Babes in the Wood

(or Trouble at the Palace!)

A pantomime by Peter Webster
Thursday 13 February 1992 - Saturday 15 February 1992
& Thursday 20 February 1992 - Saturday 22 February 1992
Faringdon Community Theatre, The Pump House, 5 Market Place, Faringdon
Directed by Peter Webster
Producer: Helen Barter
Musical Director: Debra Warner

Performances start 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Doors open 30 minutes earlier. Matinée on Saturdays only.
Tickets were available from Faringdon Travel, 11 Market Place, Faringdon.

This version of “Babes in the Wood” is loosely based on the story of Robin Hood and his merry men. The King and Queen have to make a tour of their royal realm and make the mistake of leaving both their kingdom and the Prince and Princess in the hands of the scheming Count. Their day-to-day care is left with their nurse, Mrs Custard-Pigh and the children’s fairy godmother. Robin of Locksley steps in to warn the King and Queen that the Count is plotting against them, but is banished for his pains.

No sooner have the King and Queen left on their travels, than the Count puts his plans into action by hiring two villains, Messrs Rough and Ready, neither of whom would be a success on Master Mind. Their plans are overheard by Marian, the maid, who with Mrs Custard-Pigh escapes with the children into the forest.

This is the first pantomime written by member Peter Webster (and there are many more to come). He wrote this article that appeared in the Faringdon Folly for January 1992, entitled “Home-grown pantomime”

To read more or purchase the script visit the PetePanto.co.uk website.

Joan Lee; Brenda Keith-Walker; Ruth Willett; Louise Benton

Brenda Keith-Walker; Debbie Lock; Jemima Headey

Brenda Keith-Walker; Ruth Willett; Jemima Headey; Debbie Lock; Louise Benton

Joan Lee; Annabelle Wills; Ben Probert

Debbie Lock; Jemima Headey

Debbie Lock as Robin of Locksley

Nigel Keith-Walker; Joan Lee

Photographs by kind permission of Ian Smith (founder of the ‘Faringdon Folly’ newspaper)