The Turbulent Term Of Tyke Tiler - Gene Kemp (Play script)

INTRODUCTION
A play script refers to scripted dialogues between characters intended for theatrical performance. It can also be called as a
written version of a play. All plays are divided into Acts and Scenes.The Turbulent Term Of Tyke Tiler is a play script. It has been
written by Gene Kemp. The genre of this play is comedy as well as children's adventure novel. The theme revolves around
heroism, mischief and friendship.Tyke Tiler is a mischievous yet smart student at Cricklepit Combined School. Danny is Tyke's
best friend who develops a bad stutter when nervous and depends on Tyke for help. Harlequin the Joker is the comic character
who keeps appearing in different scenes to tell a joke.

ACT 1 - SCENE 1

Setting: The classroom

Danny steals ten pounds from Ms. Bonfire's purse and confesses to Tyke about it who scolds him for his act and asks him to put
it back. Danny, in return, requests Tyke to put it back for him because Tyke is the clever one out of the two. Tyke agrees and
makes up an excuse to leave the class and runs down the corridor.Harlequin: "What did the cross-eyed teacher say? I can't
control my pupils."

ACT 1 - SCENE 2

Setting: School corridor

As Tyke is about to put the money back, Mrs Somers, the deputy head, appears and asks Tyke what is going on? Tyke and Mrs
Somers are not at all on friendly terms so Tyke is a little bit scared about being caught. However, she tells Tyke that Tyke is not
a proper name and other students should be calling Tyke by the actual name instead of the nickname. Tyke listens with a
bowed head. Once Mrs Somers leaves, Tyke starts thinking about where to hide the tenner.Harlequin: "What's blue and cries
for help? A damson in distress."

ACT 1 - SCENE 3

Setting: Storeroom
In order to hide the tenner, Tyke goes into the school storeroom and hides it behind a picture hanging on the wall of Sir
Walter Raleigh and leaves.

ACT 1 - SCENE 4

Setting: The classroom

Sir, The Head and Mrs Somers come into the classroom of Tyke and Danny and announce that Ms. Bonn has reported ten
pounds missing from her purse. The Head asks the person responsible behind it to come forward and return the money or else
everyone will stay back in school until all bags, coats, desks, etc are searched. The rest of the students start talking about how it
is not fair to them as it is not their fault. However, no one confesses to have taken the money from the purse and the students
have to stay back for being searched.

ACT 1 - SCENE 5

Setting: Living room of Tyke's home

Tyke is lying on the floor with Crumble who is Tyke's dog when Dad comes back home. Tyke and Dad wrestle playfully and Tyke
asks Dad if a teacher would miss their ten pounds if they lost it. In this scene, we also find out that next morning, when Tyke
goes to school and into the storeroom, it has all been changed and the picture is also gone along with the ten pound note.

Harlequin: "How do you keep a twit in suspense? I'll tell you later."

ACT 1 - SCENE 6
Setting: The school playground
All the pupils are waiting in the school playground to enter the school where Danny is carrying a newspaper parcel under his
arm and Tyke is looking worried coming out of a side-door in school. Danny tells Tyke that he has brought a bone for Tyke's dog,
Crumble. It is a marrow bone. When Danny drops the newspaper all over the ground, Tyke bossily tells a junior to pick it up.
Now, Tyke has to keep the marrow bone with him all day in school. He also tells Danny that he has lost the ten pound because
he hid them behind a painting which has now vanished.

ACT 1 - SCENE 7

Setting: The school hall

While the assembly is in progress, Tyke sees the painting of Sir Walter Raleigh hanging on the wall. Tyke informs Danny about
the painting being moved from the store room to the assembly hall. This means that the money must have been found. So, in
order to create distraction, Danny takes out his mouse, Fatty, from his pocket and places it in the hair of Linda Stoatway who is
standing in front of him. This causes a lot of chaos, causing many students to fall like nine-pins. The Head calmly picks up the
mouse from the floor. The students start settling down. The Head announces that he would like to see the owner of the mouse
in his office during playtime. He also announces for Tyke Tiler to visit his office.

Harlequin: "Why was the skeleton afraid to jump off the cliff? Because he hadn't any guts."

