Time Machine Play adaptation of H.G. Wells book

The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
This play can either be used for performance (Class Play or Assembly) Cast of 26
or
as a set of guided reading scripts/readers theatre within the class room- 5 scenes – 6 speakers each (with the exception of Scene 4, just 2.
Scene I Scientist Home – Dinner Party minus host (awaiting arrival)
Scene 2 Meet the Eloi
Scene 3 Meet the Morlocks
Scene 4 Escape – to the end of the world
Scene 5 Scientists Home – Dinner Party plus host
Total Reading Time – around 30 minutes
This is one of a series of ‘Quickie Classics’ – for those who wish to dip their feet without committing to total immersion! Other such ‘Quickie Classics’ include the works of Charles Dickens (including favourites such as Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson, Persuasion, Jane Austen and classic stories by Oscar Wilde including The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant.
Sample Text
Scene 1
Scientist’s Home – Dinner Party minus host (awaiting arrival)
Narrator
Friend
Mayor
Medical Man
Psychologist
Journalist

Narrator: Well, this is all very charming. But where is our host?
Friend: Oh, probably still a million years away!
Mayor: (Testily, looking at his watch) Well, I for one haven’t all the time in the world!
Medical Man: That’s a shame!
Psychologist: Did nobody warn you we might have rather a long wait?
Journalist: Communication does not seem to be our host’s strong point!
Friend: Well, even he cannot be in two places at once!
Mayor: How very inconvenient!
Medical Man: Well, as a human being, he does have certain limitations!
Psychologist: Though these be physical rather than psychological limitations, I would suggest.
Journalist: Same difference!
Psychologist: Oh, not at all! The mind can take you places where your body could not possibly follow!
Journalist: Now, that bit makes sense!
Narrator: Yes, it’s a great gift to have an imagination.
Journalist: A what? Oh, you mean just making things up as you go along? Yes, that too makes sense to me!
Mayor: (Uneasily) I trust your interviews are carried out in a less cavalier manner?
Journalist: Oh, they are.
Friend: It’s just what follows that
Journalist: Has a little fine tuning!
Medical Man: Just as well we don’t all operate like that!
Psychologist: (Laughing) Particularly in your case!
Friend: (Laughing) No, we certainly wouldn’t want you taking ‘any short cuts’ on the operating table!