Doubling possible for a minimum of 6 actors

Arabian Nights

• The Hakawati – a storyteller
  

The Tale of King Dara al-Saeed and Princess Cyra

• King Dara al-Saeed
• Princess Cyra
• Haroun
• Kashifah
• Shadha
  

The Tale of the Young Prince Dara al-Saeed

• Dara’s Mother
• Dara’s Father
• The Young Prince Dara
• Seer
• The Tale of the Fisherman and the Bottle
• Aaqil, the Rubbish Fisherman
• Djinni of the Bottle

The Tale of the Ebony Horse

• Kamar al-Akmar
• Princess Yelda

The Heartless Tyrant

• One Hundred and One Mounted Soldiers
• The King of All Merrie England
  

The Tale of the Caliph’s Son and the Large and Rather Ugly Tortoise

• Caliph
• The Caliph’s Youngest Son
• The Large and Rather Ugly Tortoise
• Princess Wayuk
• Princess Kabiha
• The Tale of the Wonderful Bag
• Samira
• Abdul

The Tale of Ala al-Din

• Ala al-din
• Mother
• African Magician
• Djinni of the Ring
• Djinni of the Lamp
• Soldier
• Princess Badr al-Budur
• Princess Badr al-Budur’s Handmaiden

The following resources are included in each performance license:

• Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

Please Note: Sheet music is not available for this musical. Each licensee will need to create their own underscoring. 

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:

• Logo/Media package

Toby Hulse is a playwright and director who specializes in making theatre for family audiences and in educational contexts. He has created work for theatres and companies across the UK, touring nationally and internationally. In addition to his work in theatres, Toby is a highly skilled creative practitioner, whose work ranges from one-off workshops to longer term partnerships, projects and residencies, with children and adults at all stages of their creative development. He is a regular Guest Tutor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, teaching Improvisation, Clowning and Children's Theatre.

Between September 1999 and March 2004, Toby was Associate Director of Education at Bristol Old Vic. He devised and directed professional theatre projects for schools; produced resources and led events supporting Bristol Old Vic productions; and created and ran workshops on theatre practice and history for children, young people and adults.

Originally produced by The Watermill, UK, in 2012