{"id":11233,"date":"2020-08-15T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T10:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=11233"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:40:32","slug":"clever-manka-tya-world-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=11233","title":{"rendered":"Clever Manka  \u2022 TYA \u2022 World Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Czechoslovakian tale adapted by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=3844\"><strong>Genevieve Aichele<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riddles. Cleverness. This simple, charming story will delight children and adults alike as The Burgomaster of a little village dispenses wisdom and settles legal cases and disagreements brought to him through riddles and his Villagers seem happy. Until clever Manka, daughter of a local Shepherd, begins to unravel all the riddles, and the Burgomaster does something drastic. Twice! But the joke is on him!<\/p>\n<h3>Part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=11219\">TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD SERIES<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TYA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>4f, 3m (can be doubled to 3f, 3m)\n<ul>\n<li>Narrator, F<br \/>\nManka, daughter of a Shepherd, F<br \/>\nBurgomaster, youthful head of the village, M<br \/>\nFarmer, a difficult man, M<br \/>\nShepherd, a man who wants a promise kept, M<br \/>\nWife, F<br \/>\nVillager, F (could be played by the Narrator)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Settings are fluid in and around the village<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Costumes of Czechoslovakia (modern or traditional &#8212; or both)<\/li>\n<li>About 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li><strong>ORDER #3140<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>PERUSAL PAGES<\/strong> file is in PDF format and contains the first half of this play: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Clever-Manka-PERUSAL.pdf\">Clever Manka PERUSAL<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Clever-Manka-PERUSAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Email us!\" href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>EMAIL<\/strong><\/a> us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PURCHASE REHEARSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(Any PDF purchased will be emailed to your email address &#8212; if you need to provide that to us (not the one on your PayPal account?), <strong><a href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\">email<\/a> us.<\/strong> CDs will be mailed to a snail mail address. Do not purchase rehearsal materials or pay for royalties until you have performance clearance.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Script<\/strong> in PDF format\u00a0 &#8212; Order #<strong>3140a<\/strong> : <em><strong>$10.00<\/strong><\/em> (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"E6CUT4S28RUVQ\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3140d<\/strong> : <strong>$15<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"9CR3QBBTPX45E\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3140e : $15<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"DEFCJULZ9Y4VY\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Royalties<\/strong> will be quoted upon <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\"><strong>application<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>EMAIL<\/strong> us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. 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No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<em>Clever Manka<\/em> is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the catalog of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"LBTNEWlogo\" width=\"129\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Czechoslovakian tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Riddles. Cleverness. 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