ALI BABA SCRIPT EXCERPT |
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MUSTAFA and his depleted band of thieves have discovered the whereabouts of ALI BABA. MUSTAFA knocks on the door and it is opened by Ali’s mum (our dame) MUM BABA.... |
MUSTAFA. |
(checking his appearance and giving his hair a flick) And now for my fatal, fatal charm! |
MUM. |
(opening the door) Hellooo? |
MUSTAFA. |
(seductively) Hello, little girl. Is your Daddy in? |
MUM. |
(delightedly) Well, I don’t know about that. Maybe you’d like to talk to me! |
MUSTAFA. |
Have we met before? |
MUM. |
I don’t think so. |
MUSTAFA. |
It’s just I was wondering if I’d come to the right door, or - knocked on the door to heaven? |
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(MUM looks delighted. MUSTAFA turns briefly to the Audience with a look of alarmed revulsion.) |
MUM. |
Oh, no, I’m sure you’ve come to the right door! |
MUSTAFA. |
I’m an oil merchant. |
MUM. |
Are you? |
MUSTAFA. |
Yes, I am. |
MUM. |
That’s nice. |
MUSTAFA. |
Yes, it is, and the thing is – |
MUM. |
(getting very close) Yes? |
MUSTAFA. |
I’ve got nowhere to stay. Baghdad’s full. |
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MUM. |
That’s terrible. |
MUSTAFA. |
It’s awful, isn’t it? |
MUM. |
Well, we were all going to a funeral today – |
MUSTAFA. |
I thought you might be. |
MUM. |
You read me so well… But – |
MUSTAFA. |
Yes? |
MUM. |
Our plans have changed. |
MUSTAFA. |
No? |
MUM. |
Yes!!! Would it just be the one of you? |
MUSTAFA. |
Any more would be a crowd. Just me and my (counts on fingers) four jars of precious oil. |
MUM. |
Well, we do have very strong traditions of hospitality in these parts… |
MUSTAFA. |
Of all the knockers in Baghdad, what power above made me choose yours? |
MUM. |
I don’t know! |
MUSTAFA. |
Rat-a-ta-tat. Maybe it was meant to be? |
MUM. |
(grabbing MUSTAFA and bundling him in) Ali! We’ve got a visitor! |
(BLACKOUT.) |
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Characters
- Scheherazade, the storyteller
- Ali Baba, principal boy
- Mum Baba, Ali & Cassim’s Mum. The dame
- Kamil, a camel
- Safiya, principal girlv
- Cassim, Ali’s richer brother
- Sharon, Cassim’s wife
- Huma, Safiya’s younger sister
- Sheikh Mustafa Leikh, the chief thief
- Yessah & Nossah, Mustafa’s inept lieutenants
- Fab Rick, a tailor
- Loonah, Moonah & Noonah, Mum's friends.
- Chorus, as Citizens of Baghdad, Servants and Thieves
NB. Feel free to change gender where necessary. (Nossah works very well when played by a female actor.)
Mum’s friends are hilarious when some men in drag are involved in the mix.
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