Harkee the Cat

By: Cleve Haubold

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Synopsis: Harkee the Cat / Cleve Haubold / Comedy / 5m, 4f with ensemble / This award-winning comedy for all ages tells the story of the citizens of the village of Farnstall, who, much to their alarm, are visited by a royal messenger. With banners unfurled and trumpets blowing, he announces the bad news that the villagers must make ready for a visit from the King-- and his royal guard of 843 gentlemen-at-arms! This hungry procession will eat the poor villagers out of house and home. Every sausage, crumpet and cake will disappear from their shops, and they'll not get a single farthing in exchange! What despair-- until clever Harkee the Cat shows an usual and hilarious solution to the problem. A cast, which includes an uproarious drum-beating shrew, her timid husband, a mischievous apprentice, a pompous royal lord, a busy-body messenger, and a warm-hearted shopkeeper, keep the story romping along in unexpected directions to a funfilled climax. / First Prize Winner in the Atlantic Junior League Children's Theatre Playwriting Contest