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REMEMBER those great musicals of the American West? There was Annie Get Your Gun; there was Calamity Jane; there was Oklahoma!; there were Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Now comes Arizona! (Who Shot the Sheriff 2). Sheriff Crinkly Cutt is a man with a mission, and he’s not gonna rest until he sees truth and justice prevail throughout the whole of the US of A – and the Territory of Arizona. But he’s got his work cut out when he arrives in the town of Crazy Gulch, where the folks are a mean and ornery lot - and even the tumbleweed’s got a mind of its own. There’s Mutch Cassidy, leader of the Hole in the Ceiling Gang, Grease Lightnin’, the slowest gun in the West, Wire Twerp and the Brown Paper Kid – he’s the one who rustles. There’s even a couple of illegal immigrants from South of the Border – Chips Tortilla and the Fandango Kid. They’ve all got their sights set on just one thing – robbin’ the Crazy Gulch branch of the Denver and Shanghai Bank. Oh, and they also like drinkin’ and gamblin’ and swearin’ and lyin’ and cheatin’ and shootin’…. And the women are even worse! At least Miss Kitty, owner of the Silver Nugget Saloon, and her gals, Fifi, Froufrou and Tutu are tryin’ to make the new sheriff feel at home, but Charlie and George are a pair of pistol-packin’ tomboys who ain’t yet learned that you can’t get a man with a gun! ‘ Course they’re not all bad. Some of ‘em, like local goody-two-shoes Miss Purity and her school kids, go to church on Sundays. And they’re all a bunch of pussy-cats compared to Wild Bill Hiccup. The inhabitants of Crazy Gulch might be a dissolute, whisky-swillin’, poker-playin’, gun-slingin’, rabble-rousin’ bunch of no-goods, but this is one mighty bad man. It’s gonna be no mean feat for Crinkly to thwart Wild Bill’s plans to get himself elected mayor and see he gets his just desserts. Especially as his sidekick, Deperdy Doodah, as soft-hearted and slow-witted a deputy as ever set foot in a cowboy tale, is about as much use as a chocolate teapot. He’s also got a wild and hairy bunch of injuns on the warpath to contend with, and there’s even a chance that Doc might not get Back-Off-Holiday in time to patch ‘em all up. Order a reading copy

A note on the title.

This show is subtitled “Who Shot the Sheriff 2” as it was originally presented as a follow-up to Merry Men of Sherwood (Who Shot the Sheriff?) - it’s not, after all, such a big leap of the imagination from Sherwood Forest to the Arizona desert, it just takes a very different kind of sheriff and one who’s a good guy instead of the villain of the piece. But if you’ve not yet presented Merry Men of Sherwood just delete the sub-title and bill your show simply: Arizona!

Crinkly: What – you only got one horse between you?

Hoss: Well, it is a one-horse town, Sheriff!

Crinkly Deperty Doodah – go round me up a posse.

Doodah: Sure, Sheriff!

Posse: Miaow!

Crinkly: I said “posse” Dep’ty, not –

SETTING THE SCENE

Much of the action takes place inside the Silver Nugget Saloon, except when the fighting spills out onto the main street of Crazy Gulch. To make this change, simply remove the “bar” and saloon furniture and pin up some signs – Bank, Sheriff’s Office, Livery Stables, OK Café and so on – on the rustic planking of the wing flats. A desert backcloth remains in place throughout so that when the wing flats are reversed to reveal totem poles the stage is set for a scene in the camp of the Idanoe Indian tribe. Other scenes – the OK Café and inside the bank – are played front of tabs. The Indian camp, with its totems and tepees, is ideally suited to a UV sequence if desired – and you’ll also need LOTS and LOTS of American dollars for when they blow up the safe, and Doodah with it! Top

Pianer Player: I can’t play in this state!

Fifi and Froufrou: Well, try movin’ to California

MUSIC MAESTRO

No self-respectin’ saloon would be without its jangly ol’ pianer and if your MD has been hankering after a piece of the action this is the show where he can appear on stage – a part has been written in for the Pianer Player. It’s also the show that provides the opportunity to indulge in lots of great numbers from all those wonderful western musicals: The Deadwood Stage, Cain’t Say No, Can’t Get a Man With a Gun, Goin Courtin’,Windy City, Wandrin’ Star, Oklahoma! and The Farmer and the Cowman. Once a respectable member of society, the Town Drunk gets a chance to tell how he took to the bottle after hearing the story of the Ghost Riders in the Sky, while the tale of Running Bear is an ideal number to highlight the subplot of those ill-fated Indian lovers, Big Chief Runny Nose and Little White Socks. Top

Arizona (Who Shot the Sheriff 2)

Crinkly: What – you only got one horse between you?

Hoss: Well, it is a one-horse town, Sheriff!

Crinkly Deperty Doodah – go round me up a posse.

Doodah: Sure, Sheriff!

Posse: Miaow!

Crinkly: I said “posse” Dep’ty, not –

SETTING THE SCENE

Pianer Player: I can’t play in this state!

Fifi and Froufrou: Well, try movin’ to California

MUSIC MAESTRO

Sioux: I’m a Boy Called Sioux.

Crinkly: Ah, you’re an Indian too.

Sioux: No, my parents just wisht I’d bin a girl and called me Sue.

