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Performing Tips and Ideas

For
The Friendly Dragon
During my medieval thematic unit my students would choose a medieval
character and make a hand puppet. Then during our culminating event (The
Medieval Fair) we performed several puppet shows in our giant cardboard
castle puppet theater made from large appliance boxes.

I wrote this play to include my low performing 3rd grade and/or ESOL
students as well as some reluctant public speakers who were either too shy
or too quiet to speak alone. This is a very versatile script that allows for
multiple characters to be on stage and speak or act minimally and with peers
in various parts of the play.

I split the narration into 3 narrator parts, however it could easily be read by
only one person if you choose.

With younger students the narration could be done by a teacher with the
children taking only the more active character parts.

A dragon was NOT one of the character puppets my students could

choose to make, so for the dragon Rex, I used a large cardboard cut out of a
dragon from the waist up. In each different scene before the dragon appears
and tries to join a group we attached a related cardboard prop to the cut out.

Knights - sword in hand

Jesters - jester hat on head
Wizards - wizard hat on head
Minstrels - guitar in hand
Princesses - no prop
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 Character Profile Page
Lord (King/Prince) – In the middle ages a Lord ruled large
areas of land and lived in a castle with his family and lots of
staff.

Lady (Queen/Princess) – In the middle ages a Lady was the

wife of a Lord. She was a woman of high social position who
lived in a castle with her family and lots of staff.

Knight – In the middle ages a knight was a man usually of

noble birth serving under a Lord. The knights were heavily
armored soldiers who rode on horseback.

Minstrel – In the middle ages Lords and Ladies would often

employ a minstrel to recite poems and sing accompanied by
music. Minstrels were both entertainers and servants.

Jester – In the middle ages a jester, or fool, was a professional

clown employed to entertain Lords and Ladies.

Wizard – In the middle ages a wizard was someone who

practiced magic. Wizards are common figures in medieval
romance and often appear as wise old men.

The Friendly Dragon -

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 The Friendly Dragon
Setting : Castle grounds ( Castle Puppet Theater )
Parts
Narrator 1
Narrator 2
Narrator 3
Dragon (silent part)
2 or more Knights
2 or more Jesters
2 or more Wizards
2 or more Lords
2 or more Minstrels
2 or more Princesses
SCENE ONE
Narrator 1 - Once there was a dragon named Rex. (Dragon puppet up) He
was a ferocious and mean looking dragon, but in fact, his heart was full of
love, beauty and kindness.

Narrator 2 - What he wanted most in the world was friends to share all the
beauty that was in his heart.

Narrator 3 - So he decided to go make friends at a neighboring castle.

(Dragon puppet down)

Narrator 1 - The first group he came upon were some knights in training in
the courtyard. (Knights up)

Knights - (act out sword play in the courtyard) “Hi – Yah!” “Take that!”
“Jab – Jab” “Stab… Slice”

Narrator 2 - Rex decided to join them. (Dragon puppet up)

Narrator 3 - But when the knights saw Rex they ran and screamed like
little girls.
(AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Knights run off stage screaming.)
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 SCENE TWO

Narrator 1 - Rex was so disappointed.(Dragon puppet down) But he

really wanted to make friends, so he headed to the great hall. There he
found a group of jesters. (Jesters up)

Jesters - (act silly, tell a joke, goofy laughing) Knock Knock! ….

Narrator 2 - Rex decided to join them.(Dragon puppet up)

Narrator 3 - But when the jesters saw Rex they ran and screamed like
little girls.
(AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Jesters run off stage screaming.)

SCENE THREE

Narrator 1 - Rex was so disappointed. (Dragon puppet down) But he

really wanted to make friends so he headed up to the 2nd floor of the
castle. There he found wizards performing magic for some lords.
(Wizards and Lords up)

Wizards - (act out spell casting) “Abra Cadabra!” “Bibbity Bobbity

Boo!” “Ala Ka Zam!”

Lords - (clap) “Bravo!” “Excellent” “Amazing!”

Narrator 2 - Rex decided to join them. (Dragon puppet up)

Narrator 3 - But when the wizards and lords saw Rex they ran and
screamed like little girls.
(AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Wizards and Lords run off stage screaming.)
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 SCENE FOUR

Narrator 1 - Rex was so disappointed. (Dragon puppet down) But he

really wanted to make friends, so he headed back down stairs and came
upon some minstrels singing a lovely song together. (Minstrels up)

Minstrels - (warm up voices) “La la la – la la – la la” (sing part of a

song together) “Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you
are…”

Narrator 2 - Rex decided to join them. (Dragon puppet up)

Narrator 3 - But when the minstrels saw Rex they ran and screamed
like little girls.
(AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Minstrels run off stage screaming.)

SCENE FIVE

Narrator 1 - Rex was so disappointed. (Dragon puppet down) But he

really wanted to make friends, so he looked around one last time. He saw
some little girls playing in the orchard. (Princesses up)

Princesses - (act out playing) “whee!” “Let’s play!” (chant a jump

rope chant)

Narrator 2 - Rex decided to join them. (Dragon puppet up)

Narrator 3 - But when the little girls saw Rex they…… stared at him
with wide curious eyes.

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Narrator 1 - Rex took the opportunity to introduce himself. He talked
of the love, beauty and kindness in his heart. Then he said that what he
wanted most in the world was friends.

Narrator 2 - Then a big dragon sized tear slipped from his eye as he
told them how everyone was too afraid of him to give him a chance.

Narrator 3 - Well, those little princesses were impressed with Rex’s

sweet speech and they decided to help him.

Narrator 1 - They took him all around the kingdom and showed
everyone that he was kind and friendly despite his fierce appearance.

(Princesses mime introducing Rex as all the other characters return)

Narrator 2 - Everyone felt sorry that they had judged Rex by how he
looked. (Others hang heads in shame)

Narrator 3 - They asked Rex to forgive them (heads up) and said they
would love to hear him talk of all the happiness in his heart. (nod in
agreement)

All Narrators - So remember….

Never judge someone
By the way he looks
Or a book by the way it is covered
For inside those tattered pages
There’s a lot to be discovered.

All Characters and Narrators - (cheer and bow)

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