Maiden Mona the Mermaid: A Fairy Play for Fairy People

A whimsical fairy play follows a curious mermaid who rescues a washed-up prince and becomes entangled in a comic quest tied to a gnome king’s diamond mountain, eccentric courtiers, and mistaken identities. Scenes shift between moonlit sea caverns and festive courtrooms, blending playful verse, farce, puns, and physical stage business as the prince’s inheritance depends on meeting a mermaid and completing absurd conditions. The piece lampoons pomp and pretension through exaggerated officers, coquettish figures, and magical interventions, resolving its romantic complications with reconciliations and buoyant theatrical merriment suited to holiday performance.