Read the story of “The Enormous Turnip” Warm up: Enormous, Enormous Turnip. All the children except the child who is It, sit in a circle. It walks around the circle, tapping each player on the head, saying “Enormous” each time until he decides to tap someone and say “Turnip” That…
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Humpty Dumpty – a 5 minute play script for children.
Cast of characters (14): Humpty Dumpty, Egg 1, Egg 2, Egg 3, Egg 4, General, King’s man 1, King’s man 2, King’s man 3, King’s horse 1, King’s horse 2, King’s horse 3, King and Servant. (Stage directions: There is a big wall upstage and there are a group of…
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The King and the Donkey’s Ears – An Irish Legend – 5 minute play scripts.
Narrator 1: Once upon a time, there was a boy called Donal Narrator 2: He wanted to be a Barber when he grew up. Donal: Mother, When I grow up I want to be a barber. Mother: Don’t be silly. You can’t be a barber. Everyone knows what happens to…
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The Thirsty Crow – A 5 minute Playscript for children
The Thirsty Crow Characters: Three Storytellers, Crow, Bees, Ladybirds, Butterflies Storyteller 1: One fine morning the crow woke up. He was very hungry.Storyteller 2: He decided to go looking for some breakfast.Storyteller 3: Soon, he came across some juicy flies. (Crow eats the flies.)Crow: That was delicious but now I’m…
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The Emperor’s New Clothes – A Playscript for Children
If you would like to sign up to our mailing list and receive a free copy of Aesop’s Fables on Stage, click here. The Emperor’s New Clothes Characters: Three Storytellers, Dresser, Emperor, Two Soldiers, Royal Advisor, Slick, Slicker, Four Subjects, Father, Small ChildStage directions: Three storytellers stand on one side…
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The Ants and the Grasshoppers – A 5 minute play script for children.
The Ant and the Grasshopper Characters: Three storytellers, three ants, grasshopper, owls, squirrels and bears. (Stage Directions: the owls, squirrels and bears are in a large semicircle stage right; storytellers are stage left and the ants are in the centre of the stage.) Storyteller 1: One hot summer’s day ……
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SNOW WHITE & SEVEN DWARFS – A PLAY FOR CHILDREN
 Scene 1: *Curtains open with Snow White on one side of the stage, sitting down reading a book and the Queen on the other side of the stage looking at Snow White angrily* Narrator: Hello boys and girls. Welcome to our play. Do you all know the story of…
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King Midas – A Play for Children.
Get Jingle Bells and Drama Spells: 40 Christmas drama games, 8 Christmas interactive stories and 7 Christmas plays. Click here. Characters: Three Narrators, King Midas, Dionysus, servant, Princess and Rover the dog Narrator 1: In ancient Greece, there lived a King called Midas. King Midas loved money more than anything…
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Drama Lesson based on “The Lion and The Clever Rabbit”
The following is a Drama workshop to do with children in primary or elementary school. It is a useful workshop if you want to focus on the issue of Bully and isolation. It is based on the fable from the Panchatantra called “The Lion and the Clever Rabbit”. Here is…
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The Twits – A Play based on a Roald Dahl Classic
The following is a play adapted from Roald Dahl’s classic “The Twits.” Characters: Mr Twit, Mrs Twit, three narrators, four little boys, Roly Poly Bird, monkeys and birds – you can have as many monkeys and birds as you want. Narrator 1: Mr and Mrs Twit were truly awful people….
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The Gruffalo – Drama Workshop
The Gruffalo drama workshop from Julie Meighan
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The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff – A Classroom Drama
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Read the story. See link above. Introduction: All the children sit in a circle. The teacher asks them what a troll looks like? Get the children to express their thoughts and ideas freely. Role on the wall: Give an outline of an image and…
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The Magic Porridge Pot – 10 Minute Play for Children
The Magic Porridge Pot Characters: Two storytellers, Daisy, Maisy, Mother, four villagers, old woman and the porridge pot. Storyteller 1: Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Daisy who lived with her mother in a very small house. Storyteller 2: They were very poor and they didn’t…
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Another simple Xmas play for children aged 3 to 6
The Littlest Christmas Tree  Narrator – Long ago in the forest there were 3(or they can be as many as you want) beautiful Fir Trees. These 3 fir trees hoped that someday they would be Christmas Trees. They were very patient and each day they grew and grew  (Trees walk…
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The Magic Forest!
This is an excellent activity to do with a variety of age groups. For younger children you can read out the story and get them to use their imaginations to fill in the gaps. For older children they could fill in the gaps in groups. At the end they could…
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The Hidden Meanings behind Fairy Tales
 Fairy tales of the past were often full of macabre and gruesome twists and endings. These days, companies like Disney have sanitized them for a modern audience that is clearly deemed unable to cope, and so we see happy endings everywhere. This list looks at some of the…
