The Jackdaw

Recomended For - 7 - 14 year olds
Topics - The Napoleonic War, Smuggling, Trust and Betrayal

Synopsis
A fact based drama, set during the Napoleonic Wars. When battles raged on land and sea and around the coast of England, countless French and Dutch prisoners of war were imprisoned in Hulks - old decommissioned warships. Life on these hulks was hard and escape impossible, unless you had the money to employ the help of an escape agent - smugglers turned people traffickers - to spirit you back to France. The most notorious of these was the Jackdaw, who outwitted every government agent sent to catch him.

An inter-active history play for KS2 and KS3 students, involving the whole audience with some members playing active roles within the story. The play weaves fact with fiction and will keep the audience in suspense until the very end.

This play can be performed in the traditional proscenium arch manner but is usually staged with the audience sitting either side of a walkway. Duration 1 hour.