Rumpelstiltskin

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Playing time: fifteen to twenty minutes, depending on production, songs used etc.

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A bit of one-upmanship in the local pub leads to an impossible challenge. The King locks up Samantha, the Miller's daughter, in a room in the castle and tells her to spin straw into gold. Can she do it? Of course she can't. Well, at least not without some help from a strange visitor. But if the King wants to marry Samantha, was this really the most sensible form of courtship?

Characters: Narrator, Miller, Miller's Friend, Innkeeper, Samantha (the Miller's Daughter), King, Rumpelstiltskin, Courtiers (non-speaking - optional)

Script Extract:

Narrator: And then the Miller proposed a toast -

Miller: My daughter Samantha – I shouldn't boast -

But she's the cleverest girl in the whole nation.

Friend : I wouldn't cause an altercation,

But I have to disagree!

My daughter is the most talented you will ever see.

Miller: Oh no she isn't!

Friend: Oh yes she is!

Miller: My daughter is a prima ballerina.

Friend : My daughter's an Olympic gymnast. You must have seen her.

Miller: My daughter has a first-class degree.

Friend : My daughter has a Ph. D.

Miller: My daughter runs a mile in a minute.

Friend :  Let's have a race. My daughter will win it.

Miller:  My daughter hits a hole in one.