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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Written by Roald Dahl, Adapted by Richard George and edited by Mr D
Best
LX 1 AND SD 0.5 Narrators 1 and 2 in the hall
throughout
LX 2 AND SDQ 1
SCENE 1
LX 4 MIC Owen ready and Chorus Ready
(Downstage Right) NARRATOR 1: Welcome to the tale of a delicious
adventure in a wonderful land. Can you tell it will be delicious- can’t you smell
it already?

(Downstage left) NARRATOR 2: (sniff) Oh, I love that gorgeous smell.

NARRATOR 1: You’ve heard of Cadbury’s, Nestlé (*nestlay*), Wonka? 3

seconds gap
Mr Willy Wonka is the greatest chocolate inventor ever . It’s the most amazing,
most extraordinary, most fantastic chocolate the world has ever seen…(pause
and sigh)
Here let us show you… LX 4.5 Cue Owen Cue Chorus
LX 5 The Candyman
Who can take a sunrise Sprinkle it in dew
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two?
The candyman? The candyman can
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
Who can take a rainbow Wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in the sun and make a strawberry lemon pie?
The candyman? The candyman
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
Willy Wonka makes Everything he bakes Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes You can even eat the dishes
Who can take tomorrow Dip it in a dream
Separate the sorrow And collect up all the cream?
The candyman Willy Wonka can
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good
And the world tastes good cause the candyman thinks it should.

MIC Wait for music to end.

NARRATOR 2: Wow this Mr Wonka sounds terrific, can we have some
chocolate now?

LX6 NARRATOR 1: I think I should fill you in on what’s been happening lately.
Because Wonka Chocolate is so popular, other chocolate makers sent in spies
to the factory in order to discover Wonka’s secrets.

NARRATOR 2: The worst of them was Mr Slugworth…He was such a good spy
he stole Wonka’s candy making secrets.
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NARRATOR 1: Like ice cream that never melts and chewing gum that never
loses it flavour.
Candy balloons that blow up huge and you can eat them after they pop.

NARRATOR 2: Yum. Delicious.

NARRATOR 1: Wonka didn’t know what to do. He was afraid that the spies
would keep stealing his inventions and all his secrets would be out. He did the
only thing he could do. He closed the factory!
Matthew J Ready
NARRATOR 2: Nobody ever went in, and nobody ever went out.

NARRATOR 1: But Mr Wonka wanted children to have his chocolate once

again, so he ran a contest.
David N, Cassie, Katie P, Leon Ready
NARRATOR 2: That’s right! A contest!

NARRATOR 1: Five mysterious golden tickets were placed inside regular candy
bar wrappers. They could be found anywhere, in any store.

NARRATOR 2: The tickets could be in any city, in any town, on any street, in
any country in the world! And the five winners would be able to tour the candy
factory and take home a lifetime supply of chocolate! And that is where our
story begins! LX7
Cue Matthew LX8 AND SDQ2 news music Cue David N,
Cassie, Katie P, Leon
LX9 REPORTER TOM BRADY: Hi Folks, I’m Tom Brady and you’re watching
Glebe News Channel. I’m here to interview the four lucky winners of the golden
tickets so far. Let’s see, who was the first winner?.... Ahhh yes, Augustus Gloop!
LX10
LX 11(AUGUSTUS enters from the audience) centre aisle
FOLLOW ENTRANCE FROM BACK TO FRONT
LX 12 AUGUSTUS: Chocolate… chocolate… chocolate…CHOCOLATE! I love
chocolate!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
I must eat it all the time…..mmmmmmm!!! chocolate…chocolate!! Mmmmm!!!

REPORTER TOM BRADY: Well, that was our first lucky ticket finder- Augustus
Gloop. And now for the second winner… A Miss Violet… oh, Violet Beauregarde?
LX 13

(stage right) VIOLET: I’m a gum chewer normally, but when I heard of this
ticket thing of Mr
Wonka’s I switched to chocolate. Now that I’ve won, I’m back on gum. I chew
gum all day long, except during meals when I stick it behind my ear for
safekeeping. This piece of gum that I am chewing at this very moment I’ve
been working on it for three-months solid! That’s a world-record.
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LX 14 REPORTER TOM BRADY: (very sarcastically) Isn’t she just wonderful?

Swell. The third golden ticket was found by another lucky girl, Miss Veruca Salt.
(checks earpiece) Is Veruca here now?
LX 15
(stage left) VERUCA: As soon as I found out about the contest, I told my
father I had to have one of these golden tickets. He went out and bought
thousands of Wonka Bars. He sent them to his peanut factory, so he has lots of
girls working for him. They worked day and night. It was terrible. I got more and
more upset each day, until finally I was on the floor kicking and screaming and
yelling in the most disturbing way….. (pause) until finally it was found and now,
I’m all smiles. We have a very happy home… once again. (big smile)
Ready Robert, Jo, Jacob, Kaide, Hannah, Kieran and Aidan
LX 16 REPORTER TOM BRADY: Lovely girl, she is. Just adorable. What about
the last ticket found? Mike Teavee? You there? Mike??

