The complete works of William Shakespeare in Kindle format, free to download and use. We also have other scripts based on Jack and the Beanstalk for large and small casts. Home again, Jack is overjoyed to discover that his cow has been returned to him and, even better, they all learn a wonderful secret about the Giant’s Sister! Listening to the Harp, he falls asleep, and Jack and the Giant’s Sister escape down the beanstalk. At the top, he meets the Giant’s Sister, who hides him just in time: The Giant comes home and demands that his treasure - a goose, a purse filled with gold, and a singing Harp - be brought to him. When Jack angrily throws the beans aside, they grow into a giant beanstalk, which he climbs. The beans, she promises, will allow him to ascend to the sky, where he’ll find a giant’s castle full of riches stolen from his late father. After a run-in with some buyers who think his cow is too scrawny, Jack meets an Old Woman who buys the cow for three beans. Synopsis: A musical version of the classic tale about a boy who must travel to the fair to sell his beloved cow. Jack and the Beanstalk - Libretto by Marcy Telles, Music by Jason SherbundyĬhildren’s Musical/ 4 Characters, 2 Men, 2 Women/ One Act Larson which are available both in print and online – a number of his plays are featured below.īefore using any script, and especially before performing one publicly, please check and comply with any conditions that the writer may have set-out in print or on their website. There are also scripts by writers who have decided to make their work available free of charge – though be aware that just because of script appears online or otherwise for free does not necessarily mean you can print it and the writer may have reserved performance rights – so always check this out before using a script. You could also consider writing your own script, either as a group using improvisation or as an individual. Shakespeare collections can be picked up cheaply in second hand bookshops and popular plays such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and many others are available for free as Kindle downloads. This includes many classic plays and though these may be challenging for younger children to perform, many of the plays of Shakespeare, for example, are will within the reach of high school aged kids. They can be performed virtually anywhere … all that is required is a keyboard, the performers and a few simple props.It’s not hard to find good free scripts for kids to perform: the first place to look is among the many scripts whose copyright has now lapsed, typically 50 or 70 years after the writer’s death. For each piece, the words have been humorously updated whilst the music is mostly that of the original composer with a modicum of new and transitioning pieces by Christopher Wortley. Ĭomic miniOperas by Christopher Wortley Principals : 2m, 2f Support : 1m/f NarratorĪ collection of six comic mini-operas, each about seven minutes long. and you might be interested in these too. All are either winners or runners-up of the annual Pint-Sized Playwriting Competition held as 'Script Slam' at Theatr Gwaun in Fishguard, Wales. Thirteen monologues and five duologues of between three and seven minutes duration.Ī large range of short and very short plays. Most have cast sizes of three or less.Īn English Country Garden by Jane Lockyer Willis Some are 3-5 mins, but most are between 10 and 15 minutes long.
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