Tom and Huckleberry
Musical in 2 Acts, 10 scenes: Music and lyrics by Mike Carter
Book by John Lazenby and Mike Carter
The time is approximately 1850 and the setting is St Petersburg,
a small town basking upon the banks of the great Mississippi River.
Tom lives with his Aunt Polly and his brother, Sid, in a small house
overlooking the sidewalk. It is summer, and Tom's main preoccupation
is playing truant from school, so he joins the homeless outcast,
Huck Finn, along the banks of the Mississippi in search of adventure.
It is on just such a quest that, one night in the graveyard, the
two boys unwittingly witness a horrific murder that is to change
their lives forever.
Scenes and Settings
Act 1
Scene 1: The sidewalk outside Aunt Polly’s house; early morning
Scene 2: The sidewalk outside Aunt Polly’s house; next day
Scene 3: The graveyard, that night
Scene 4: The sidewalk outside Aunt Polly’s house, a few momens later
Scene 5: The Court Room, a few days later
Act 2
Scene 1: The sidewalk outside Aunt Polly’s house, a few days later
Scene 2: The Haunted House, midnight that night
Scene 3: The sidewalk outside Aunt Polly’s house, a few nights later
Scene 4: Jackson Island, early next morning
Scene 5: The sidewalk outside Aunt Polly’s house , a few days later
The cast: M 10 F3. Extras.
Notes
Minimum cast size: about 25 (12 adults and 13 children). But the show works very well with an even larger cast. Number of individual speaking parts: 23
Characters
- Aunt Polly : Tom’s guardian aunt
- Becky: Tom’s girlfriend
- Defending Attorney : young overawed lawyer
- Doctor Robinson : ambitious young doctor
- Huck : Tom’s friend, the homeless outcast
- Injun Joe : treacherous half-cast Indian
- Judge Frazer : authoritative town judge
- Miss Watson: attractive young woman who works in the local stores
- Muff Potter : town drunkard, hapless drifter
- Prosecuting Attorney: shady lawyer with a reputation to consider
- Sid : Tom’s brother
- The Minister : insipid but well-intentioned minister
- Tom : an adventurous orphan
- Tom’s friends : Willie; Ben; Billie; Johnny; Jim; Joe; Bob; Mandy; Amy; Jenny
Townsfolk: various town characters, some of whom appear as The Lynch-mob plus Ghosts
Musical Numbers:
- Dreamers: Ensemble
- Friends: Muff, Tom & Huck
- Hi-ho riddle-oh: Tom & Children
- I’ll just have to pretend: Muff & Miss Watson
- If you wanna get engaged: Tom & Becky
- Just around midnight: The Ghosts
- Muff is an innocent man: Judge Frazer & Ensemble
- Muff Potter (take him to the gallows): Lynch Mob (Townsfolk)
- Now I know: Tom
- Now that he’s gone: Aunt Polly
- One little drink: Muff
- Revenge: Injun Joe
- The Jubilation song: Ensemble Tom Sawyer: Townsfolk, Children, Aunt Polly & Tom
Libretto and score on sale
NB: There are no band parts available.