I was then intensely disappointed when Mariel wasn’t entrusted with Martin’s sword and it went to one of the male mouse characters. I remember being so excited when Mariel of Redwall came out (the first of the books I bought in hardcover) because she looked like a proper badass lady from the outset. Part of what made me start to fall out of love with the series was my frustration at what the girl characters didn’t get to do. What I loved most about the series as a kid was the story of Martin the Warrior and his famous sword. Swensson has written another winner.' - The Kennett Paper, Kennett Square, Pa.But wait! What about those “damaging tropes of epic fantasy?” Won’t that cause “harm” especially to my daughter since she’s a girl and these books are so clearly sexist and harmful? 'This is a story about heroes and warriors, loyalty, the strength in doing what is right and living lives of speaks of worthwhile values in such a dramatic, mesmerizing way that the children in the audience were transfixed. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application. * Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)Įlementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA With the help of the shrews, Matthias finds the sword, and when Asmodeus puts him into a trance with his evil eyes, the voice of Martin wakes him shouting: 'Strike for freedom! Strike for Redwall!' In the final battle with Cluny, Matthias wins by his wits, not by the sword, and Redwall is again 'A Place of Peace.' Warbeak tells him that it was stolen by a giant snake, Asmodeus. Cluny leaves but threatens to return as the mice sing 'We Are Ready!' and the rats sing 'We'll Be Back!' Though the mice practice to defend themselves with sticks, Matthias knows that mice will need more than sticks to fight the rats and asks Warbeak, a sparrow, to help him find Martin's sword.

As the Redwallers gather to honor their abbot and remember their hero, Martin the Warrior, the mice sing about their happy life in 'Brothers of Redwall.' They are interrupted by the singing of the rats, bragging about their leader, 'Cluny the Scourge,' as the 'scrappiest, scruffiest, rowdiest, raunchiest rat in history.' Cluny demands that the abbot give him the abbey, but little Matthias rips the articles of surrender. Based on the first book of the acclaimed Redwall series, this adventure-packed musical tells the tale of a courageous mouse, Matthias, and how he saves the abbey from the cruel rat, Cluny the Scourge.