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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play

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I purchased this script with the intent of directing it as a high school play. Our high school has done many productions of children's stories and almost always receives a positive response, so I was not worried about the content of the play being too infantile. But this play was adapted from the original book to be performed by a group of 6th graders. The age group it was intended for shows blatantly. After reading through it and reflecting on the play as a whole, I decided that it was pretty lame. Now, I'm not trying to impugn Mr. George's adaptation. On the contrary, I commend him for taking the initiative to put so much work into adapting a story like this for the stage. But I wouldn't dare try to put this play on the stage of a high school theatre, or anything at all, unless it is done with all children cast members or done for an all children audience.

I really love this classic story, and reading it as a play allowed me to see it from a director's point of view. Perfect for use in a school production, or children's roleplay at home. Easy reading, simple for a young child to understand.

As a teacher, I find this book a valuable resource for teaching the different forms of theatrical plays. As the latest Tim Burton's adaptation opens wide, my pupils will experience a whole range of text types from the source material. An excellent read too! My kids had a good laugh, just from the experience of role-play and Reader's Theatre.

Although this script tells a shortened version of Dahl's great classic it has become too simple. I bought this script with the intentions of using it for a Secondary School production using pupils aged 11-16. After reading it through I realised the script was far more suited to younger children. Its clear though that it has been adapted to suit a cast of about 20+ (Including Oompa Loompas) by allowing extra parents to accompany the ticket holders into the factory.

Personally I'm going to use small sections of the script alongside some sections of the film. (The first version, as I preferred it and it is available online if you google it) I'll also probably adapt some sections from the book.

I would however commend the writer for providing scenery, prop and costume advice in a section at the back of this book.

If you want an easy production with young children then go ahead and buy this script. I would especially reccomend this option to anyone who would need the extra advice in the back about staging and scenery. If you want something a little closer to the book you might be better off adapting your own. A lot of extra work I know, but far more worth it... cheaper.. and you wouldn't have to worry so much about paying for the rights etc to put it on.

Preparing for Willie Wonka audition; this book will be a great prep! Easy read, great character analysis. We purchased this to review the story line and character choices for our 17 year old son with Down Syndrome, who will be auditioning for Willie Wonka with a local community theatre.

I found this play purely by accident. Our school is intending to perform this play, and I was looking for the actual book and other resources that might help us with our production when I came across the play. It is actually the same script (in a different cover) as the one sold by a script company, but the price was much cheaper. We still have to pay the royalties to the other company, but we were able to save a little by purchasing the script from Amazon. Imagine our surprise to be able to get them at Amazon's special four-for-the-price of three price.

They were my first and third orders on Amazon, and I'm a believer in the quality and effectiveness of ordering on-line.

"It's Scrumdidilyumtious!" those are the famous words of Willy Wonka the chocolateer. He is an inventor of many candies from his factory. One day Willy Wonka said "All right I'm sending out 5 golden tickets in the candy bars. Then every one started screaming for them.

Charlie Bucket the 5th golden ticket finder is a considerate and very nice to people. Charlie is very poor, and lived with his four grandparents and his mom and dad. Veruca the 2nd golden was very snobby and very rude. Veruca was so snobby that she fell down a shoot because she was being rude. She asked her dad for a squirrel. Then she slipped and fell down the shoot. Violet the 3rd golden ticket finder turned into a blueberry. She did not listen to Willy Wonka. She had eaten a piece of gum that was not ready yet. Then they had to roll her out of the room to squeeze the juice out of her.

Augustus Gloomp was the first golden ticket finder. He got stuck in a tube full of chocolate. He could not swim so he got sucked up in the tube. Mike Tevee was the kid that got turned into a candy bar. He got turned into the candy bar because he got put into a TV that turned him into a candy bar. To find out what happened to Charlie you have to read this book called "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play" by Rauld Dual.

I read the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. This was a great book to read. Though this was fictional, it was also realistic because you could picture the story going on in your head. I also found myself feeling like I was going through the experiences along with the story. Enough with the rating, let's get to the story so you can read it and rate it yourself! A young, poor child, Charlie, lived with a very poor family. Once a year, on his birthday, his grandparents along with his parents (to chip in with money) would give him one measly little Willie Wonka's chocolate candy bar. His clothes were in rags, he was all dirty and very sad that he was this way. One day he saw that there was a contest that had to do with Willie Wonka's chocolate factory. Mr. Wonka would put 5 golden tickets in his Willie Wonka chocolate bars. Charlie wanted to win the contest so bad, but he only got candy bars once a year, so he didn't have a good chance of winning one of the golden tickets. His grandfather decided that since the contest was so important to Charlie, he would get him a candy bar. The next day, his grandfather got him a chocolate candy bar. Everyone was so eager for him to open and win because you wouldn't just get a golden ticket, but a tour through the factory and a 1 year supply of candy bars! When Charlie opened the wrapper, so eager to win, there was no golden ticket. Charlie was so upset because he really thought that he had a chance. Until.... The next day, to his surprise, he found money in the sewer to buy a candy bar at the candy shop. He was kind of scared and eager to win because he wouldn't have anymore money to take a second chance. He opened the door to the candy shop and stepped in the shop, hoping that he would win a golden ticket, for there was only one more left. He selected a bar and carefully peeled open the wrapper. In amazement, he found the golden ticket! Yes, it was the last golden ticket and he had won it! Everyone crowded around Charlie in hope that maybe they could grab it from him. He was very excited, but also scared that maybe some adult or kid would grab the golden ticket for themselves. Finally the storekeeper said to go home and show his family what he had won in his candy bar. When Charlie went home and screamed that he had won the golden ticket everyone cheered. It was now ready to go to the front gate of the factory. I'm sure that you know how little Charlie must have felt winning the prize. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens along the tour with Mr. Wonka himself.

I think Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is more than okay but was not the greatest.I liked Willy Wonka the best. He was very funny.That book was exiting to read.I liked the book because I love chocolate. This book is the best book we've read, so far,this year in 6th grade.Charlie ended up with the Chocolate Factory and he loved it a lot.