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The Big Ship Sails

by Alison Chaplin

The Big Ship Sails – Educational Play on British Child Migration for Schools
The Big Ship Sails is a moving and educational play that explores the British child migration scheme of the 1940s and 1950s. This powerful drama offers students a chance to engage with recent British history from the perspective of the children who experienced it.

Ideal for school productions, classroom history lessons, and youth theatre, the play provides opportunities for singing, mime, tableaux, and non-speaking roles, making it perfect for inclusive performance and creative exploration.

Bring history to life with a play that is both emotionally impactful and educational, helping students understand historical events while developing confidence and stagecraft skills.

This script pack includes full performance support notes plus great follow-on classroom tasks.

If you are giving a performance of this play you must purchase a performing rights licence, available below.

Cast:	30-40
Runtime:	50 mins
Age Range:	KS2, KS3
Genre:	drama history
Type:	one act

Download

This play can be purchased as a download-only version in Acrobat (pdf) format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (or a similar PDF reader).

This version DOES NOT include performing rights.

This version includes a Full Cast/Character List, Production Notes with suggestions for props, costumes and staging, and Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom.

ISBN:	978-1-906153-26-7
Price:	£6.00

Multiple Performance Rights Licence

Purchasing this licence allows you to give UP TO FIVE public performances of this play. It is valid for six months from the date of purchase. A public performance is one given to any external audience, including friends and family, regardless of ticket charges. If you are giving multiple public performances of this play then you will need to have the appropriate performing rights licence. For any queries about which licence to purchase please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk.

ISBN:	n/a
Price:	£20.00

Single Performance Rights Licence

Purchasing this licence allows you to give JUST ONE public performance of this play. It is valid for two months from the date of purchase. A public performance is one given to any external audience, including friends and family, regardless of ticket charges. If you are giving a public performance of this play then you will need to have the appropriate performing rights licence. For any queries about which licence to purchase please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk.