Time Bank Purple
Poets
Workshop Dramaturge: Kim Morrissey
how to write a play for children
1st draft
LITTLE RED RIDING
HOOD
a play-in-progress
draft 1
(5 pages long)
MOTHER played by Uma
SLITTLE RED RIDING HOOD played by Patsy
WOLF played Eppie
GRANNY played by Nahar |
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Scene 1 Scene
2 Scene 3
Scene 4 Scene 5
© Time Bank Purple Poets
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first draft devised by Purple Poets
Patsy, Eppie, Uma, Nahar
dramaturge: Kim Morrissey
director: Jael Lowenstein
15.08.2008
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draft one |
SCENE
ONE MOTHER SAYS NOW
REMEMBER
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MOTHER:
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Now
remember:
DON’T...
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| LITTLE: |
... talk to strangers
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| MOTHER: |
And
DON’T...
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| LITTLE: |
... Go Into the
Woods
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| MOTHER: |
And
DON’T...
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| LITTLE: |
... Talk to
wolves
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| MOTHER: |
Now what did I
say?...
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| LITTLE: |
Talk to Strangers ...
Go into the Woods …
Talk to Wolves.
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| MOTHER: |
I
said DON’T...
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SCENE TWO: A WALK
IN THE WOODS
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LITTLE:
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A
WALK IN THE WOODS ...
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| WOLF:
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....
WITH THE WOLF
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| LITTLE:
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Walk.
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| WOLF:
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Creep.
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| LITTLE:
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Step.
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| WOLF:
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Stalk.
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| LITTLE:
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Shh! Stand and
Listen --
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| WOLF:
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Stop!
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| LITTLE:
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Stop and Smell
- mmm!
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| WOLF:
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Stop and Smell
-- mmm!
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| LITTLE:
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A Lovely Walk
in the Woods.
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| WOLF:
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In the Wild,
Wild Woods.
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| LITTLE:
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All Alone ...
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| WOLF:
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With ….
The Wolf.
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SCENE THREE GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
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LITTLE:
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Knock, Knock.
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| WOLF:
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Who's
there?
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| LITTLE: |
Little Red Riding Hood,
Granny.
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| WOLF:
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[LIKE A GRANNY] Come In …
Come In ...
[ANGRY, AS THE WOLF] I said Come In
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| LITTLE: |
What a loud voice you have Granny!
And what big feet!
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| WOLF:
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Come here, my dear …. Give
me a big hug!
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| LITTLE: |
How lovely
To See You,
Granny, dear!
But you look
So Strange …
And you feel so weird!
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| WOLF:
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Don’t be so rude!
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| LITTLE: |
What big eyes you have!
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| WOLF:
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The better to see you with, my
dear!
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| LITTLE: |
And what big ears!
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| WOLF:
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The better to hear you with,
my dear!
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| LITTLE: |
And what big teeth
!
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| WOLF:
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The better to eat you with, my
dear!
[THE WOLF CHASES LITTLE RED RIDING
HOOD]
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| LITTLE: |
OH! NO! NO!
DON’T! DON’T! DON’T!
HELP! GRANNY! GRANNY, HELP!
HELP! HELP! HELP!
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SCENE FOUR
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GRANNY:
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That sounds like
my grand-daughter ...
My dear .... Where are you?
What is wrong?
Don't worry!
I will save you!
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| WOLF:
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Go away
Old Woman
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| GRANNY:
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Who are you?
What are you doing?
What are you doing here?
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| LITTLE:
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He wants to
eat me!
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| WOLF:
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I said Go away
There is nothing you can do ---
I AM THE BIG BAD WOLF---
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| GRANNY:
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And I can kill
you !
[GRANNY AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
CHASE THE WOLF AWAY]
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| WOLF:
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NO! NO!
DON'T! DON'T! DON'T!
OUCH! THAT HURT!
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SCENE 5
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GRANNY:
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The Wolf is gone
And you are safe
And what have you learned?
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| LITTLE:
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DON’T
talk to strangers
DON’T walk in the woods
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| GRANNY:
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AND?
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| WOLF:
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[RUBBING
THE SORE BITS]
And please, DON’T talk to wolves
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| ALL TOGETHER:
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AND
WE ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!
THE END! |
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LITTLE RED RIDING
HOOD
a play-in-progress
draft 1
Scene 1 Scene
2 Scene 3
Scene 4 Scene 5
Time Bank Purple Poets
This is an
educational site.
© resides with the authors. All rights reserved.
For permission to use any of this material
please contact the Time
Bank.
first draft -15th August 2008
first draft devised by Patsy, Eppie, Uma, Nahara
dramaturge: Kim director: Yael (TAP Drama
Instructor)
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STAGES OF REWRITES
IN THE POETIC PLAY WORKSHOP
draft 1 script
15.08.2008
acting out the parts to
understand the relationships
between the characters
(finding the story)
strengthening the narrative links and transitions
(finding the structure)...............
PROCEDURE. First I told the group the strory of Little Red Riding Hood and
then we discussed various versions of the story. Ttraditional English and
Canadian versions have Little Red Riding Hood being saved by a Woodsman,
who chops down the door to Granny's House with his axe, kills and chops open
theWolf, and Granny pops out of the Wolf's belly Other versions have the
Wolf hiding the Granny in the closet. Eppie told us that in The
Phillipines, it is the Grandmother, not the Woodsman who saves Little Red
Riding Hood, and we all agreed that was a better way for the story to be
told. Nahar also said she had heard that it was the Grandmother who saves
her grand-daughter, and that she was out when the Wolf comes, collecting
herbs in her garden, which is why the Wolf could take her place. For the
first draft, we have decided that Granny would try to catch the wold, but
if she couldn't, that she would just chase the wolf away.
Although we didn't have time to work out the logical and emotional connections
in the first draft, we will be doing so in the second draft (WHY does Little
Red Riding Hood come to visit? If her granny is ill, why is she in the garden?
should she be called 'Granny' or something else?).
--Kim Morrissey
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This is an educational site.
© resides with the author. All rights reserved.
Purple Poets
Writer-in-Residence
Kim Morrissey.
For permission to use any of this material
please contact the Time
Bank.
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