ACT 1 - SCENE 8

Setting: The Head's office

Tyke is in the office of The Head who takes out a ten pound note from his pocket and asks Tyke if he has seen it before. Tyke is
scared and does not answer. When The Head repeats his question, Tyke says that he has not stolen it. The Head is angry and
tells Tyke that even though he has known Tyke for seven to eight years and he knows that Tyke is an ill-disciplined child, he was
not expecting Tyke to be a liar. The Head informs Tyke about how he was sure that Tyke was responsible for this act when the
note was found. The Head says that when the money was found by the caretaker, without a doubt, I knew it was you because I
know only two children who are capable of climbing into a loft without a ladder and they are you and your brother Stanley, who
is no longer in this branch. The Head asks Tyke why he hid the money for Danny? Now Danny enters the scene shouting that its
his mouse and its not Tyke's fault. This surprises the Head because Danny is responsible for both, the stolen ten pound note as
well as the mouse in the assembly hall. Tyke explains that Danny did not mean to steal the money from Miss Bonn's purse. He
only took it because it was there. Later, Tyke hid it in the loft so that he will put it back when he gets a chance but things got out
of control. Miss Bonn was called in by The Head for discussion which went on for a long time. Danny cried and apologized. The
Head promised he will not call the police and gave both the children notes to take home.

ACT 1 - SCENE 9

Setting: School corridor

Tyke is cartwheeling in the corridor when Mrs Somers enters, angry as always. She tells Tyke to learn some manners and learn
to behave in the school. She also tells Tyke to stay in school after home-time and write out lines. She scolds Tyke for the
marrow bone in the bag and tells Tyke to not bring things like this to school. After she leaves, Danny comes running to Tyke to
tell that Miss Bonn started crying and was not angry at all. She forgave me and invited me to her house for tea. Tyke feels bad
that even though it was all Danny's fault, starting from the missing ten pound note to the mouse and the marrow bone, he still
got invited for tea while Tyke got detention.

Harlequin: "That's what I call justice."

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ACT 2 - SCENE 1
Setting: The classroom
The students find an article in the newspaper about their teacher, Mr William Merchant. It says that he has written a book on
the history of their school, Cricklepit Combined School. It is the oldest primary school of the country. It also talks about
discipline problems which were faced in the early days. There is a mention of a bell on the roof of the school which is not rung
anymore. This makes Tyke inquisitive who then asks about the school bell. The sir informs them that the bells were rung during
war and the part was damaged by a bomb. This made the bell tower weak so it was decided to stop ringing the bell as it was not
safe anymore. It has been more than thirty years since the bell was last rung. In this scene, the students are joined by a student
teacher, Miss Honeywell. Tyke insists on being called as Tyke when Miss Honeywell asks about Tyke's real name.

Harlequin: "What family does the gorilla come from? I'm not sure. I've just moved here and I don't know everyone yet."

ACT 2 - SCENE 2

Setting: Tyke's house

Tyke's dad is a council member and it's time for elections. He wants to be re-elected. Martin Kneeshaw, who is Tyke's class
fellow, his dad is also running the elections as a candidate opposite Tyke's dad. So, dad asks Tyke to deliver a bunch of leaflets
for his election campaigning and tells Tyke to take Danny and Crumble along. Tyke feels that it is such a boring leaflet as the
heading says 'Your rents and your tax.' Tyke's father tells Tyke to push the leaflets into the letter boxes instead of leaving them
lying around on the porch because the opposition may take advantage of this situation by removing all of them.

Harlequin: "I'd tell you a joke about dustbins but it's a load of rubbish."

ACT 2 - SCENE 3

Setting: The bridge near the derelict mill

Tyke, Danny and Crumble reach the bridge over a stream where they stop. Tyke reads the leaflet aloud to Danny to show
disinterest. Suddenly, Danny sees something and asks what is that and holds Tyke's arm to point it in that direction, causing all
the leaflets to fall into the water. Danny apologizes but Tyke says I'm sure no one would have read it anyway. Tyke is more
excited about exploring the abandoned mill behind them.

Harlequin: "What did the crude oil say when it was coming out of the ground? Knickers."

ACT 2 - SCENE 4

Setting: Inside an old mill

Tyke and Danny enter the mill to explore it. Danny is scared while Tyke is excited. Danny asks Tyke to go back but Tyke insists
on exploring. Danny wonders if this mill is haunted and has ghosts but Tyke tells him to not be scared. They enter a trap door,
leading to the attic.

