a children's play

[doorknob]

I have a photograph of my father in a school play in the mid 1930s.  Their costumes include a lion, a queen (mostly wearing white), a witch, a jester and either a king or soldier wearing a helmet.  Other plays put on were fiction or fairy stories.  Can anyone assist what play this might be?  (The Lion the witch and the wardrobe wasn't written until 1950)

[madnbad]

could it be the wizard of oz

[dothawkes]

Is it not a Shakespeare play?

[doorknob]

Wizard of Oz - thought of that but decided there would definitely be a scarecrow costume in the phot.

Shakespeare ??  possible, trying to fit a lion into it.

Many thanks for the suggestions.

[Buenchico]

DotHawkes' suggestion of Shakespeare makes me think of A Misummer Night's Dream. The Queen could be Titania, queen of the fairies and the lion could be Snug, the joiner, who takes this role in the 'play within a play' which is performed for the benefit of the King. Admittedly we're still left with a witch and a jester but these could be peripheral figures depicted among the various entertainments presented to the king.

Chris

[lissyl78]

Buenchico, I was going to suggest that too - the lion definitely made me think of Midsummer Night's Dream. Maybe the jester was Puck? x

[joko]

The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe?