Robinson Crusoe

Play script dramatized by Charlotte B. Chorpenning. Original adaption of Defoe's adventure story. Cast of 2 women, 4 men, a puppet-parrot, extras. Two sets. 17th century English and primitive costumes. Young Robinson Crusoe, defying the wish of his parents, leaves his comfortable English home to sail for the Horn. Shipwrecked near an uncharted island, his life is spared; and faced with the prospect of a long, lonely lifetime in this isolated condition, he makes use of native foods and fabrics to create necessities and even comforts for himself. One day, he has the good fortune to rescue a native from cannibals, and in a most moving scene begins to teach the native his language and customs. Their eventual rescue by an English ship brings the play to a dramatic conclusion.