Performance Plays S.
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This is a series of A4 photocopiable books which shows teachers, through clearly structured and progressive lesson plans, how to prepare, rehearse, direct and perform short plays with their class or year group. Each book contains one fully photocopiable playscript, usually just one Act (length 45 minutes max.). Cast sizes vary between 18 and 40 and the range includes comedies, soap operas and dramas, fairy stories etc., using a range of drama forms. Some are based on short stories, poems or full-length plays. All have a moral or message, and all have been developed by the writer with children in a workshop context. The range is ability graded into four levels: Starter, Beginner, Advanced and Intermediate. A SUITABLE HAPPY ENDING is a modern fairy tale, with all the familiar ingredients: witches, goblins, a hero, a wicked family and a queen. It is appealing to adults and children alike.
This is a series of A4 photocopiable books which shows teachers, through clearly structured and progressive lesson plans, how to prepare, rehearse, direct and perform short plays with their class or year group. Each book contains one fully photocopiable playscript, usually just one Act (length 45 minutes max.). Cast sizes vary between 18 and 40 and the range includes comedies, soap operas and dramas, fairy stories etc., using a range of drama forms. Some are based on short stories, poems or full-length plays. All have a moral or message, and all have been developed by the writer with children in a workshop context. The range is ability graded into four levels: 5-7, 7-9, 8-10, and 9-11 year olds. THE CLOWN WHO COULDN'T SMILE is a touching play with occasional pathos that explores the notion of happiness and the meaning of friendship. It provides opportunities for including circus routines, musical extracts and non-speaking roles.
"Performance Plays" is a series of photocopiable books that shows teachers how to prepare, rehearse, direct and perform short plays with their class or year group. The plays, usually one act, derive from a variety of sources and drama forms. "The Big Ship Sails" is an emotional play looking at the British child migration in the 1940s and 1950s. Through exploring the effects of this policy on those involved, the play gives children opportunities to investigate actual events of recent British history.
This is a series of A4 photocopiable books which shows teachers, through clearly structured and progressive lesson plans, how to prepare, rehearse, direct and perform short plays with their class or year group. Each book contains one fully photocopiable playscript, usually just one Act (length 45 minutes max.). Cast sizes vary between 18 and 40 and the range includes comedies, soap operas and dramas, fairy stories etc., using a range of drama forms. Some are based on short stories, poems or full-length plays. All have a moral or message, and all have been developed by the writer with children in a workshop context. The range is ability graded into four levels: 5-7, 7-9, 8-10, and 9-11 year olds. THREE MURDERS, A SUICIDE AND A NEAR MISS is a comedy based on Shakespeare's Othello. It transforms the tragedy into a farcical melodrama but retains all essential elements of the original text. It gives children opportunities to explore physical comedy and clowning.
Whistle As You Walk Away is a powerful, informative and moving one act play which dramatises the lives and times of Victorian children working in the cotton mills. Viewed through the eyes of the young workers, we hear of their hardships and learn about the difficulties and dangers they faced each working day - and understand how their lives gradually improved. Although simple to stage, this play provides opportunities for young actors to develop mime and movement skills, and enables a number of additional actors to be included in non-speaking roles.
The one act play, The Witch Who Nicked Happiness, is a gentle comedy in the fairy tale genre which encourages young performers to explore the concept of happiness and what it means to be a good citizen. Witch Fisticuffs is banned from the King's party and vows to take her revenge. Immediate misery prevails amongst the villagers, so the heroic Honest John Begood goes in search of answers. He finds them, but all is not quite as it seems. Simple to stage and a lovely introduction to theatre for younger actors.
Hamlet, the Murder Mystery is a modern version of one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies. A lively retelling of the story through the character of Horatio, it retains all the essential elements of the original text whilst also providing children with the opportunity to explore mime, freeze frames and other aspects of stagecraft. Permission to give performances of this play at which an admission charge is made is included in the purchase price of the script.
The one act play, Peter's Problem, is a gentle comedy in the fairy tale genre which addresses some of the issues surrounding bullying and explores the meaning of friendship. Bullied at school, Peter escapes to the woods and is astonished to discover that the animals can talk! They all give him different advice, but will any of it make sense and resolve his problem? This play also provides opportunities to include a number of children in non-speaking roles.
This is a series of A4 photocopiable books which shows teachers, through clearly structured and progressive lesson plans, how to prepare, rehearse, direct and perform short plays with their class or year group. Each book contains one fully photocopiable playscript, usually just one Act (length 45 minutes max.). Cast sizes vary between 18 and 40 and the range includes comedies, soap operas and dramas, fairy stories etc., using a range of drama forms. Some are based on short stories, poems or full-length plays. All have a moral or message, and all have been developed by the writer with children in a workshop context. The range is ability graded into four levels: Starter, Beginner, Advanced and Intermediate. LOVE ME TENDER is written in the style of a soap opera, with a cliffhanger ending. It places Romeo and Juliet in a modern context, and ends at a significant point in that story, as all good soap operas do. It makes an excellent introduction to Shakespeare as it has elements of both comedy and tragedy.
The one act play Crime Doesn't Pay is based on a short story by Thomas Hardy and is a gentle comedy with a strong moral. Whilst doing his father a favour, kindly Hubert finds himself accused of burglary but manages to reveal the real culprits through some smart thinking - and a clever trick with a pepper pot! Set at Christmas, the play script provides opportunities for young actors to perform appropriate seasonal songs.
This is a series of A4 photocopiable books which shows teachers, through clearly structured and progressive lesson plans, how to prepare, rehearse, direct and perform short plays with their class or year group. Each book contains one fully photocopiable playscript, usually just one Act (length 45 minutes max.). Cast sizes vary between 18 and 40 and the range included comedies, soap operas and dramas, fairy stories etc., using a range of drama forms. Some are based on short stories, poems or full-length plays. All have a moral or message, and all have been developed by the writer with children in a workshop context. The range is ability graded into four levels: Starter, Beginner, Advanced and Intermediate. THE WAR OF THE VEGETABLES is a gentle comedy, which also raises such social issues as racism, war, bullying and living in harmony with others. It is written in rhyming narrative verse and is simple to costume and stage.