A Tudor Christmas Service - Play Script

A Tudor Christmas Play Script.

This play describes a typical Christmas in Tudor times in a humorous way. It has 10 characters, Henry, Catherine, Anne Boleyn, Maria de Salinas, Lord of Misrule and 2 typical families celebrating Christmas. There are opportunities for 22 Narrators and 3 none speaking acting parts.
There are 2 songs included in the script; Ding Dong Merrily on High and We Wish you a Merry Christmas (both songs date back to the 16th Century).
Including the songs it takes around 20 minutes.

Additional Resources needed are;

• Costumes
• Willow hoop decorated in mistletoe (we used a hula hoop decorated in printed out leaves)
• gold jug
• boar speres (we used drew a sword and stuck it to a meter ruler
• 2x hobby horses (we printed a picture of a horse, blew it up to A3 and stuck it to a meter ruler) and the swords above.
• A couple of cups.