ACT 2 - SCENE 5

Setting: Attic of the mill

Tyke tells Danny that this will be our secret room for all our secrets and adventures and for hiding in while Danny insists on
leaving because he doesn't like this place.

ACT 2 - SCENE 6

Setting: A street near the bridge

Tyke and Danny come out of the mill. Tyke tells Danny to not tell anyone about this as it will be our secret place. While they are
on their way, they spot Martin Kneeshaw distributing leaflets. When Kneeshaw has left, Tyke picks up one of the leaflets and
reads it. Tyke informs Danny that these are his father's leaftlets for elections. Tyke gets a mischievous idea and they both run
up the street collecting all the leaflets distributed by Danny. They then go to the stream again and throw the leaflets into the
water. Tyke and Danny joke about fish and sharks voting for the candidates.

Harlequin: "What wears shoes but has no feet? A pavement."

ACT 2 - SCENE 7

Setting: A Park
The Sir takes the class 4M to a park for a lesson. He tells them that they are surrounded by history in this town. He tells them to
imagine they are in the year 1066. The Sir wants to teach them about The Battle of Hastings. The Sir taught them about William
The Conqueror who was a cruel man and fought with Englishmen for winning the throne. He killed Harold with an arrow
through his eye. William was angry at the citizens for not giving in so he gouged the eyes of a citizen out in order to scare and
torture them. In the end, he surrendered, however, he changed the city forever. The students then enacted the battle in order
to understand it in a better way.

Harlequin: "It wasn't a bad sort of a day."

ACT 2 - SCENE 8

Setting:The Classroom
The Head comes into the classroom and announces that someone has ruined the garden at school and the fish were left out of
the pond to die. The Head asks for a confession or if anyone knows anything about it. After the Head has left, Martin Kneeshaw
says to Miss Honeywell that he thinks Danny did it because he is always causing trouble. Tyke gets angry and attacks Martin
Kneeshaw.

Right at that moment, the Head returns to the classroom and sees the scene. He tells Tyke to see him in his office and also
informs the class that the garden was wrecked by some senior boys from another school.

ACT 2 - SCENE 9

Setting: The Head's office

Tyke is waiting outside the Head's office while inside, the Head, Sir and Mrs Somers are discussing this issue.Mrs Somers
suggests that Tyke and Danny should be separated but Sir believes that it is wrong to separate friend. He also mentions that
Tyke is the only person Danny can rely on because his father is in jail while his mother is also considered awful. So, The Head
suggests that they all should wait for the results of Verbal Reasoning Assessment Tests before making any decision. He says that
if Danny passes the test then we will keep him otherwise we will send him to a special school. When they all leave the office,
Tyke jumps back so they no one noticed Tyke was there. Tyke goes inside the office and sees that test papers are lying on the
table. Tyke picks up one paper and, in fact, steals it to help Danny pass.

Harlequin: "I've finished my exam, Sir.

Did the questions give you any trouble?

No, but the answers did."

ACT 2 - SCENE 10

Setting:Tyke's Bedroom
Tyke informs the audience that, in the evening, I finally got the courage to take out the test paper and then I went through it.
Tyke tells that he was able to understand some of the questions but he wasn't sure about the answers, whether they were
correct or not. Tyke was also concerned about teaching them to Danny. So, Tyke decides to take help from Berry, Tyke's sister.
Berry tells Tyke that this is cheating and that Tyke should return the test papers before their Dad finds out. But Tyke explains
that this is not cheating but helping as Tyke doesn't want Danny to leave the school. Tyke is able to convince Berry to help,
however, Berry tells Tyke that we must be careful so no one will find out.

ACT 2 - SCENE 11

Setting: Tyke's Bedroom

Tyke tells Danny that I have gone through the paper and prepared all the answers for you with the help of Danny, but Danny is
not bothered. Tyke tries to scare Danny by saying that his school will be changed. Danny is still, however, not able to learn and
remember the answers. Tyke makes Danny go through the paper over and over again and hopes for the best. Finally the test
day arrives and is over very quickly, as said by Tyke.

Harlequin: "Why do you forget a tooth when it has been pulled out? It goes right out of your head."

