onstage and erect a crash mat and a small blue stool Centrestage. A separate lever device is placed Downstage Right by Smee.) Hook: So, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, you may have seen a show with a big red chair where people tell stories, but if they re no good a lever is pulled and it flips them right out of the chair! Tootles: Come along men, follow the leader. I m the leader when Peter is away aren t I? (The other Lost Boys grumble and look unconvinced.) Nibs: When will Peter be back Tootles? He should be back soon shouldn t he? Tootles: I m sure he ll be back soon Nibs, but I have everything under control while he is away don t I? Slightly: Oh yes, everything is completely under control. Apart from the fact you ve lost the twins of course. Tootles: Lost the twins? How can I have lost the twins? The twins are always with us Aren t they? Oh dear. Roll call everyone! (Tootles plays three short notes on his penny whistle and the boys line up. Each of them steps forward and calls out his name in turn, when it comes to Curly he is wearing a Harpo Marx style curly wing and just steps forward and honks his horn. He never speaks.) Tootles: Tootles! Nibs: Nibs! Slightly: Slightly! Curly: (Steps forward and honks his horn. They all then look towards the end of the line where the Twins should be.) Tootles: Oh no, I ve lost the twins. Twins, Twins, where are you? (All the boys join in calling Twins, Twins. Two Lost Boys of very different appearance, one tall, one short, run Onstage and join the end of the line.) Twin 1: Twin One present and correct. (He nudges Twin 2.) Twin 2: Twin Two here. Tootles: Oh thank goodness for that. I think Peter would be very cross if I lost the twins. Slightly: I doubt he would have noticed. Nibs: Look! What s that flying overhead? What sort of bird is that? (Tinkerbell enters as though she has just landed Stage Right and runs Onstage. The trampet could be placed offstage - to give the performers an elevated entrance. She whispers in Tootles ear and each Lost Boy in turn whispers to the next down the line.) 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 15

16 Twin 1: } (Together) Twin 2: } A Wendy Bird? What s a Wendy Bird? Nibs: It looks highly dangerous to me! Slightly: Are you sure Peter wants us to shoot the Wendy Bird, Tinkerbell? (Tinkerbell gives a vigorous nod of her head, gives a comedy wink to the Audience, she then runs Offstage Left.) Tootles: Come on boys, an order is an order. (He picks up his bow and arrow and aims high in the air towards Stage Right. He fires and the arrow flies into the wings Stage Right.) Twin 1: } (Together) Twin 2: } You hit it Tootles, you hit it! Tootles: I did, didn t I? (Wendy enters as though just landed Stage Right with an arrow sticking in her chest, holding it in place with her hands at the spot where she wears the acorn on a long string Peter gave her. She staggers across the stage and falls to the floor Downstage Centre. The Lost Boys stand looking in surprise at Wendy.) Slightly: That doesn t look like any bird I ve ever seen. Nibs: Why did Peter want us to kill such a pretty bird? Slightly: In fact, I don t think this is a bird at all. I think it s a girl. Peter was bringing us a girl to be our mother. Twin 1: } (Together) Twin 2: } What s a mother? Slightly: A mother is a lady who loves you, and looks after you. Nibs: And cooks your dinner and mends your clothes. Curly: And makes sure you get a line to say when you ve been given a non-speaking part in the panto! Thanks Mum! Slightly: And tells you stories. Tootles: } (Together) Nibs: } Curly: } Twin 1: } Twin 2: } Tells you stories? Tootles: And I ve shot her! What have I done? What have I done? Hook: Simple Smee, I remembered that not only is Tinkerbell a fairy, but she is also a girl! When I discovered that she was jealous of Peter s new girlfriend, Wendy, all I had to do was convince her that I wanted to get rid of Wendy and she was more than happy to help lead me to her forgetting that would also lead me straight to Peter Pan. (SFX - bell.) Smee: How devious and manipulating you are Captain. Hook: Yes, I am aren t I! Isn t it marvellous? So what have we learned today then Mr Smee? Smee: That you re a