Tokoloshe
By Pieter Scholtz.
Product Code: TM4000
Full-length Play
Cast size: 2m., 2w., 2 either gender with doubling, or up to 10 (3m., 2w., 5 either gender).
Rights and availability
This title can be licensed and sold throughout the World.
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.
Synopsis
Tokoloshe is a ubiquitous and mischievous water sprite who can become invisible by swallowing a pebble. He is central in most Zulu folklore and legends, as he is in this modern, yet magical, story revolving around a young girl named Thandi. Thandi is the heroine, a young girl who catches a strange and wonderful fish. The fish is in fact the water sprite, Tokoloshe, with the powers of shape-changing. In return for his freedom, Tokoloshe vows to serve Thandi. He saves her from the clutches of a malevolent Go-Go (her grandmother) and an unwelcome suitor. He also aids her search in the city for her long-lost father. The play ends with a magical and unexpected climax—as delightful to Western audiences as it is to Zulu children.
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code TM4000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 58
- Min. Royalty Rate $65.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 90 min
- Staging Open stage.