![]() ![]() The ghost claims he’s trying to scare them into returning his body back to the farm. While there, he is haunted by the original giant’s ghost. As the story goes, after viewing Barnum’s copy of the giant, Twain takes lodgings in a creepy building across the street. Twain’s story is as absurd as the hoax itself-by design, one should assume. Barnum successfully copied it, and Twain wrote a short story about it, but by the time the facts finally caught up with it, the perpetrators had already cashed out and fled. When a farmer “discovered” in his field a ten foot tall “petrified man,” it became a sensation, earning it’s “owners” tens of thousands of dollars. Pair it with The Birthmark, The Monkey’s Paw, and Tell-Tale Heart for a Halloween Spectacle or Classic Short Story Extravaganza. Though not “spooky,” the mad scientist theme makes it a great play for Halloween. Suitable for reader’s theater, podcast, or full stage presentation, the play has parts for just six strong readers in fifth grade and up, though numerous extras could participate as non-speaking extras. Be sure to discuss the references to Frankenstein, Eden, and Baglioni’s concluding line. Encourage your students to evaluate each character based on how well that character applies it. The play has additionally been designed to focus on the scientific inquiry process. ![]() To stem her loneliness (no pun intended!), the scientist lures a young man into her life, dooming him to the same fate. As the girl matures, she takes on the poisonous attributes of the shrub and consequently is estranged from society. The story is about a scientist who rears his beautiful daughter alongside an equally-beautiful but highly toxic plant. The Mad Scientist’s Daughter is a slightly modernized version of the Nathaniel Hawthorne classic, “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” The original is set it 19 th-century Italy, while this version could be set at nearly any point in the 20 th-century. New plays are also added here regularly, so check back frequently. As with all my plays, the original purchaser is licensed to print a full class set every year for use in his or her classroom and performance rights are included. Read Full Script | PDF A groom is transported by an ancient song during the first dance at his wedding reception.Read Aloud Plays is your gateway to a wide variety of plays adapted from short story classics! From Homer to O.Henry, see below or visit my store at TeachersPayTeachers to preview or purchase such plays as The Monkey’s Paw, A Retrieved Reformation, Peter Rabbit, and others, each for just three or four bucks. Read Full Script | PDF Dwayne and Charlene enlist their first-grade daughter to infiltrate the wedding of a US Senator and reveal hotels as the evil force behind the global warming crisis. Read Full Script | PDF A welcoming preamble for any festival of short plays presented to a theater-loving audience. To The NSA Agents Listening In On This Play Read Full Script | PDF Actors talk back to a director and William Shakespeare after reading a first draft of Hamlet. Read Full Script | PDF A young college student goes to sea for a woman and learns the two most important rules. Read Full Script | PDF 5 short plays written for the full 50 Ways… production which debuted at Capital Fringe, Washington, D.C. Read Full Script | PDF The assistant picture taker at the Department of Motor Vehicles, in search of the perfect push-up. Read Full Script | PDF An obituary writer becomes cursed with the ability to see direct into the abject hearts and minds of human atrocity. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead meets The West Wing. Read Full Script | PDF In a dank dungeon, two statisticians tabulate data. Read Full Script | PDF Today’s Dad, driving his youngsters across the Mall Of America to reach the shoe store, is helped by yesterday’s Cowboy. ![]() Read Full Script | PDF On the eve of being committed to an eating disorder facility, a young girl calls a product hotline. ![]()
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