Jump to content

Orvin – Champion of Champions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Stefan2 (talk | contribs) at 21:28, 18 January 2016 (file moved). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Orvin - Champion of Champions
Written byAlan Ayckbourn
CharactersOrvin
Albern
Dedrick
Skeets
Varian
Delcine
Ola
Archbishop
Ulmar
Walmund
Mayor of Zeva
Courtier
Date premiered8 August 2003
Place premieredStephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original languageEnglish
SubjectSwashbuckling adventure
GenreChildren's fantasy
SettingThe kingdom of Presupposia
Official site
Ayckbourn chronology
Sugar Daddies
2003
My Sister Sadie
(2003)

Orvin – Champion Of Champions is a 2003 musical play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, with music by Denis King. It was one of his few plays written for performance entirely by children, and, after the usual première at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, went on to be performed at the National Youth Music Theatre. It is about a squire named Orvin who accidentally ends up the last man alive in a great battle, and, unwittingly assuming the role of his late master Ulmar, finds himself the centre of a power-struggle and arranged marriage in the land of Presupposia.