Show Plot Treasure Island

Author: Stephen Kingsbury (based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Time Period: Later 18th century

Setting: A remote coastal inn on the southwest coast of England, A schooner, and fictional Treasure Island

Summary: Young Jim Hawkins comes into possession of a coveted map from the sea chest of a deceased, rough pirate named Billy Bones.  Jim shows the map to Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney, who finance an expedition aboard the Hispaniola. They unknowingly hire a crew of cutthroat pirates secretly led by the ship's one-legged cook, Long John Silver who initiates a mutiny to seize the map and try to steal the hidden riches.