The Youth Theater

The Prince and the Poor (1/2) (1x1)

Air date: Oct 20, 1960

Adapted in two parts by Marcel Cravenne, from the eponymous novel Mark Twain published in 1882. The action is located in London in the sixteenth century, at the time of the terrible King Henry VIII. Edward, Prince of Wales and son of the king, one day welcomes to the palace a boy of his age, Tom Canty. The two young people, whose resemblance is amazing, have fun exchanging their clothes. This game entails them on their own in adventures not always desired.