This is a fabulous fairy tale readers theater script unit for younger students to read or perform. The play script is great for whole class readers theater, staged readings, or for a full performance. This script pack unit includes: Full production notes with suggestions for props, costumes, setting, music and sound effects; Photocopiable Script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions; Follow-On Activities on Story, Characters, Theme, Working With Playscript Layout and Performance-Related Tasks using Creative Writing; Art & Design; Drama; Scriptwriting; Research; English Language Arts. A Suitably Happy Ending is a lovely fairy tale containing all of the familiar story ingredients - with a twist! Jack fails his SATs and his family disown him. Banished to the Large and Spooky Forest, our hero finds support from unlikely sources. This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills and collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit for linked classroom tasks, full school performances, staged readings - and fun! Cast size: 26-32 Running time: approximately 30 minutes Suitable for ages: 7+

A comprehensive Shakespeare script unit, this pack contains a short adaptation of Macbeth for schools and drama clubs. Perfect for large group upper junior and high school readers theater, classroom script work, staged readings, Shakespeare Week and full performances. Script pack unit includes Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions; Linked drama and performance activities; Linked Shakespeare tasks; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks. The Rise and Fall of Lord Macbeth is a short adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It’s written specifically for students and young actors and retains all of the character names, symbolic imagery and powerful themes of the original text whilst still being accessible to younger readers and performers. This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, teaching speaking and listening skills and enjoying collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit with linked classroom tasks that’s suitable for script work, rehearsed staged readings, Shakespeare topic days or weeks, full performances - and fun! Cast size: 20+ Running time: approximately 40 minutes Suitable for ages: 11+

A script unit for seniors which brings The Ballad of Mulan narrative poem to life through simple dialogue, stylised movement and Choral speaking. Suitable for seniors readers theater, staged readings, full performances and festival competitions. Script pack unit includes Full production notes for movement, staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions; Linked drama and performance activities; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks. The Ballad of Mulan is a is a faithful retelling of the popular traditional Chinese narrative poem which tells the story of brave Mulan, who takes her elderly father’s place in the army and fights as a male soldier throughout the war. This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, teaching English Language Arts learning, improving speaking and listening skills and enjoying collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit with linked classroom activities and tasks that’s suitable for script work, rehearsed staged readings, full performances and entering festival competitions. Cast size: 12+ (the Chorus can be large!) Running time: approximately 20 minutes Suitable for ages: 10+

St George and the Dragon comedy script unit pack for upper juniors and seniors that brings the famous legend to life. Suitable for readers theater, staged readings and full performances. Script pack unit includes Full production notes for staging, costumes (including how to create your dragon!), set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions; Linked drama and performance activities; Linked history and research tasks; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks. The Legend of St George and the Dragon is a great short drama script that tells the story of how the courageous and kind Knight, George, became St George and brings the enduring legend to life. This is a brilliant complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, teaching English Language Arts learning, improving speaking and listening skills and enjoying collaborative learning. A fabulous creative unit with linked classroom tasks that’s suitable for script work, rehearsed staged readings, full performances - and fun! Cast size: 20+ Running time: approximately 30 minutes Suitable for ages: 8+ Warning: it is so funny that you will end up naming your class mascot ‘Ascalon’!

A comedy soap opera readers theater drama play script* set on a spaceship! Suitable for large group Upper Juniors and High School readers theater, staged reading, or full performance. Script unit pack includes Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters and stage directions; Linked drama activities; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks. There’s chaos on the spaceship, the Captain isn’t paying attention, and now the Inspectors from the Outer Far Space Tracking and Eradication Division are on their way! A fabulous script for exploring soap operas and space terms plus great material for stagecraft skills, English Language development, collaborative learning, school performances - and fun! *Please note, there are references to drugs in this script Cast size: 26-32 Running time: approximately 30 minutes Suitable for ages 9+* *Please note, there are references to drugs in this script

A Fairy Tale readers theater drama play script on the theme of telling lies. Suitable for large group Juniors or High School readers theater, staged readings, or full performances. Script pack includes: Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters and stage directions; Linked drama activities; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks; Fairy Crystal can’t stop telling lies - but will she learn to stop, or will she tell a big one to save the fairy colony? A fabulous fairy tale script for exploring the themes of telling lies, community and friendship plus a great unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills and collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit for linked classroom tasks, school performances, staged readings - and fun! Cast size: 24 (+/- 4) Running time: approx. 30 minutes Suitable for ages 8+

A fairy tale script pack for juniors which explores the themes of bullying and friendship. Suitable for junior readers theater, staged readings, or full performances. Script pack unit includes Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions; Linked drama and performance activities; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks. Peter’s Problem is a gentle comedy fairy tale script for juniors to read and perform. Bullied at school, Peter escapes to the forest to discover that the animals in there can talk! They all give him different advice, but will any of it help to solve his problem? This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, teaching English Language Arts learning, improving speaking and listening skills and enjoying collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit with linked classroom tasks that’s suitable for script work, rehearsed staged readings, full performances - and fun! Cast size: 32-40+ Running time: approximately 40 minutes Suitable for ages: 7+

A lovely Christmas-themed readers theater drama play script based on a short story by Thomas Hardy. Suitable for large group Juniors and High School readers theater, staged reading, or full performance. Script pack includes Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes, and stage directions; Linked drama activities; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks. Hubert is trying to get home for Christmas, but finds himself accidentally caught up in a robbery that he has to stop…! A fabulous unit for exploring how short stories are adapted into scripts and the theme of ‘honesty’ plus a great unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills, collaborative learning. Brilliant for classroom tasks, full school performances, staged readings - and fun! Cast size: 21 Running time: approx. 30 minutes Suitable for ages 8+

Everything you need to run an after-school drama club, drama group, or youth theatre. Includes 12 fabulous drama lesson plans, an outline for a first term mini performance plus drama methods and tips for props and costumes. Also contains information on start-up issues, insurance, royalties, health and safety - and loads more! Over 50 wonderful pages.

This is a readers theater script unit of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for students to read or perform. The play script unit is great for extended whole class readers theater, staged readings, or for a drama club full production. This script pack unit includes: Full production notes with suggestions for set, furniture, props, costumes, music and sound effects, lighting and other effects. Direction Notes with guidance on casting the play, rehearsals, learning lines, encouraging your actors and supporting each other. Photocopiable Script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions. Follow-On Activities with tasks covering research, art & design, design tech., theater tech., music, drama, creative writing and communication skills. Dream On is a magical romp version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with mischievous fairies, misguided humans and misunderstood actors leading you through the familiar magical story of love, jealousy and happy endings. This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills and collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit for linked classroom tasks, full school performances, staged readings - and fun! Cast size: 22 - 32 Running time: approx. 75 minutes (an interval can be added) Suitable for ages: 11+

A two-act Murder Mystery comedy script pack for high school readers theater. A funny murder mystery play suitable for large group high school readers theater, staged readings, or full performances. Script pack includes: Full production notes for staging, costumes, set design, lighting, sound, props and furniture; Photocopiable script with clear characters, scenes and stage directions; Linked drama activities; Linked art and design tasks; Linked creative writing tasks; A fabulous full-length murder mystery farce comedy script: as a group of strangers gather for a murder mystery weekend, it becomes apparent that several of them harbor secrets. But only one secret leads to a real murder! This is a great complete script unit for developing stagecraft skills, English Language Arts learning, speaking and listening skills and collaborative learning. A brilliant creative unit for linked classroom tasks, full school performances, staged readings - and fun! Cast size: 18 Running time: approx. 80 minutes (interval can be added) Suitable for ages: 12+