ACT 2 - SCENE 12

Setting:The Old Mill

That night, after the test, Tyke and Danny went to the old mill. Tyke has made a bed of sacks and taken food items along in
case they have to stay there for longer due to a siege. Danny insists on going back as always.

Harlequin: "You can see it wasn't much of an evening.

Where does the Dracula keep his money? In a blood bank."

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ACT 3 - SCENE 1

Setting: The Classroom

Students are busy preparing a play about King Arthur under the supervision of Miss Honeywell.

Sir walks in and informs the class that he likes focusing on the facts so they should keep the script of the play to the point.

ACT 3 - SCENE 2

Setting: The School's Playground

Someone makes a graffiti on the wall which makes Sir very angry. He makes the class clean it with buckets of water.

Tyke is standing on a chair, cleaning the wall, while Martin Kneeshaw is right below Tyke. Tyke loses balance and, by mistake,
drops the bucket of dirty soapy water on Martin Kneeshaw. Sir is very angry seeing this and sends Tyke to the office of the
Head.

ACT 3 - SCENE 3

Setting: The Head's Office

The Head is also tired of seeing Tyke in his office all the time. The Head inquires about Tyke's father and his election campaign.
Tyke shows lack of interest in the elections to which the Head questions about Tyke's civic responsibility and decides to punish
him for what he did to Martin Kneeshaw. The Head tells Tyke to write lines for him in every playtime, dinnertime as well as
after twenty minutes of school for one week.

ACT 3 - SCENE 4

Setting: The Classroom

The students are again busy with Miss Honeywell preparing for the play. Tyke informs Miss Honeywell that they have decided
the characters and Danny will play Sir Galahad because the character is said to have the strength as the strength of ten because
of his pure heart. Miss Honeywell appreciates their decision. Miss Honeywell is a sweet person so she also tells Tyke that she
will be coming over tonight to help Tyke's Dad for the elections which are tomorrow.

ACT 3 - SCENE 5

Setting: Outside Tyke's House

Miss Honeywell visits Tyke's house to help while Danny and Tyke leave the house saying that they have some posters to paste.
Dad tells Tyke to be polite with everyone when placing the posters and don't force anyone.

Harlequin: "Watch out! Tyke and Danny are up to something."

ACT 3 - SCENE 6

Setting: Outside Kneeshaw's House

Tyke and Danny are outside Martin Kneeshaw's house which is covered in posters for Kneeshaw's father, as he is also an
election candidate. Tyke and Danny become mischievous and paste the posters of Tyke's Dad over those posters and run away.
Tyke wonders what would happen tomorrow as it is the day of elections. Tyke also says that Kneeshaw's family will be able to
make a guess who did this to their posters.

ACT 3 - SCENE 7

Setting: Tyke's Living Room

The next morning, Martin Kneeshaw's father calls Tyke's Dad and informs him about the incident of which he is absolutely no
idea. After the phone call, Dad asks Tyke and Danny if they know anything about it. Danny speaks the truth, however, Dad is not
able to understand because of the stutter so he asks Tyke to repeat what he said. Tyke changes the statement and tells a lie.

Harlequin: "What is the meaning of the phrase Out of Bounds? An exhausted Kangaroo."

ACT 3 - SCENE 8

Setting: A Street Near Tyke's House

Tyke and Danny are walking in a street while Tyke is in a bad mood. Martin Kneeshaw enters the scene and beats Tyke while
Danny runs away. Martin says that his father will win the elections. Tyke faints because of pain. Danny comes running back with
Dad and Berry and they all take Tyke home.

ACT 3 - SCENE 9

Setting: Tyke's Bedroom

Tyke is feeling very weak and lying in bed. Mum tells Tyke that Dad won the elections. She also informs Tyke that you have
some viral infection. Mum tells Tyke that Danny cannot come and see Tyke because he may also catch the virus.

ACT 3 - SCENE 10

Setting: Tyke's House

The Head visits Tyke's house to inquire about Tyke's health and to tell Tyke's Mum about the result of the Verbal Reasoning
Assessment Papers. The Head is pleased to inform her that all their children have been his student and they all have performed
well while he was a little unsure about Tyke. Nevertheless, Tyke's result has surprised the Head as being above average. The
Head is happy and wants to encourage Tyke.