Friends E-Book

John Reed Middleton

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: The Playlet Series
• Sprache: Deutsch

Seitenzahl: 43

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

This a play for advanced elementary school or secondary school students in Years 4, 5 or 6. Every scene deals with the general topic of friendship, the hope, the fun, the disappointment and the anger connected with finding, keeping and losing friends. THE PLAYLET SERIES is John Middleton's latest writing project, topical collections of scenes in English for English learners from Year 1 to Year 12 (Level 1 to Level 6) who want to perform (www.english-playlets.com). It is designed for a normal-sized English class and for students with varying interests in acting. Since there is a large number of roles in every playlet collection -none of which are really minor - students who enjoy acting can perform in several scenes and play to their heart's content, whereas students who aren't particularly keen on acting only have one role to master in one single scene. The scenes' storylines are believable and readily understandable, the language is idiomatic and easily accessible for non-native speakers. The themes are geared to the experiences of students today and adapted to the social environment of the individual age groups, offering young actresses and actors the opportunity to discover the theatrical impact of the English language in an everyday setting. There are monologues, dialogues and scenes with more performers (from three to upwards of ten) which can be presented as a whole to a larger audience or separately to a smaller audience.

Leseprobe

Other plays from THE PLAYLET SERIES by John Middleton:

EVERY DAY – a play in 10 scenes about EVERYDAY LIFE

for Years 2, 3 and 4 (Level 1/1)

NEW KEY CHAIN – a play in 15 scenes about KEYS

for Years 6, 7 and 8 (Level 3/1)

LUCKY CHARMS – a play in 10 scenes about LUCK

for Years 6, 7 and 8 (Level 3/2)

STAND UP – a play in 8 scenes about MORAL COURAGE

for Years 8, 9 and 10 (Level 4/1)

FEAR – a play in 7 scenes about FEAR

for Years 9, 10 and 11 (Level 5/1)

MONOLOGS FOR YOUNG ADULTS – 25 scenes

for Years 11 and 12 or for university students (September 2020)

CONTENTS

Foreword

Scene 1 MY BEST FRIEND

Oscar – a boy with a puppet

Charlie – Oscar’s puppet

Larry – a boy in Oscar’s class

Willy – Larry’s puppet

Ron – a boy in Oscar’s class

Georgie – Ron’s new puppet

Scene 2 IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?

Jenny – a girl with a problem

Sarah – Jenny’s best friend

Matilda – a very popular girl

Johanna – Matilda’s boyfriend

Scene 3 CAN I TRUST YOU?

Mia – a girl with a secret

Emily – her best friend

Scarlett – a neighbor

Scene 4 DON’T WORRY

Christopher – a boy

Andrew – Christopher’s ex-friend

Hunter – Christopher’s older brother

Scene 5 DON’T DO IT

Dixie – a girl

Tara – Dixie’s girlfriend

L.A. – Dixie’s guardian angel

Scene 6 ME? JEALOUS?

Harriet – a popular girl

Kenny – a boy in love with Harriet

Mac – another boy in love with Harriet

Scene 7 FOR HE’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

Tony – a boy who stops talking

Ethan – Tony’s classmate

Jonathan – Tony’s classmate

Cooper – Tony’s classmate

Mike – Tony’s classmate

Ed – Tony’s classmate

Sarah – Tony’s classmate

Angelina – Tony’s classmate

Ariane – Tony’s classmate

Jackie – Tony’s classmate

Pia – Tony’s classmate

Taylor – Tony’s sister

Scene 8 YOU CAN DO IT

Rudolfo – a boy

Victoria – a classmate

Giselle – a classmate

Courtney – a classmate

Dave – a classmate

Steve – a classmate

Scene 9 I’M SORRY

Riley – a girl who is angry

Lilly – Riley’s ex-girlfriend

Dakota – Riley’s classmate

Jamey – Riley’s classmate

Tom – Riley’s classmate

Jason – Riley’s classmate

FOREWORD

FRIENDS is a play for advanced elementary students in Years 4, 5, or 6 (Level 2/1). It is designed for a normal-sized English class and for students with varying interests in acting. Since there are 42 roles – none of which are really minor – students who enjoy acting can perform in several scenes and play to their heart’s content, whereas students who aren’t particularly keen on acting only have one role to master in one single scene. Every scene deals with the general topic of friendship, the hope, the fun, the disappointment and the anger connected with finding, keeping and losing friends. The themes are geared to the experiences of students today and offer young actresses and actors the opportunity to discover a wide variety of feelings while performing. The plots are believable and understandable, the language is idiomatic and easily accessible for English learners. FRIENDS works well when performed for smaller audiences: parents and other classes. But it can also be highly entertaining for a large audience. Performing time: about one hour. Of course, it is also possible to select individual scenes and perform them as simple skits outside the context of FRIENDS. In that case it is still recommendable to create a suitable setting for presenting the skits to an audience. The true joy of performing a foreign-language play is to feel it click, to realize that the people watching the performance don’t only “get the picture”, they are also delighted to see a story come to life when presented in English by non-native performers.

– John Middleton, Hamburg, 2020

SCENE 1 MY BEST FRIEND

(Oscar is sitting on a bench – stage right. He has something on his lap, but we can’t see what it is. He is talking to it.)

OSCAR

Hey, Charlie, I have an idea. Let’s go to the playground and swing.

CHARLIE (Oscar changes his voice and talks for Charlie)

Oh, that’s a good idea, Oscar.

OSCAR

And afterwards we can get some ice cream.

CHARLIE (Oscar changes his voice and talks for Charlie)

Ice cream? I love ice cream, Oscar.

OSCAR

Strawberry ice cream is the best, isn’t it?

CHARLIE (Oscar changes his voice and talks for Charlie)

Yes, you’re right, Oscar. Strawberry is always the best.

OSCAR (picks up a puppet that was lying on his lap – it is Charlie)

Do you know what, Charlie?

CHARLIE (Oscar turns the puppet to look at him and changes his voice)

What, Oscar?

OSCAR

I’m glad you’re my friend.

CHARLIE