Tickle - children’s play

Sep 28, 2026

Tickle is a children’s play by David Wood, presented with production and copyright information for stage performance. It specifies protected rights, reserved permissions for performance, translation, and reproduction, and outlines royalty fees and licensing conditions controlled by Samuel French Ltd. The play includes a minimum cast of six, flexible casting by either sex, and performance guidance on music, sets, costumes, masks for the Germs, and the use or mimesis of props, including sandwich-board opening action.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages44

Reading Time1 h 8 min

AccessFree to download

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Tickle

# Tickle A children's play David Wood WO https://archive.org/details/ticklechildrensp0000wood AAICASHIRE LIBRARY THIS R00K SHOULDBE RETURNFD ON OR BEFORE THE LATEST DATE SHOWN TO THE LIBRARY FROM WHICH ITWAS BORROWED | LOAN FROMZ
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30118059100622 | | | | 165 3ie C1978 BY DAVID WooD 1. This play is fully protected under the Copyright Laws of the BritishCommonwealth of Nations,the United States of America and all countries ofthe Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions. 2. All rights,including Stage.Motion Picture,Radio,Television,PublicReading,and Translation into Foreign Languages,are strictly reserved. | 3. No part of this publication may lawfully be reproduced in ANY form or by
any means—photocopying,typescript,recording(including video-recording)
manuscript,electronic,mechanical,or otherwise—or be transmitted or stored
in a retrieval system,without prior permission. | | --- | 4. Rights of Performance by Amateurs are controlled by SAMUEL FRENCHLTD,52 FITZROY STREET,LONDON WIP6JR,and they,or their authorizedagents,issue licences to amateurs on payment of a fee.It is an infringementof the Copyright to give any performance or public reading of the play beforethe fee has been paid and the licence issued. 5. Licences are issued subject to the understanding that it shall be madeclear in all advertising matter that the audience will witness an amateurperformance;that the names of the authors of the plays shall be includedon all announcements and on all programmes;and that the integrity of theauthor's work will be preserved. The Royalty Fee indicated below is subject to contract and subject tovariation at the sole discretion of Samuel French Ltd. Basic fee for each and everyperformance by amateursCode Ein the British Isles In Theatres or Halls seating Six Hundred or more the fee will be subjectto negotiation. In Territories Overseas the fee quoted above may not apply.A fee will bequoted on application to our local authorized agent,or if there is no suchagent,on application to Samuel French Ltd,London. 6. The Professional Repertory Rights in this play are controlled by SamuelFrench Ltd. ISBN 0573052476 ## TICKLE First produced in 1972 by The Dance Drama Theatre withthe following cast:Claire FrisbyJaki MilesJanie Glynn Michael O'SullivanToby SedgwickPatrick CurtisLeslie PortchGerard Bagley Directed by Jan ColetDesigned by Susie CaulcuttMusic by David Wood This re-written version was first produced by the Wake-field Tricycle Company at the Arts Theatre,Great New-port Street,London,on the 9th April 1977,with thefollowing cast:Pauline AbnarSharon BowerPeter DawsonIan MiltonJohn PriorRob Spendlove The Play directed by Kenneth ChubbSettings by Jennifer CareyMusic by John Prior ## CHARACTERS The size of the cast is variable,but a minimum of sixactors is required,playing several parts each.Most,ifnot all,of the characters can be played by either sex. Four Sandwich-Board MenWorker Opera Singer Launderette Attendant Cafe ProprietorTickle Customer Fairground Barker Acrobat Traffic WardenCars,BicyclesBusinessman Mr Mighty Miss Balenca Woman with KnittingSchoolchildStreet CleanerThree GermsAmbulance ManMusiciansConductor Basher Bert Little Lionel Referee Two Wrestling Seconds Laughing Hyena Keeper ## CHORUSES WHAT AMI?TickleI'M A TICKLETickleVACUUM SONGCafé Proprietor and ChorusWHERE WILL TICKLE GO?Chorus(and Audience)WHERE WILL TICKLE GO?(reprise)Tickle and Chorus(andAudience)WAITING FOR THE BUSBusinessman,Woman withknitting,SchoolchildSLEEPY TICKLETickleW

FAQs

What are the casting requirements for Tickle?

The play has a minimum cast of six actors. Most, if not all, characters can be played by either sex, and actors may play several parts.

How is the opening of the play staged in the TICKLE* section?

Before the play starts, four actors mingle with the audience or create their audience using sandwich-boards with slogans, then stand facing the audience. A worker actor “enters” from the audience and ad-libs on provided lines.

Who controls performance rights and licensing for the play?

Performance rights for amateurs are controlled by Samuel French Ltd, which issues licences for a fee. The document also notes that professional repertory rights are controlled by Samuel French Ltd.

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