Fairytales on Stage

Fairytales on Stage
Author: Julie Meighan
Publisher: Jembooks
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2016-01-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780956896674

This book is a collection of plays that have been adapted from well-known fairy tales. They can be used as performance plays, readers theatre or just used to promote reading in groups. Each play is between five and ten minutes long. The plays can be adapted to suit the various needs of the group. The cast list is very flexible. Characters can be added, changed or omitted. In addition, the teacher/group leader can assume the role of the storyteller if the children are unable to read or not at the reading level required. All suggestions for stage directions are included in brackets and italics. Also included in this book is a variety of drama activities. These activities are designed to be fun and enjoyable as well as promoting coordination, movement, character development and creativity. The plays in the collection are: Little Red Riding Hood Goldilocks The Three Little Pigs The Elves and the Shoemaker The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Ugly Duckling The Lazy Cow The Talking Tree Humpty Dumpty The Magic Porridge Pot The Stone Soup The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Little Red Hen The Gingerbread Man The Enormous Turnip Chicken Licken

The Classic Fairytales 2

The Classic Fairytales 2
Author: Charles Way
Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1906582319

Three timeless tales retold for the stage by one of the UK’s most renowned writers of plays for children and young people, Charles Way. His plays appeal to audiences of all ages, are translated into many languages and perfomed internationally. This collection includes The Golden Goose, The Tinderbox and Sinbad – The Untold Tale. THE TINDERBOX: This is truly magical entertainment, a beautifully crafted show. --The Stage SINBAD - THE UNTOLD TALE This fabulous new adventure by acclaimed children s playwright Charles Way is a Christmas treat families will remember forever. --The Keswick Reminder THE GOLDEN GOOSE: Charles Way transforms A Midsummer Night s Dream into a lively and magical mid-winter adventure. --The Guardian CHARLES WAY Charles began writing plays in 1978 when he joined Leeds Playhouse TIE team. He has written over 40 plays, many of them for young people. His plays 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'The Search for Odysseus' were both nominated as Best Children's Play by the Writer's Guild with 'A Spell of Cold Weather' winning the award in 1996. His play about the percussionist Evelyn Glennie, 'Playing from the heart' was nominated as Best Children's Show by the TMA. Other plays include: 'The Flood', 'One Snowy Night' [Chichester Festival Theatre], and 'The Night Before Christmas ' [Polka Theatre]. Charles' plays for adults include adaptations of Bruce Chatwin's 'On the Black Hill' and Halldor Laxness' 'Independent People'. In Wales, he has long associations with Gwent Theatre, The Sherman Theatre and Hijinx Theatre, for whom he has written 'In the Bleak Midwinter', and 'Ill Met by Moonlight.' He was recently commissioned by the National Theatre to write 'Alice in the News', which children all over Britain have performed. Other new plays include: 'Still Life ' [Plymouth Theatre Royal], and 'The Long Way Home', for New Perspectives Theatre/CIAO Festival. In 2004, Charles won the Arts Council's Children's Award for his play 'Red Red Shoes' [Unicorn Theatre/The Place] and 'Merlin and the Cave of Dreams' [Imagination Stage] was nominated in USA for a Helen Hayes award for the outstanding new play of 2004 . Charles has written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC2, 'No Borders', set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.

Hans Christian Andersen's Stories on Stage

Hans Christian Andersen's Stories on Stage
Author: Julie Meighan
Publisher: Jembooks
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Children's plays
ISBN: 9780993550621

This book is a collection of plays that have been adapted from well-known Hans Christian Andersen stories. The scripts can be used as performance plays, readers' theatre or just used to promote reading in groups. The plays in the collection are The Ugly Duckling The Money Pig The Emperor's New Clothes The Little Mermaid The Brave Tin Soldier The Princess and the Pea The Little Match Girl The Snowman Thumbelina The Fir Tree The Rose Tree and the Snail. The Snowdrop

Nicobobinus

Nicobobinus
Author: Terry Jones
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1987
Genre: Friendship
ISBN: 9780140320916

Nicobobinus and his friend Rosie go in search of the Land of Dragons and find more adventure than they'd bargained for.

Five Tales for the Theatre

Five Tales for the Theatre
Author: Carlo Gozzi
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1989-08-15
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0226305805

This collection brings together for the first time modern English translations of five Gozzi's most famous plays: The Raven, The King Stag, Turandot, The Serpent Woman, and The Green Bird, each annotated by the translators and preceded by the author's preface.

The Very Fairy Princess

The Very Fairy Princess
Author: Julie Andrews
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316224960

The book that launched the #1 New York Times bestselling series about believing in yourself and finding your own inner sparkle—from the mother-daughter team of musical icon Julie Andrews and author Emma Walton Hamilton! While her friends and family may not believe in fairies, Geraldine knows, deep down, that she is a VERY fairy princess. From morning to night, Gerry does everything that fairy princesses do: she dresses in her royal attire, practices her flying skills, and she is always on the lookout for problems to solve. But it isn't all twirls and tiaras - as every fairy princess knows, dirty fingernails and scabby knees are just the price you pay for a perfect day! This new picture book addition to the Julie Andrews Collection features the joyful illustrations of Christine Davenier, and is sure to inspire that sparkly feeling within the hearts of readers young and old.

Kissing the Witch

Kissing the Witch
Author: Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 243
Release: 1999-02-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064407721

Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA

Aesop's Fables on Stage: A Collection of Plays for Children

Aesop's Fables on Stage: A Collection of Plays for Children
Author: Julie Meighan
Publisher: Jembooks
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2016-01-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780956896698

This book is a collection of plays that have been adapted from Aesop's most famous fables. They can be used as performance plays, readers theatre or just used to promote reading in groups. Each play is between five and ten minutes long. The plays can be adapted to suit the various needs of the group. The cast list is very flexible - more characters can be added. Characters can be changed or omitted. In addition, the teacher/group leader can assume the role of the storyteller if the children are unable to read or not at the reading level required. Also included in this book is a variety of drama activities. These activities are designed to be fun and enjoyable as well as promoting group cohesion, character development and creativity. The plays in the collection are: The Lion and the Mouse The Ants and the Grasshopper The Hare and the Tortoise The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Belling the Cat The Miller, his Son and the Donkey The Fox and the Crow The Cockerel and the Fox The Goatherd and the Wild Goats The North Wind and the Sun The Fox and the Cat The Fox that lost his tail The Cat and the Hen The Peacock and the Crane The Dog and the Bone The Ant and the Dove The Crow and the Pitcher

Cinderella

Cinderella
Author: Jane Ray
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763661759

Charming three-dimensional scenes transform the story of Cinderella into a fairy-tale gift to treasure. Jane Ray’s layered cut-paper artwork elegantly retells the time-honored tale of a scullery maid turned royalty. Six meticulously detailed tableaux include a shabby kitchen, a gorgeous nightscape in a magical garden, and a sparkling ballroom filled with nobles, as well as Cinderella’s iconic gilded pumpkin coach. Side panels unfold to reveal the story’s text and evoke an evening at the theater. Little girls who dream of fairy godmothers will adore this unique portrayal of the world’s most famous princess — no glass slippers required.

Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

Gender Swapped Fairy Tales
Author: Karrie Fransman
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0571360203

Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you've read before . . . Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell onto the snow outside. People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales - to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change.. They haven't rewritten the stories in this book. They haven't reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders. It might not sound like that much of a change, but you'll be dazzled by the world this swap creates - and amazed by the new characters you're about to discover.