nasty piece of work and not to be trusted? Hook: Well I would hope that much is obvious! No Smee, we ve learned that you can never, ever, trust a woman! That s why I won t have one on the ship. Smee: Well apart from your mother of course. Your mother is a woman Captain. (Captain Hook gives the Audience an arch look.) Hook: Ahem, yes well, now keep looking Smee, the entrance must be around here somewhere. (Enter Mrs Hook from Stage Left. She has a hoover and is vacuuming the stage.) Smee: Aye aye Captain, right away sir. (Hook notices Mrs Hook.) Hook: And what do you think you are doing? Mrs Hook: I m doing what it says in the script. Hook: You ve literally lost the plot now haven t you, you mad old baggage, what are you talking about? Mrs Hook: Don t you talk to me like that! You re not too big to go over my knee and have a right good spanking my lad. Hook: Just run along now please Mother you re not even meant to be in this bit. Mrs Hook: Yes I am! It says so in the script! Hook: Smee, have you any idea what she is going on about? 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 33

17 Tiger Lily: Father, Mother, Peter found me at Mermaid Lagoon and rescued me from the pirates. Peter: Mother Morning Cloud, I could never let anything happen to Tiger Lily. Morning: My daughter, I thank the stars that you have been brought back to us safely. Tiger Lily: The stars and the moon have been watching over me Mother, keeping me from harm, and I could never be in danger when Peter Pan is around. Big Chief: Peter Pan brave. Peter Pan good. Peter Pan now honourable member of our tribe. Morning: Please stay and join us giving thanks to the moon and the stars and to you. You are one of us now Peter. Tiger Lily: Peter they want you to join us, my family want to celebrate my return. Peter: Wow, thanks, I d love to. (Tiger Lily, Peter Pan, Indians and Dancers.) Song 9 (Lights down at the end of the song.) (Lights up as Captain Hook and Smee enter from Stage Left, Hook is carrying a lamp with a flickering green light inside.) Scene 2 (Neverland, without Totem pole.) Hook: So, here we are Tinkerbell, thanks to you we must be getting close now to Peter Pan s secret underground home. (SFX - bell.) Hook: Ha! It s far too late to change your mind now my dear, this is exactly where you showed me on the map I know we re close. Smee: Captain, how did you get Tinkerbell to betray Pan and tell you his secret? (Peter, John and Michael suddenly enter Stage Right as though they have just landed. Michael landing last and appearing to be caught by the other two.) Peter: Here we are boys. Welcome to Neverland! (The Lost Boys quickly make a line in front of Wendy, hiding her from view of Peter.) Peter: Lost Boys I want you to meet John and Michael Darling. John and Michael, these are the Lost Boys, say hello gang. (The Lost Boys mutter a very subdued greeting.) Peter: What s wrong with you lot? Give the lads a proper welcome. You d better not be so rude to Wendy when you meet her. Where is she anyway? Have you seen her? I ve brought you a girl to be your mother. You ve always wanted a mother haven t you? (Tootles begins to sob.) Peter: What on earth is the matter with you all? Have you been eating strange mushrooms again while I ve been gone? I ve told you about that now haven t? Tootles: It s not that Peter. It s just, I m so sorry I didn t realise she was going to be our mother but Tink said (The Lost Boys stand aside and Peter sees Wendy lying there.) Peter: Wendy! What s happened to her? Wendy, wake up! She s been shot! Whose arrow is this? (Peter glares at the Lost Boys. John and Michael rush and kneel by Wendy. The Lost Boys all step back and leave Tootles standing there.) Tootles: I m so sorry Peter. Peter: Wait a minute. What did you say Tink said? Slightly: She said you wanted us to shoot the Wendy Bird, Peter. Peter: Oh she did, did she? (John takes the arrow from Wendy and she starts to cough.) John: Peter, she s waking up, Wendy is waking up. Peter: It s my kiss that saved her. The arrow hit the kiss and saved her life. Slightly: Oh yes, I remember kisses, that s definitely a kiss. Wendy: Oh dear, where am I? What s happened? 2015 by Suzan Holder Page by Suzan Holder Page 17