Lucky Charms E-Book

John Reed Middleton

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 54

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

Lucky Charms is a play for students in Years 6, 7 or 8 (Level 3). It is designed for a normal-sized English class and for students with varying interests in acting. Since there are 43 speaking roles and as many as ten dancers, 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 good or bad luck and sometimes specifically with lucky charms. And with the help of the two hosts, the professor and MC Tony, the audience is given the chance to contemplate the concept of luck. The play consists of dialogues between the two hosts and scenes with as many as eight to 13 performers. The themes are partly geared to the thoughts and dreams of students today - winning or discovering a lot of money, having the best cell phone, feeling that something good is going to happen or fearing that misfortune is on its way - and the scenes offer young actresses and actors the opportunity to experience a wide range of characters while performing. The plots are not always believable, but they are understandable, the language is idiomatic and easily accessible for English learners. Lucky Charms 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 Lucky Charms. 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. By purchasing the play, you automatically obtain the stage rights.

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)

FRIENDS – a play in 9 scenes about FRIENDS for Years 3, 4 and 5 (Level 2/1)

NEW KEY CHAIN – a play in 15 scenes about KEYS for Years 6, 7 and 8 (Level 3/1)

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 or 12 or for university students (September 2020)

CONTENTS

Foreword

Prologue

MC (emcee) Tony – a presenter

Professor Fortune – expert on luck

Scene 1 STRIKING IT RICH

Pit Bull – a pirate

Jaguar – a pirate

Billy Bull – a pirate

Ricky Rat – a pirate

Blue Jack – a pirate

Red Sally – a pirate captain

Black Spider – a pirate

Scene 2 WHAT IS LUCK?

MC Tony – a presenter

Professor Fortune – expert on luck

Scene 3 BAD LUCK

Ralph – a busker

Susan – a young woman

Joe – a homeless person

Ed – a famous singer

Scene 4 TELLING THE FUTURE

MC Tony – a presenter

Professor Fortune – expert on luck

Scene 5 FORTUNE TELLER

Madame Destiny – a fortune teller

Mary – a young woman

Agatha – an older woman

Cat – a punk girl

Scene 6 PARTY TIME LUCK

(with 5-10 dancers)

Tom – a young boy, a nerd

Jennifer – a popular girl

Steve – a bully

July Ann – Jennifer’s cousin

Scene 7 CAN ROBOTS BE LUCKY?

MC Tony – a presenter

Professor Fortune – expert on luck

R1 – a robot

R2 – a robot

R3 – a robot

R4 – a robot

R5 – a robot

R6 – a killer robot

Scene 8 HANNA IN LUCK

Hanna – a girl

Sarah – a girl

Jason – a boy

Barb – a girl

Cathy – a girl

Scene 9 WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING

MC Tony – a presenter

Professor Fortune – expert on luck

Scene 10 THE WINNER

Sam – a man

Harry – a man

Bill – a man

Johnny – a man

Greg – a man

Jackie – a woman

Renee – a woman

Laurie – a woman

Alice – a woman

Jeannie – a woman

Becky – a woman

MC Tony - presenter

Professor Fortune – expert on luck

Note: There can be a new MC Tony and Professor Fortune for every scene.

FOREWORD

LUCKY CHARMS is a play for students in Years 6, 7 or 8 (Level 3/2). It is designed for a normal-sized English class and for students with varying interests in acting. Students who enjoy acting can perform in several scenes, whereas students who aren’t so keen on acting only have one role to master in one single scene. The scenes deal with good or bad luck and sometimes specifically with lucky charms. The play consists of dialogues between the two hosts and scenes with as many as eight to 13 performers. The themes are partly geared to the thoughts and dreams of students today – winning or discovering a lot of money, having the best cell phone, feeling that something good is going to happen or fearing that misfortune is just around the corner. The scenes offer young actresses and actors the opportunity to experience a wide range of characters while performing. The plots are not always believable, but they are fun and understandable, the language is idiomatic and easily accessible for English learners. LUCKY CHARMS 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 LUCKY CHARMS. 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, 2019

PROLOGUE

(The band plays a typical fanfare, and the MC, Tony, appears stage right. He is wearing flashy clothing. There is a lectern with a projection screen above and behind it. The title of the play, LUCKY

CHARMS, is projected onto the screen.)

MC TONY

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I am very happy to be here today for this presentation of LUCKY CHARMS and also very lucky, because I nearly got killed on the way to the theater. You see, I always ride my bike – I love bikes – but I was a bit late, so I was pedaling as fast as I could when I heard a police siren. I looked to my right, but just at that moment, a big piece of wood slipped off the top of a truck in front of me and landed like this on the street…

(MC Tony slants his hands to resemble a ramp.)

… forming a ramp. And being as fast as I was, I rode right up that ramp…

(He gestures again to show what happened. It would also be possible to show slides of what happened.)

… and flew through the air – at least 50 meters – and landed on a dirty old bed that someone had left at the side of the road. My bike was a mess, so I took a taxi, but the taxi driver had forgotten to shut his door, and when he turned right, the door opened and he fell out. And the car went right into the river. So I had to swim to the theater, and when I arrived here I was dripping wet. Luckily I found this nice dry costume…