Summary
In the bucolic tableau of a sprawling poultry yard, Mr. Gander, a self‑styled city slicker, flits from coop to coop, scattering affection among the resident hens with the reckless charm of a rogue troubadour. Two gossip‑minded hens, ever vigilant in their clucking chronicles, relay his indiscretions to the patriarchal figure known only as Father Gander. Incensed, the elder summons the village constable—a wily monkey endowed with bureaucratic cunning—to restore order and chastise the wayward drake. The narrative unfurls as a cat‑and‑mouse chase across straw‑strewn lanes, culminating in Mr. Gander's capture, a public trial beneath the barn’s eaves, and a disciplinary reckoning that reasserts communal norms. Len Powers inhabits the titular drake with a blend of swagger and vulnerability, while the supporting cast of avian and simian characters animate a fable‑like morality play about desire, reputation, and the inexorable reach of rural justice.
Synopsis
Mr. Gander, who in the role of a "city slicker," trifles with the hearts of the "fair ones" in the poultry yard. The "village gossips," played by two hens, bring word of the scandal to "father" gander who promptly calls in the service of the local constable, a clever monkey, to rid the poultry yard of the nuisance. The rest of the action shows how Mr. Gander is pursued, captured, and properly disciplined.
Director
Len Powers
