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Blather, Blarney and Balderdash
Inspired by Folk and Fairy Tales from the Emerald Isle


By Patrick Rainville Dorn


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CAST:  Flexible cast of 25-50
SET:  Exterior Irish countryside set
TIME:  About 75 minutes
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Three hilarious and action-packed Irish folk and fairy tales collide in raucous laughter when a trio of wild and crazy leprechauns try to help tongue-tied shepherd Fin O’Grady learn to tell a story and win the hand of his one true love. 

Assisted by the wee folk of Ireland, Blather, Blarney, and Balderdash enact ’The Hunchback of Knockgrafton,’ in which a simple man’s gentle nature wins him an unexpected prize and a cruel counterpart learns that it’s not a good idea to mess with little people.  In ’The Griffin’s Feather,’ young Aidan bravely encounters a sneezing girl, a frenzied farmer, and a bombastic boatman before snatching three feathers from a hen-pecked griffin in order to cure a sleeping beauty.  In ’The Bird, the Mouse, and the Cricket,’ a courageous lass and three magical animals risk their necks to help a sour prince regain his lost laughter.  At last, the shy Fin discovers that a story is a treasure that increases the more you share it. 

This uplifting, easy-to-produce ensemble comedy combines clever dialogue with slapstick humor and features numerous ’showcase’ roles so that everyone, even the least experienced, has a chance to shine.


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Great characters, creative, whimsical, fun!!!


it was fun creating an Irish setting and doing a story-telling style play.


 
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