Princess Sam is a girl of our time, with a mind of her own, certainly not prepared to submit to the matrimonial plans laid for her by her parents, the reigning monarchs of Merryvale, King Kevin and Queen Julie. She copes with their plans in her own inimitable way and counters the machinations of the hard-line Prime Minister, Madeleine Newcombe and her corrupt ‘spin man’ Paul Beethovan, who are working to sweep away the monarchy and declare Merryvale a republic ... with a president already elected! All fathers of daughters will identify with King Kevin as he sings his lament to ‘Daddy’s Little Girl’. And Princess Sam’s poignant little song ‘Second Best Princess’, which she sings to her late sister Paula, ‘the one groomed for stardom’, will bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardened theatre-goer.
by June Maidens.
Music by Mark Shepherd
ISBN: 1 904232 21 3
CD available
Musical numbers
ACT ONE
Hanging Out - Girls; Bad babes; DJ Majic; Jet; Soldiers
Look - Servants
What do we tell the Princess? - Kevin; Julie; Bentley & maids
Daddy’s Little Girl - Kevin solo
Second Best Princess - Sam solo
Wanabi - Girls; Bad & Babes
Safe - Bad babes & DJ Majic
ACT TWO
Welcome - Sam solo
My Island - Kevin & Julie; DJ & Jet
Abbadication - Kevin
Seb’s Song - Seb solo
Abbadication/Coronation - Reprise
Princess Sam & the Company
Characters
Princess Samantha
King Kevin; Queen Julie
D.J. Majic; Jet; The Bad Babes
Lady Chrissie; Lady Alice
Lady Nickie; Lady Primnrose
Lady Lydia Goode-Manners
Lady GraceGoode-Manners
Prime Minister Madeleine Newcombe
‘Spinman’ Paul Beethovan
Prince Sebastian Swashbuckle (S.S.)
Prince Charles Coolguy (C.C.)
Prince Nigel Nicealot (N.N.)
Prince Edwardio Foolhardy (E.F.)
Prince Hildebrand Chucklepain (H.C.)
Captain Gregory
Corporal Custard/Mr.T./Photographer
Private Bob; Bentley the Butler
Flora the Housekeeper
Daisy the Maid;
Molly the maid; Milly the maid
Penelope the chauffeuse
