Following the success of their collaboration on Robin Hood, David Wood and Dave and Toni Arthur wrote Jack the Lad, a musical celebration of Jack, the ubiquitous hero or everyman of English legend, myth and folklore - from Little Jack Horner, through Jack and the Beanstalk to Spring Heeled Jack, the Terror of London. The setting is a gypsy encampment, where a series of Jack tales and songs are performed by the gypsies to celebrate the 80th birthday of their senior member - affectionately known as Jack the Lad. The play, therefore, depicts contemporary gypsy life, as well as traditional gypsy customs and superstitions, and is a delightful amalgam of the traditional arts of storytelling, singing and dancing, with a mumming play, a shadow-mime and puppetry also employed within the main framework.

The Pied Piper is based on the traditional tale made famous by Robert Browning, and uses much of Browning's poem. This adaptation has the Piper making his first appearance as a modern busker, delighting the children with his music.3 women, 5 men, 20 men or women

This is a series of playlets which tell the various well-known tales of Robin Hood. The possibilities for presenting the play are numerous open stage, promenade, open air as well as on a proscenium stage. There is a basic cast of fourteen, but the authors envisage productions in which large numbers of local people take part, emphasizing the basic concept of the play which is that of a musical celebration by a whole community.14 women or men

Nick and Jenny are with Nick's parents in their car on the way to a cottage in Wales. Neither of them know each other and neither are very happy about having to go there. However in the cottage they find an unusual means of travel to strange places, where they seem to arrive just at the right time. What is the legacy that Great Uncle David left? Where do they go and what quests await them?