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something ineresting, funny, wittyto stage
olalalas
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something ineresting, funny, wittyto stage
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Can you help me to find scripts of remaked fairy tales or some other witty script. My pupils want to organize some theatrical performance. But they have good sense of humor that is why I don �t want smth serious but witty - to promote their interest.
thank you ahead! I really need your help or some other interesting ideas...
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25 Jan 2011
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franknbea
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Hi, You �ll find quite a few re-scripted fairy tales on this site;
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25 Jan 2011
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MarionG
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You didn �t mention the age nor level of your students...
If they are fairly advanced, you might want to try the "politically correct fairly tales" by James Finn Garner. They are hilarious!! (old fashioned fairy tales, re-written for more enlightened times such as our own) To quote: "The duckling that was judged on his merits and not on his physical appearance" was deleted for space reasons.... |
25 Jan 2011
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ananthajyothi
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Dear Ola,
Almost every fairy tale can be modernised and recontextualised. For example, The Ugly Duckling can be recontextualised to a school context and be scripted on the theme of bullying. There is a hilarious tongue twister tale of Cinderella called Dinorella the link of which I have given below:
Roald Dahl �s Revolting Rhymes is great to the last line. Below is a sample:
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf As soon as Wolf began to feel That he would like a decent meal, He went and knocked on Grandma �s door. When Grandma opened it, she saw The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin, And Wolfie said, ``May I come in? � � Poor Grandmamma was terrified, ``He �s going to eat me up! � � she cried.
And she was absolutely right. He ate her up in one big bite. But Grandmamma was small and tough, And Wolfie wailed, ``That �s not enough! I haven �t yet begun to feel That I have had a decent meal! � � He ran around the kitchen yelping, ``I �ve got to have a second helping! � � Then added with a frightful leer, ``I �m therefore going to wait right here Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood Comes home from walking in the wood. � � He quickly put on Grandma �s clothes, (Of course he hadn �t eaten those). He dressed himself in coat and hat. He put on shoes, and after that He even brushed and curled his hair, Then sat himself in Grandma �s chair. In came the little girl in red. She stopped. She stared. And then she said,
``What great big ears you have, Grandma. � � ``All the better to hear you with, � � the Wolf replied. ``What great big eyes you have, Grandma. � � said Little Red Riding Hood. ``All the better to see you with, � � the Wolf replied.
He sat there watching her and smiled. He thought, I �m going to eat this child. Compared with her old Grandmamma She �s going to taste like caviar.
Then Little Red Riding Hood said, ``But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on. � �
``That �s wrong! � � cried Wolf. ``Have you forgot To tell me what BIG TEETH I �ve got? Ah well, no matter what you say, I �m going to eat you anyway. � � The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature �s head And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead. A few weeks later, in the wood, I came across Miss Riding Hood. But what a change! No cloak of red, No silly hood upon her head. She said, ``Hello, and do please note My lovely furry wolfskin coat. � �
Roald Dahl, Revolting Rhymes
There are more such tales by Roald Dahl.
Jyothi |
26 Jan 2011
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