Alexander Dumas's rip-roaring yarn of derring-do, palace intrigue, and slushy amour! Now fully and seamlessly transplanted into Pantoland!

Here we find those famous swashbucklers, Porthos, Aramis, Athos and D'Artagnan, effortlessly recast as a bevy of roistering, thigh slapping lovelies - Principal Garcons par excellence. Throw in the despicable Cardinal Richeleeugh, his debauched sidekick Le Chevalier Du Lobster Roquefort, a clutch of other assorted and eminently hissable villains, plus a giant pantomime snail, and you have all the ingredients for un panteau cordon bleu.

With no opportunity missed to involve the audience, the chance to incorporate around a dozen musical numbers, and loads of truly wicked jokes (not a few at the expense of our near, dear neighbours, the French) The Three Musketeers - Le Panteau! offers all that's best about traditional festive entertainment, but with the added attraction of an exuberant new story and colourful new setting, based on an established and well-loved tale.
Most amateur societies have twice as many female actors as male actors, and yet most pantomimes provide for only two or three female principals. Well this show boasts seven, and the avowed intention was to give the ladies a fair crack of the whip, and the opportunity to prove that they can roister and swashbuckle with the best of them!

Cast: Principals M9 F7, M or F 2. Extras and chorus: As many as you like, M or F.

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Provision is made in the script for the inclusion of twelve musical numbers. More musical numbers could easily be incorporated.

Published and licenced for performance by Samuel French Ltd.
ISBN: 0-573-16416-9

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