Adaptations from Other Plays or Stories

Crime Doesn't Pay is a gentle comedy based on a short story by Thomas Hardy. This simple to stage play has a strong moral, and allows children the opportunity to explore many aspects of stagecraft, including mime, narration, dialogue and tableaux. Set at Christmas, play performances could be expanded to include appropriate songs and the humour will appeal to adults and children alike.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

Crime Doesn't Pay is a gentle comedy based on a short story by Thomas Hardy. This simple to stage play has a strong moral, and allows children the opportunity to explore many aspects of stagecraft, including mime, narration, dialogue and tableaux. Set at Christmas, play performances could be expanded to include appropriate songs and the humour will appeal to adults and children alike.

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

Hamlet, the Murder Mystery is a modern version of one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies. A lively retelling of the story through the character of Horatio, it retains all the essential elements of the original text whilst also providing children with the opportunity to explore mime, freeze-frames and other aspects of stagecraft.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

A lively retelling of one of Shakespeare’s finest tragedies. Horatio, being the only person left standing at the end of the play, is being interrogated by the police. Anxious to exonerate himself, he recounts the events which led to so many tragic deaths and, through flashback, we see the full story unfold. Although condensed, this script retains all the essential elements of the original text.

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This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

Love Me Tender is a soap opera version of the first half of Romeo and Juliet - with cliff-hanger ending! Faithful to the original story and characters, it places Shakespeare's great tragedy in a modern context and ends with the pivotal event of Tybalt's death. An excellent resource for comparing and contrasting with the original text, or using as a springboard for writing the follow-on script. Performances provide opportunities to include stage fighting, montage and dance routines.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

A soap opera version of the first half of Romeo and Juliet - with cliff-hanger ending! Faithful to the original story and characters, it places Shakespeare’s great tragedy in a modern context and ends with the pivotal event of Tybalt’s death. An excellent resource for comparing and contrasting with the original text, or using as a springboard for writing the follow-on script. Performances provide opportunities to include stage fighting, montage and dance routines.

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

The Pied Piper of Hamelin develops Robert Browning's narrative poem into a complete performance, using several narrators and inserting scenes which support and expand the original text. The play has elements of comedy, encourages children to explore the issue of breaking promises and provides opportunities to include cast members in non-speaking roles.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

An engaging interpretation of Robert Browning’s thought-provoking narrative poem. Lively scenes expand and support the original text, which is narrated by several voices. Comedy and pathos combine to bring the story to life, and encourage children to consider the themes of honesty and the consequences of breaking promises. Provides opportunities to include musical extracts and to cast a number of children in non-speaking roles.

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A compact and moderately modernised version of Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy which still retains the character names, symbolic imagery and powerful themes of the original text. The compelling story of the greed and downfall of Macbeth and his ambitious wife is told in full, but also allows room for individual interpretation. Simple to stage, clear and concise, it’s an excellent resource for both literacy work and performance.

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A comedy based on Shakespeare’s tragic Othello. The powerful play is transformed into a farcical melodrama, with the stock characters of villain, hero, heroine and fool. Introduced by an Announcer, the script mixes modern characterisation with melodramatic farce, but still retains all the essential elements of the original story. Appealing to adults and children alike, and simple to stage, it offers a lively introduction to Shakespeare.

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details