Running time approximately 1 hour. More, if songs are added.
Goldie is trying to escape her overbearing parents and she takes refuge in the house of the Three Bears (who happen to have gone out for a fast-food breakfast, having tired of porridge). Her momentary peace and quiet is interrupted by Cinderella, running away from the Ball and full of doubts about her role in life; a Prince who seems to think that Goldie should be asleep so that he can awaken her with a kiss; Three Little Pigs who are being hotly pursued by the Big Bad Wolf; and Red Riding Hood, who has come to the wrong house in the woods. You think you’re bewildered? What about the Bears, when they come home to find a house full of strange people?
13 SPEAKING PARTS (Doubling is not possible).
PLEASE NOTE: there are no songs in this play but you could add appropriate songs if you wish.
As with all our plays, there are full production notes that give advice on scenery, costumes and props.
NO ROYALTIES. PHOTOCOPYING LICENCE INCLUDED.
Here’s a sample
START OF ACT ONE
Home of the Three Bears. Large bed with three sleeping occupants, only shapes under the covers as the foot of the bed is downstage.( SEE PRODUCTION NOTES) They are DADDY Bear, MUMMY Bear and BABY Bear. BABY Bear is in the middle. Three distinct snoring sounds – high pitched [MUMMY Bear], even higher pitched [BABY Bear] and Low pitched [DADDY Bear]. There is a period of musical interplay between them. Gradually the snoring subsides. Silence.
BABY (sits up and sees audience)
DAD! Mum!
MUMMY (sits up, yawns, stretches)
Is that my darling’s voice?
(DADDY Bear sits up. All three stare at the audience, open mouthed.)
BABY
Mummy…I’m frightened…
DADDY
What the…?
MUMMY
Who are this lot?
DADDY
They weren’t here when we went to sleep…
(All three BEARS rise and go downstage to stare at the audience)
DADDY
They’re a funny looking lot aren’t they?
MUMMY
Really ugly…
DADDY
No fur…ears on the side of their heads…and the faces…
BABY
Scary…
MUMMY
I think I know what they are…
DADDY
Yeah?
MUMMY
I’ve read about this sort of thing…
DADDY
Really?
MUMMY
Yes…I think they’re called…humans…
DADDY
What mans?
MUMMY
Hu…humans…
BABY
Weird…
DADDY
And?
MUMMY
They live in houses…and they eat and drink and all that…just like us.
BABY
Mummy…Mummy…why are they staring at us? Just staring.
MUMMY
I don’t know darling.
BABY
And some of them are scratching or picking their noses.
MUMMY
Disgusting! Come on darling. I don’t want you to have to look at such things.
BABY
Some of them are laughing.
DADDY
Now that is scary.