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Play script. A dramatization of Mark Twain's great original. 5 sets (simplified, stylized staging appropriate). Mid-Nineteenth Century American costumes. 27 characters (many possibilities for doubling).

Mark Twain himself narrates this lovingly crafted adaptation, preserving the classic language (and, in effect, reliving his boyhood). Precisely, as in the book, we follow the antics and inne... More

Play script. A dramatization of Mark Twain's great original. 5 sets (simplified, stylized staging appropriate). Mid-Nineteenth Century American costumes. 27 characters (many possibilities for doubling).

Mark Twain himself narrates this lovingly crafted adaptation, preserving the classic language (and, in effect, reliving his boyhood). Precisely, as in the book, we follow the antics and inner conflict of Tom that single long summer. Tom moves through the whitewash work/play enterprise to the famous scenes in school where he establishes his bravery in the young world. And he proves his manhood in the events leading out of the graveyard murder to the climactic trial which tests his courage in the old world of life and death itself. Along the way we escape with him and his companions into the playworld of Jackson Island, and the happiest funeral in all literature as the boyish "drowned" listen to their own eulogies. Widely produced and beloved, this version enlarges the option of producers who value the masterpiece of Mark Twain.

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