	Setting the Scene Music Maestro
Home Panto Scripts Other Scripts Terms Contact About Antz See a production Links to Panto Sites	REMEMBER those great musicals of the American West? There was Annie Get Your Gun; there was Calamity Jane; there was Oklahoma!; there were Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Now comes Arizona! (Who Shot the Sheriff 2). Sheriff Crinkly Cutt is a man with a mission, and he’s not gonna rest until he sees truth and justice prevail throughout the whole of the US of A – and the Territory of Arizona. But he’s got his work cut out when he arrives in the town of Crazy Gulch, where the folks are a mean and ornery lot - and even the tumbleweed’s got a mind of its own. There’s Mutch Cassidy, leader of the Hole in the Ceiling Gang, Grease Lightnin’, the slowest gun in the West, Wire Twerp and the Brown Paper Kid – he’s the one who rustles. There’s even a couple of illegal immigrants from South of the Border – Chips Tortilla and the Fandango Kid. They’ve all got their sights set on just one thing – robbin’ the Crazy Gulch branch of the Denver and Shanghai Bank. Oh, and they also like drinkin’ and gamblin’ and swearin’ and lyin’ and cheatin’ and shootin’…. And the women are even worse! At least Miss Kitty, owner of the Silver Nugget Saloon, and her gals, Fifi, Froufrou and Tutu are tryin’ to make the new sheriff feel at home, but Charlie and George are a pair of pistol-packin’ tomboys who ain’t yet learned that you can’t get a man with a gun! ‘ Course they’re not all bad. Some of ‘em, like local goody-two-shoes Miss Purity and her school kids, go to church on Sundays. And they’re all a bunch of pussy-cats compared to Wild Bill Hiccup. The inhabitants of Crazy Gulch might be a dissolute, whisky-swillin’, poker-playin’, gun-slingin’, rabble-rousin’ bunch of no-goods, but this is one mighty bad man. It’s gonna be no mean feat for Crinkly to thwart Wild Bill’s plans to get himself elected mayor and see he gets his just desserts. Especially as his sidekick, Deperdy Doodah, as soft-hearted and slow-witted a deputy as ever set foot in a cowboy tale, is about as much use as a chocolate teapot. He’s also got a wild and hairy bunch of injuns on the warpath to contend with, and there’s even a chance that Doc might not get Back-Off-Holiday in time to patch ‘em all up. Order a reading copy A note on the title. This show is subtitled “Who Shot the Sheriff 2” as it was originally presented as a follow-up to Merry Men of Sherwood (Who Shot the Sheriff?) - it’s not, after all, such a big leap of the imagination from Sherwood Forest to the Arizona desert, it just takes a very different kind of sheriff and one who’s a good guy instead of the villain of the piece. But if you’ve not yet presented Merry Men of Sherwood just delete the sub-title and bill your show simply: Arizona!	Crinkly: What – you only got one horse between you? Hoss: Well, it is a one-horse town, Sheriff! Crinkly Deperty Doodah – go round me up a posse. Doodah: Sure, Sheriff! Posse: Miaow! Crinkly: I said “posse” Dep’ty, not –

	SETTING THE SCENE Much of the action takes place inside the Silver Nugget Saloon, except when the fighting spills out onto the main street of Crazy Gulch. To make this change, simply remove the “bar” and saloon furniture and pin up some signs – Bank, Sheriff’s Office, Livery Stables, OK Café and so on – on the rustic planking of the wing flats. A desert backcloth remains in place throughout so that when the wing flats are reversed to reveal totem poles the stage is set for a scene in the camp of the Idanoe Indian tribe. Other scenes – the OK Café and inside the bank – are played front of tabs. The Indian camp, with its totems and tepees, is ideally suited to a UV sequence if desired – and you’ll also need LOTS and LOTS of American dollars for when they blow up the safe, and Doodah with it! Top	Pianer Player: I can’t play in this state! Fifi and Froufrou: Well, try movin’ to California

	MUSIC MAESTRO No self-respectin’ saloon would be without its jangly ol’ pianer and if your MD has been hankering after a piece of the action this is the show where he can appear on stage – a part has been written in for the Pianer Player. It’s also the show that provides the opportunity to indulge in lots of great numbers from all those wonderful western musicals: The Deadwood Stage, Cain’t Say No, Can’t Get a Man With a Gun, Goin Courtin’,Windy City, Wandrin’ Star, Oklahoma! and The Farmer and the Cowman. Once a respectable member of society, the Town Drunk gets a chance to tell how he took to the bottle after hearing the story of the Ghost Riders in the Sky, while the tale of Running Bear is an ideal number to highlight the subplot of those ill-fated Indian lovers, Big Chief Runny Nose and Little White Socks. Top	Sioux: I’m a Boy Called Sioux. Crinkly: Ah, you’re an Indian too. Sioux: No, my parents just wisht I’d bin a girl and called me Sue.

Arizona (Who Shot the Sheriff 2)

Crinkly: What – you only got one horse between you? Hoss: Well, it is a one-horse town, Sheriff!

Crinkly Deperty Doodah – go round me up a posse. Doodah: Sure, Sheriff! Posse: Miaow! Crinkly: I said “posse” Dep’ty, not –

SETTING THE SCENE

Pianer Player: I can’t play in this state! Fifi and Froufrou: Well, try movin’ to California

MUSIC MAESTRO

Sioux: I’m a Boy Called Sioux. Crinkly: Ah, you’re an Indian too. Sioux: No, my parents just wisht I’d bin a girl and called me Sue.

Crinkly: What – you only got one horse between you?

Hoss: Well, it is a one-horse town, Sheriff!

Crinkly Deperty Doodah – go round me up a posse.

Doodah: Sure, Sheriff!

Posse: Miaow!

Crinkly: I said “posse” Dep’ty, not –

Pianer Player: I can’t play in this state!

Fifi and Froufrou: Well, try movin’ to California

Sioux: I’m a Boy Called Sioux.

Crinkly: Ah, you’re an Indian too.

Sioux: No, my parents just wisht I’d bin a girl and called me Sue.