CHARACTERS
As you travel with our irrepressible band of friends in their search to find The Ultimate Truth About Life you’ll meet the following characters:
PANTAGRUEL, an outsize leader type
ALCOFRYBAS NASIER (anagram of François Rabelais) the author on stage
PANURGE, a wily scalliwag
BROTHER LARDOON, a rather combative, generally inebriated cleric
CAPTAIN POREPUSS OF THE THALAMEGIUS
A MESSENGER
THAUMASTE, a famous English philosopher
DINDO, a sheep salesman
THREE COOKS by the name of SLITBANGER, BIFFOLATA and SNAPWURST
A FLYING PIG
A DICTIONARY
A STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WIND
A LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WIND
AN ART CRITIC
A SOPRANO BOX OPERATOR
THREE EVANGIMANIACS
ARCHBISHOP GREATWIT
TWO LADY ASSISTANTS
THREE BIRDS
A STUFFED HOOPOE
LORD GRIPPUSS WITH THE EXCEPTIONALLY LONG CLAWS
THE STUFFED CATS
THE LONG-EARED BIRDS
TWO PASSPORT OFFICERS
PROFESSOR IMPRESSOR
A DOCTOR
TWO MODERN DANCERS
AN OLD MAN WITH A GREEN BALLOON
TWO SHAVEN-HEADED YOUNG MEN
A STALIN-LIKE FIGURE
A VIOLINIST
PROFESSOR BLURB
NOIT PURROC, POET
THE ORACLE OF THE HOLY BOTTLE
THREE MERCHANTS
LEARNED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
SAILORS
DINERS
THE TRIPE SAUSAGES, MIXED SAUSAGES, CERVELATS, FRANKFURTERS ETC.
N.B. All parts can be played by any gender.
Available at the London Review Bookshop:
https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/on-our-shelves/book/9781495450891/rabelaisdada-a-re-invention-of-
franois-rabelais
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MKifg1MYY
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As you travel with our irrepressible band of friends in their search to find The Ultimate Truth About Life you’ll meet the following characters:
PANTAGRUEL, an outsize leader type
ALCOFRYBAS NASIER (anagram of François Rabelais) the author on stage
PANURGE, a wily scalliwag
BROTHER LARDOON, a rather combative, generally inebriated cleric
CAPTAIN POREPUSS OF THE THALAMEGIUS
A MESSENGER
THAUMASTE, a famous English philosopher
DINDO, a sheep salesman
THREE COOKS by the name of SLITBANGER, BIFFOLATA and SNAPWURST
A FLYING PIG
A DICTIONARY
A STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WIND
A LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WIND
AN ART CRITIC
A SOPRANO BOX OPERATOR
THREE EVANGIMANIACS
ARCHBISHOP GREATWIT
TWO LADY ASSISTANTS
THREE BIRDS
A STUFFED HOOPOE
LORD GRIPPUSS WITH THE EXCEPTIONALLY LONG CLAWS
THE STUFFED CATS
THE LONG-EARED BIRDS
TWO PASSPORT OFFICERS
PROFESSOR IMPRESSOR
A DOCTOR
TWO MODERN DANCERS
AN OLD MAN WITH A GREEN BALLOON
TWO SHAVEN-HEADED YOUNG MEN
A STALIN-LIKE FIGURE
A VIOLINIST
PROFESSOR BLURB
NOIT PURROC, POET
THE ORACLE OF THE HOLY BOTTLE
THREE MERCHANTS
LEARNED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
SAILORS
DINERS
THE TRIPE SAUSAGES, MIXED SAUSAGES, CERVELATS, FRANKFURTERS ETC.
N.B. All parts can be played by any gender.
Available at the London Review Bookshop:
https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/on-our-shelves/book/9781495450891/rabelaisdada-a-re-invention-of-
franois-rabelais
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MKifg1MYY
amazon.com
amazon.co.uk