Genre:           historical comedy
Author:           Robert Reed
Age group:    10-12 (6th Grade-7th Grade/ Year 6 - Year 7)
Roles:            23
Run time:      20 minutes
Topics:           Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes' Day, 
                        Guy Fawkes, Guido Fawkes
                        Gunpowder Plot, Parliament, UK History

Why did five blokes in a pub decide to blow up Parliament?  Were Early Seventeenth Century entertainments so boring there was little else to do for fun?  Was Guido just a nutter who loved blowing things up?  All will be revealed in this play. 

Style:             humorous educational
Author:          Robert Reed
Age group:   7-9 (2nd Grade - 3rd Grade; Year 3 - Year 4)
Roles:            24-27
Run time:      20 minutes
Topics:           Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night,
                        Guy Fawkes' Day, Guy Fawkes,
                        Guido Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
                        Parliament, UK History

Price:              6.00 GBP

Short funny play script for kids
about Guy Fawkes
and the Gunpowder Plot.

The play has been written for performance by children in Years 3 and 4. The run-time for the play is 20 minutes. The play would suit class sizes of anywhere between 24 to 27. There is a range of roles for different abilities. There are 9 roles recommended to be performed by boys and one role that is recommended to be performed by a girl.

The play script contains copious production notes as well as details concerning the set, props and suggestions for music.

The set is very simple and there are minimal movements of the props during the play.

Synopsis

Five angry plotters meet in 1604 in the Duck and Drake. Later Guy Fawkes places barrels of gunpowder under the House of Lords and all's ready; but, one letter ends up in the hands of the cunning Robert Cecil, the King's First Minister and Spy Master. Poor King James needs help to work out that his life is in danger. Finally, a search of the Parliament is ordered, and the barrels of gunpowder and Guy Fawkes are discovered. Guy Fawkes is now sent to the Tower and questioned by a Cockney Torturer who has an unusual way of making him talk. The other plotters have failed to get support for their rebellion and bravely charge the King's soldiers. And the plot is over.

Style:             humorous educational
Author:          Robert Reed
Age group:   6-7 (1st Grade; Year 2)
Roles:            22-29
Run time:      20 minutes
Topics:           Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night,
                        Guy Fawkes' Day, Guy Fawkes,
                        Guido Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
                        Parliament, UK History

Price:              6.00 GBP

The play has been written to educate and entertain audiences of all ages about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Everyone remembers the name Guy Fawkes, but who were the other plotters and what did they hope to achieve?

This funny play is great for school
assemblies to celebrate Bonfire Night
and spark children's interest in history.

It's 20^th May 1604 and Robert Catesby is meeting with his closest friends in the Duck and Drake tavern. They hatch a plot to blow up King James I and all his lords at the next sitting of Parliament and then stage a Catholic uprising. Guy Fawkes is given the job of lighting the fuse. What could possibly go wrong?