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Treasure Island: The Panto
Written by Adam G Smith
Get ready to sail for fun and adventure with young Jim in this swashbuckling Pantomime version of Treasure Island. This pantomime script is loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel and brings you all the traditional elements of our annual panto that everybody loves.
Swashes will be buckled! Timbers will be shivered! It’s sure to be a plank walking, parrot-squawking triumph!
Running Time - 2 Hours
Cast Size 12 - 14 (roles can be doubled up)
Cast
Jim A young man yearning for adventure.
Mrs Booty Barnacles Hard hitting dame that runs the Admiral Scuttle Inn & adopted mother to both Jim & Deano.
Dippy Deano – Comical and dim-witted boy who works at the Admiral Scuttle Inn.
Long John Silver – Main Villain, Pirate with one eye who wants to seek his lost treasure lost many years ago.
Squire Trelawney – A bumbling rich landlord of the local town.
Polly Trelawney – Young daughter of the Squire who also yearns for adventure.
Sea Legs Sam – Dim-witted pirate who you feel fell in with the wrong crowd.
Captain Flounder – Experienced captain in the Royal Navy, courageous and proud.
Ben Pistol – An eccentric marooned sailor on the island with his imaginary friend 'Winston'.
Peckly the Parrot – Long Johns Silver's Sidekick with a big attitude.
Black Dog – A ruthless pirate who loves plundering, torturing and looting.
Nine Lives Nancy – Female pirate and part of Long John's crew.
Billy Bones – Washed up and paranoid former first mate of Captain Flint.
Mr Pugh – Visually impaired pirate who come to deliver the black spot.
Script Sample
Mrs Booty B: Oh hello everyone! (Audience Business) Oh well remembered! (Sees a skeleton) – Ahh! Oh it’s just a skeleton! …For a second I thought it was Megan Markle. I say it’s a little bit spooky in here isn’t it? Deano, tell me a joke to keep my mind off this creepy cave.
Deano: Here Mrs B, why do Norwegian submarines have a barcode on them?... So they can scandanaveyin.
Mrs Booty B: Oh a ship joke!
Deano: It wasn’t that bad!
Ben: Right, here is where Captain Flint (thunder and lightning SFX) …
Mrs Booty B: You have to be careful using his name in this show dear, every time you use it; that happens, and the theatres energy bill keeps going through the roof!
Ben: Well, this is where ‘you know who’ killed 15 men to keep the location of the treasure hidden forever.
Deano: Great! That’s made us all feel much better about the situation.
Groaning yawn noise echoes around the cave.
Deano: What was that?
Squire: I don’t know but it sounded big and angry.
Mrs Booty B: Ooo my two favourite things…big and angry!
Yawn noise is heard again as Sea Legs Sam pops up behind a rock where he has been sleeping.
Jim: Oh, it’s just Sea Legs Sam!
Mrs Booty B: What are you doing popping up like that and scaring us all to death?
Sea Legs: Well, everyone loves a Pop-up Pirate! haha well I just found this cave to shelter in for the night.
Jim: Why are you not with the other pirates?