Synopsis
Trouble With Brother & Christmas is Cancelled - Two Short Plays
Published by SchoolPlay Productions
Large Mixed Cast
Cast : 26 (4m, 10f, 12 variable) + shadows & villagers. Suggested Age Range : 8 to 13. Running Time : 40 minutes - Music : Circus music for one sequence. Set : Simple and flexible; could be only signs and symbols. Scenes range from a living room to outside a Circus Big Top, the Castle of Darkness, the Palace of Dreams and outside the Witches' Cave.
Christmas is Cancelled - When three children and their mother visit the Department Store they discover Father Christmas has been kidnapped - and if he's not found soon Christmas will be cancelled. Their hunt brings them into contact with Mother Nature, the Sun Queen, the Ice Queen and pop star Donny Devine - who holds the key to his release. In the course of their adventure the older children discover that there is more to Christmas than getting presents.
Cast : 20 (5m, 11f, 4 variable). Suggested Age Range : 8 to 13. Running Time : 35 minutes. Music : None prescribed. Can include live or recorded song and dance music. Set : Simple & flexible, ranging from Department Store Grotto entrance to a Toymaker's empty workshop, Sun Queen's land, Ice Queen's Palace, pop star's home & Police Station.