Scripts for Kids Drama Plays

Author:             Robert Reed
Age group:      9-11 (4th Grade - 5th Grade; Year 5 - 6)
Cast:                20-24 characters 
                          (up to a total of 27 roles, 
                           min 3 males, min 2 females);
Run time:        25 minutes
Style:                 light-hearted
Topics:             Christopher Columbus
                          USA History,  United States of America
                          American History 
                          Columbus Day

Early life of Christopher Columbus
and his first voyage to the 'New World'

The young Christopher Columbus tries to help with his father's business, but selling cheeses just isn't a suitable occupation for him. Columbus gets a job travelling the seas as a trading agent and moves to Portugal. His brother, Bartolomeo, is working there selling maps and between the two of them they hatch a plan to sail west across the ocean to reach Asia. It all sounds so simple, but maybe Columbus will unknowingly reach a 'New World' instead. Read more about the Columbus play.

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"Christopher Columbus":

Christopher Columbus             15.90 USD
The Boston Tea Party                15.90 USD
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride    15.90 USD
4th July: Independence Day     15.90 USD

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Author:             Robert Reed
Age group:      8-10 (3rd Grade - 4th Grade; Year 4- Year 5)
Cast:                43 characters 
                          (with doubling 32 acting roles, 
                          min 21 male); 5 non-acting roles
Run time:        30 minutes
Style:                 light-hearted
Topics:             US Independence Day, 4th of July
                          USA History,  United States of America
                          American War of Independence
                          American revolution 1776
                          US Declaration of Independence
                          George Washington
                          Boston Tea Party, New York, Pennsylvania
                          Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown 

The performance begins with the Boston Tea Party and explains the feelings of the Patriots to rule by the British.  The haughty Thomas Gage (the new commander-in-chief of the British forces) arrives and makes it clear that His Majesty's government does not like the idea of independence for the 13 Colonies.  Paul Revere races to warn the Patriots that the Redcoats are coming to seize their weapons stockpile in Concord.  The war begins on the village green at Lexington.  The Patriots then harrass the Redcoats as they retreat to Boston.  The British then capture New York and party there, whilst Washington and his men face a harsh winter. 

On Christmas Day, Washington and the Continental Army capture some Hessians (German soldiers serving with the British Army) who have over-indulged in the Christmas spirit, and now believe they can face and defeat the Redcoats.  The play then portrays the Battle of Saratoga, the triumph of John Paul Jones and his crew off the British coast and finally the decisive battle at Yorktown.  The play includes references to the Declaration of Independence.  Finally, will all the British and Hessian soldiers really want to return to Europe, or will some decide to stay in a country where 'all men are treated equal'?  More information at  4th July play.

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"4th July: Independence Day":

Author:       Robert Reed
Age:            children 8-10 years old
                    (Elementary school 3rd Graders - 4th Graders; 
                    UK Primary KS2 Year 4 - year 5)
Length:       20 minutes
Cast:           25-34
Topics:       American Independence, American Revolution
                    Paul Revere, Paul Revere's ride
 

Simple set and props.
Also great for readers' theater. 

Entertain and educate audiences of all ages about
Paul Revere's 'midnight ride' and how it helped the Patriots to defeat the King's Regulars in the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.  More details about the play and script sample online at: Paul Revere's play.
 

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"Paul Revere's Midnight Ride":

Elementary/Middle school play  

Author:             Robert Reed
Age group:      10-12 (5th Grade - 6th Grade; Year 6-7)
Cast:                21-27 characters 
Run time:        20 minutes
Style:                 light-hearted
Topics:             American War of Independence 
                          American history, American revolution
                          Boston Tea Party, Massachusetts, 1773

Also suitable for readers' theater.

Educate and entertain audiences of all ages about the Boston Tea Party and its role in precipitating the American Revolutionary War. 

On the evening of December 16^th, 1773, a group of Patriots, some disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded three cargo ships in Boston harbor. Over the next three hours, they destroyed the contents of 342 chests of tea. So, how could tea be a threat to the liberties of the Thirteen Colonies? Were the Mohawk disguises really so good that even their mothers couldn't recognize them? Surely not.

Scene 1:  Buckingham Palace, London, England, May 1773

Scene 2:  Boston, Massachusetts, 1773

More about the BOSTON TEA PARTY PLAY (also purchase with GBP option).

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"The Boston Tea Party":