Snow White by Bruce Gardner

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Once upon a time...
there was a beautiful but wicked Queen called Electra who married vague King Boris. The King had a daughter called Snow White.
Electra had two servants, Ching and Chang, and a magic mirror. One day the mirror told her that her step-daughter was even more beautiful than Electra.
Electra bewitched Hugo to make him kill Snow White.
Hugo was a simple woodcutter, who loved Snow White's old nurse, Nora. Nora's son, Sammy was the palace boot boy.
Meanwhile, Prince Valiant had fallen for Snow White and had even proposed marriage.
Electra sent Hugo off to the Forbidden Forest to do away with Snow White Hugo couldn't bring himself to perform the vile deed, and explained the plot to her. He told her to hide in the cottage of the seven wood dwellers, called Wye, Watt, Idunno, Wen, Wair, Hoo and Arthur. Did I mention Arthur?
The Ugly Bugs in the forest were having a Ball.
Although she made friends with the wood dwellers, Snow White missed the Prince and dreamed of being reunited with him.
When Electra discovered Snow White was still alive she disguised herself and persuaded her to eat a poisoned apple. But her friends had already set out to rescue her.
Electra summoned two evil sprites to do her dirty work. But her plans were thwarted. Prince Valiant married Snow White. And Nora finally got her hands on Hugo's chopper.

Characters and Cast

CharacterRolePlayed by
The StorytellerNarrator throughout the pantomimeJo Russell
Queen ElectraSnow White's evil stepmotherAmanda Leonard
King Boris the VagueSnow White's fatherBen Dowell
Princess Snow WhiteHeroine and principal girlKaren Pickavance
Ching & ChangQueen Electra's Chinese servants - comedy duoDawn Wain & Matt Ufton
Nora NatterjackSnow White's old nurse - dameDanny Edwards
Sammy NatterjackScatterbrained son of NoraScott Johnstone
Prince ValiantHeroic and charming Prince - principal boyRona Hamilton
HugoA woodcutter - dame's love interestRichard Kirkland
Spirit of the MirrorThe face inside the magic mirrorDave Bullimore
HooA wood dwellerSteve Russell
WattA wood dwellerVicky Redfern-Hunt
WairA wood dwellerEllen Moss
WenA wood dwellerAlyson Fountain
WyeA wood dwellerPaul Redfern-Hunt
IdunnoA wood dwellerLisa Hollingworth
ArthurA wood dwellerJade Holmes