RIP VAN WINKLE

Adapted by Will Huddleston from Washington Irving classic story and 1828 anonymous playscript

Productions by: Vita Shakespeare Festival; California Theatre Center

From Washington Irving.
Period Music and tapes by Jeffra Cook are vailable. This adaptation is based upon an 1828 melodrama that toured America for 50 years. Good-for-nothing Rip goes hunting to avoid facing the fact that he has signed away his daughter's inheritance in exchange for some ready cash. In the mountains Rip encounters ancient Dutch spirits. He drinks and dances with them, and falls asleep for twenty years. When he wakes, the American Revolution has come and gone, and Rip's now-grown daughter is being forced to marry a detestible scoundrel. But the old man returns just in time to save the day and be welcomed back into his beloved family.

CAST: 6m, 4w or more
TIME: One hour
SET: Unit set to suggest, street, bar, Rip's house, mountains, 1800 parlor, and courtroom.

Rip Van Winkle image

Plays by Will Huddleston