The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner


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A musical play in which the garden insects, tired of being sprayed but unable to agree on the best method to stop it, begin warring among themselves while the garden goes to ruin. No music included.




Wood Plays: 2


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If there is anyone who should be the children's playwright laureate it is David Wood' (Evening Standard) The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See - '... the funniest, prettiest and most melodious children's show I have ever seen' (Guardian); The BFG - 'Any child not delighted by the BFG must have a head filled with squashed flies, and deserves to be fed for a year on disgustatious snozzcumbers' (Guardian); The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner - 'A milestone in children's entertainment' (Theatre Review); Save the Human - 'A first-rate show, it's colourful, entertaining and thought-provoking' (Sunderland Echo)




Wood Plays: 1


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"As playwright, composer and director, Mr Wood has given children a self respecting art form" (The Times) The Gingerbread Man - 'The perfect children's play, with lots of superbly silly jokes and foot-tapping songs ... a magnificent epic of comic disarray' (Time Out); The See-Saw Tree - 'We are made to feel at once that the theatre is something immediate and involving' (Times); The Ideal Gnome Expedition - 'David Wood has surely scored again ... yet another gently entertaining excursion into a fantasy world where eminently sensible values prevail' (Daily Telegraph); Mother Goose's Golden Christmas - 'I cannot recommend this pantomime highly enough ... an enchanting blend of mirth and music that captivates the hearts of mums, dads and kids' (Romford Observer)




How the Chicken Hawk Won the West


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A chicken hawk tries to improve his image by various methods but finds that presenting himself as he really is works best.




Theatre for Children


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One of the world's leading children's dramatists provides a practical handbook of the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children. A marvelous contribution to the world of Youth Theater...a must. Robyn Flatt, Dallas Children's Theater. He has often been called the National Playwright for Children and he deserves it. Cameron Mackintosh"




Elizabeth Taylor's Kiss and Other Brushes with Hollywood


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In Brushes from Hollywood, David Wood reflects on his time working alongside several movie legends during his many years in show business.




Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp


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Instead of meeting the death the evil sorcerer plans for him, Aladdin acquires the means to win the princess's hand in marriage.




Emperor's Nightingale, The


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