Dance on the Moon
Dance on the Moon, the musical, is a coming of age saga set in the late 1600’s, the hey-day of Piracy.
The action of the drama takes place within the setting of Captain Gideon’s run-down curio shop over-looking the Bourne Sea Gate of Hastings and within his nightmares and flashbacks to his days under the Privateer/Pirate Sir Henry Morgan. It contains 15 songs plus notes for the Director.

DANCE ON THE MOON is the new title of my play set in the hey-day of Piracy. I have developed the theme and given the piece the depth it deserves. It is a moving story of redemption wrapped in a coming of age tale.
A young boy, Tristan, is trapped in a curio shop in the Old Town of Hastings overlooking the Sea Gate, run by his ex-pirate farther. The boy longs to get away, to go to sea. What holds him is his father's iron will and the boy's love for a fisherman's daughter. There are flashbacks to his father's days under Sir Henry Morgan, the infamous Pirate/Privateer and his desperate sacking of Panama City.
The drama has 15 original songs written and composed by William Lawrence.