Mary Twice

Mary Twice is a play by Welsh playwright Gary Owen. It was premiered at Porthcawl Pavilion, South Wales by Bridgend County Youth Theatre on 4th April 2008.

Plot Summary

The main character, Mary, is despondent about her boring life and is soon taken into "Otherworld" by her "spooky sibling" Grey Mary, and her gang: Merryman, Rosenose, Shiwann and the Sergeant. Grey Mary makes a deal: Mary will help regain the horrorhead from the King and Queen and Grey Mary will "end Mary's boring life forever". Mary helps to take back the horrorhead, but she doesn't realise that it is the source of all Grey Mary's power. She soon discovers that Grey Mary has tricked her and is soon trapped in otherworld, but manages to cross over to the real world and stop Grey Mary. In the end, Mary agrees that Grey Mary can visit her in the real world once every year.

List of Characters

*Mary
*Grey Mary
*Mum
*Dad
*King
*Queen
*Merryman
*Rosenose
*Shiwann
*Sergeant
*Bob Maerdy
*Llew Reed
*Elfed Preseli
*Counts of Mounted Crystal
*Complainers
*Social Worker
*Unborn Child
*Backing Singers
*Disgruntled Teenagers
*Assorted Spiders, Birds, Butterflies, Bumblebees, Cats and a Badger
*Courtiers

Musical numbers


;Act I

* Mary's Boredom Song - Mary, Disgruntled Teenagers
* "Dad's Song" - Dad, Backing Singers
* Back Garden Safari - Mum, Dad
* Mary's Not Alone Song - Mary, Grey Mary
* Worms - Grey Mary, Merryman, Rosenose, Shiwann, Sergeant

;Act II
* The Land of Do-What You Like - Grey Mary, Company
* Learn to Swim - Bob Maerdy, Llew Reed, Elfed Preseli, Backing Singers
* Mary's Song for her Weird Sister - Mary, Grey Mary
* The Land of Do-What You Like (reprise) - Grey Mary, Company
 
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