Peter and the Wolf

Description

Peter and the Wolf – an adaptation, suitable for Readers Theatre, Guided Reading or as a Short Play, Cast of 10. This script has simple text, suitable for Lower Key Stage II (7 – 10-year-olds); and can be just a straightforward reading or ‘instrumentalized’ – as per the original, as explained in the Production Notes.

Cast:

• • • Narrator
    • Peter
    • Grandfather
    • Duck
    • Little Bird
    • Cat
    • Wolf
    • Hunters – 1, 2 and 3

Duration:

Around 10 minutes not including teaching input and discussion which will add at least another 15 minutes.

Sample Text:

Narrator:                     (Coughing) Well, we are going to try and tell some of that tale

(Aside) That’s if this lot let me get a word in edgeways!

Peter:                          So, that’s everyone introduced! Let’s get on with the action!

Grandfather:              (Grumbling) Always so headstrong! So

Narrator:                     (Interrupting) Yes, you certainly had your work cut out with that one!

Grandfather:              You can say that again! Never listened to a word I said

Peter:                          Oh, but that’s not true, Gramps! I did listen – it’s just, I er, well

Little Bird:                   Kept forgetting?

Cat:                             (Sarcastically) Bit of a bird brain?

Duck:                           (Angrily) Careful what you say!

Wolf:                           (Snarling) Or? Or what, little duck?

Narrator:                     (Intervening quickly) Now, now! No need for

Hunter 1:                     Violence!

Hunter 2:                     Aggression!

Hunter 3:                     Foul play!

Duck:                           (Repeating) Foul play? I hope not

Little Bird:                   (Interrupting) No, not fowl play! Foul play! With a ‘u’!

Narrator:                     Which is all very interesting, but

Grandfather:              Look! Whilst you’ve all been twittering on, my grandson has escaped