French 'Play in a Day'. Blanche Neige et les Sept Reporters FREE EXTRACT

A French/English pantomime-style play, based on Snow White.
THIS IS A 5 PAGE EXTRACT FROM THE OPENING SCENES.
FREE TASTER VERSION
Written by Jon Meier.
Lots of humour and great fun. It’s set against a background of 7 reporters covering news of some trapped miners.
Of course it all ends happily!

Most of the dialogue is in English but there’s plenty of French, repeated and reinforced visually.
Suitable for ages 8-14. Duration around 30 mins.

17 in the cast (scope for flexibility, sharing and doubling of roles). Minimum 13 max 22
Others can be used for sound, props, poster and programme design etc

Can be worked on in 1 day (with scripts) – intensive work with a scripted performance at the end of the day.
Show in assembly or at a languages celebration event
or just have fun reading it through.

Ideal for a language/ drama festival competition.
It could fill a few weeks of lunchtime and after school French clubs.
Sixth-formers could help out.

Language is visual and contextualised.
Audience will also understand it as the story is familiar and the French is explained.

The full script contains details of props and sound effects.
Vocabulary lists are also included with the script showing the vocabulary on each page.