Synopsis
The Bad Children
Shirley Jackson & Allan Jay Friedman
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The play begins as the witch wakes up on a miserable rainy day in the forest and exclaims, "Such a day - makes you glad to be alive"
Then she gets into an argument with the second-class enchanter, which is interrupted by the arrival of the much-abused parents of Hansel and Gretel, followed closely by the little fiends themselves
They haven't the slightest interest in anything that's useful
Hansel and Gretel find the witch's gingerbread house and start tearing it to pieces
The children are so eager to push the witch into the stove that it makes the old girl terribly nervous!
Cast of 7 or more
Book and lyrics by Shirley Jackson. Music by Allan Jay Friedman