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By James Still. Adapted from the book by John Ruskin. Part fairy tale, part Dickens -- a mysterious story that explores how greed and cruelty threaten to destroy the Golden River and surrounding valley and how kindness (not magic) finally restores it to its natural beauty. 6 actors to play 16 characters. Two suggestive interiors, one exterior. Can tour.

In a prologue where an insensitive tour guide proudly points out nuclear reactors, complex highway systems and industrial technology, an old man angrily protests the Golden River's current environmental ruin. Although most of the tourists dismiss the old man, one young boy lingers and proves to be a skeptical but active audience for the old man's tale of a young boy who long ago conquered his brothers' cruelties and saved the Golden River through his compassion. The heart of the play is the boy's adventure story that includes surprising characters such as the Southwest Wind and the King who turns the evil brothers into Dark Stones. The original production at the California Theatre Center was set in the American Southwest in the 1800s and theatrically used native American rituals, sounds and images.

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By Alan Cullen. From England. Completely absurd nonsense fantasy, peopled with unforgettable characters. 3 women, 8 men, 1 dog. Four simple sets, largely furnished with hangings. Fantastic costumes.

An unemployed jester, down on his luck, recklessly releases a Djinn from captivity, who grants him a wish. Against the advice of his companion, a distinguished English sheepdog named Mr. Simpkins, he wishes to be a king. But this proves complicated, as he first has to pass the Test, and he finds his kingdom impoverished and endangered, and protected only by two bumbling baronets who are constantly on the verge of killing one another, for love of the Lady Fenella. Bewitched unintentionally by Basil the Wuthering Beast, King Patch begins to turn into a rabbit, then falls into the clutches of Drusilla the Hag of the Crag, who needs a rabbit and a dog for the dexter and sinister supporters of her coat of arms. It takes the Yale, "an absurd figure with spots and serrated horns curving opposite ways, and inconsequential tufts of hair, like a goat gone wrong," to rescue King Patch and Mr. Simpkins, foil Drusilla, find Lady Fenella's true knight, and restore the kingdom to prosperity.