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Aladdin - comedy play script for children/teenagers 11-13 years old

for middle school shows and children's theaters

 Comedy adaptation of the tale
of Aladdin and the Lamp by Robert  Reed 

Aladdin sample 1 pdf

Aladdin sample 2 pdf

You can also read samples below.

To put on a performance by children in school or by a children's theater group, get the comedy script below:

Excerpts from the Aladdin play script:

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ALADDIN'S MOTHER:  Aladdin, wake up and come here now, we need a serious conversation!

(Enter sleepy ALADDIN.)

ALADDIN:  Hi, Mum. Aghh! It's not even mid-day: why did you wake me so early?

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ALADDIN'S MOTHER:  Listen, we barely have enough to eat despite the fact I work all hours of the day and night. It's time you pulled your weight around here: you need to get a job!

ALADDIN:  NO! I mean, Yes! I have not been wasting the last three years idly mother.

ALADDIN'S MOTHER: Ten years.

ALADDIN: Exactly, thank you. I have been perfecting my skills to earn us a fortune: no more washing, cleaning and sewing for you any more. We'll be able to hire servants, live in a magnificent palace and …

ALADDIN'S MOTHER: And, how exactly will you earn this amazing wealth? Hanging out in the market with your friends all day?

ALADDIN: No, no, fair madam. I will be a world famous singer: everyone will know my name. I've written a song.

ALADDIN'S MOTHER:  Oh, dear. We're going to starve...  Come on then: sing if you must.

ALADDIN: (Sings .)

So come on let me entertain you
Let me entertain you

ALADDIN: What do you think?

ALADDIN'S MOTHER: That was absolutely the worst thing I've ever heard. No one could ever become famous with a song like that!

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ALADDIN: Just wait till you see this!

(Aladdin removes a calculator from the wicker basket.)

ALADDIN: I call it a calculator. Look, there's a display screen so the user can see the calculations they have entered and read the answer. The buttons are connected to a sensor. And, it uses binary code, made up of the numbers zero and one, to process the answer. Oh, and it runs off a lithium battery. Wow, I can tell you're impressed!

ALADDIN'S MOTHER: Not really, Aladdin.

(Aladdin's Mother removes an abacus from the wicker basket.)

ALADDIN'S MOTHER: Why would anyone want to use a calcu-thingy when you can use an abacus?

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More info about Aladdin

Magic rings, magic lamps, genies, evil sorcerers and a beautiful princess.  There can only be one folk tale I'm talking about, right?  That's it!  Aladdin.  Possibly the most famous story from One Thousand and One Nights.  However, it wasn't in the original collection, but was added at a later date in the eighteenth-century by Antoine Gallard after he heard the tale in Syria.  Interestingly, Aladdin is Chinese and the story is set in China, but the majority of the other characters are Arab.  The tale was an instant hit in the West and has entertained pantomime audiences for the last two hundred years.

If you are interested and want to discover more about the One Thousand and One Nights, Wiki is a good source of information: the story on Wiki.