LX 18 (stage left) MIKE: Yeah, yeah. I got the golden ticket. Now just leave
me alone. I want to go back to my show. I watch television all day. I watch
every show I can, even crummy ones. I like cop shows the best, with bang,
bang, pow, pow. Oh, boy I want to do that myself! It’s terrific!

LX 19 REPORTER TOM BRADY: Ok, folks. So that’s Mike Teavee. Sorry to

bother you Mike.
So, there have been four lucky winners of the golden tickets so far. Who will win
the final ticket?.... (Pause) Well that’s it from me Tom Brady, you have been
watching Glebe News Channel back to you in the studio.

LX 20 NARRATOR 1: Thanks Tom, those children are horrible. Greedy and

Cue Robert, Jo, Jacob,
spoilt. I hope there is some good news soon.
Kaide, Hannah, Kieran and Aidan
LX 21 Music link and change of scene to the Bucket House
(stage right)
Grandparents (GRANDPA GEORGE, GRANDMA GEORGINA, GRANDPA JOE,
GRANDMA JOSEPHINE) are sitting on chairs and Mr and Mrs Bucket are sat
at the table.
CHARLIE is reading a book on the floor. Everyone is in coats, scarves, and
shivering.
There is a large old-fashioned radio on the table and a small loaf of bread.

MIC NARRATOR 2: Well now we can take an exclusive look at the hero of this
story. His name is Charlie Bucket and this is his family. This is their home.
Seven people live here… that’s right seven! In two little rooms and only one
bed, so you can see that their life is extremely uncomfortable.

SCENE 2

LX 22 MR BUCKET: Well, it seems four children have found golden tickets. I

wonder who the last child will be?
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GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: I hope it’s no one as horrible as that Gloop boy.

GRANDPA GEORGE: Or as spoiled as that Veruca Salt girl.

GRANDMA GEORGINA: Or as beastly as that bubble-popping Violet

Beauregarde.

MRS BUCKET: Or as useless as Mike Teavee.

MR BUCKET: It makes you wonder if all children behave that way now days.

GRANDPA JOE: Of course not. Some do. Some don’t. Of course, quite a lot of
them do, but not all!

MRS BUCKET: And there is only one ticket left!

GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: I bet some nasty little beast who doesn’t deserve it
will find the last ticket.

GRANDPA JOE: I know someone who would like to have it, (turns to Charlie)
what about you Charlie?

CHARLIE: Sure I would. I think about it every day. I dream about it. Just
imagine, me winning the fifth ticket! Why it’s… it’s… pure imagination.

GRANDPA JOE: Perhaps, but I’ve heard that sometimes things you imagine
come true.

CHARLIE: You really think so Grandpa Joe?

MR BUCKET: Don’t encourage him Grandpa Joe. You know we don’t have any
money to spare on chocolate.

CHARLIE: It’s alright Grandpa Joe.

GRANDPA JOE: Actually, I do have a surprise for you. Reaches behind

his back

CHARLIE: Really?

GRANDPA JOE: Come close, come here my boy. I saved my money for a year
to get you this.

CHARLIE: Oh, Grandpa Joe! It’s not my birthday yet!

MRS BUCKET: You’ll spoil him. That candy cost fifty pence! We can’t afford
such luxury!

GRANDPA GEORGE: Let him be, the child gets one piece of candy a year, so
what if it’s a week early.
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Owen ready
GRANDMA GEORGINA: Enjoy your birthday present Charlie.

CHARLIE: Do you think I have a chance?

GRANDPA JOE: Good as anyone.

GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: And you deserve it more too!

(Charlie opens the chocolate wrapper)
CHARLIE: Here it goes…. I won! I won!

MRS BUCKET: (surprised) Charlie?

CHARLIE: Just kidding. But the chocolate’s still good. Everyone have some.
Cue Owen
Sad Music Link Change of scene to the Candy shop on stage left.
MIC
LX 23 NARRATOR 2: You know what? I’m starting to feel really sorry for
Charlie and his family.

NARRATOR 1: Yeh, I know what you mean. Charlie and his family figured that
the last golden ticket would go to another child, in some other town, in some
other country.

NARRATOR 2: Days and weeks went by, but no one found the last ticket.

LX 24 SCENE 3- Candyman
walking around the audience, starting left side to back LX 25 and up
the middle LX26

CANDYMAN: Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!

Chocolate!
FOLLOW ENTRANCE FROM BACK TO FRONT
CHARLIE: (Notices money on the ground) Yes £1! (Runs to candy man) Can I
have a Wonka Bar please?

CANDYMAN: Here you go, son. Good luck to you.

CHARLIE: Thanks. (opens the chocolate bar.)

CANDYMAN: Did you win?

CHARLIE: No. But, I’ll take a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow

Delight…
I’m soooo hungry.

CANDYMAN: Good choice, my boy.

CHARLIE: Thanks. (Charlie opens the candy bar) LX 27 I’VE FOUND IT! I’VE
FOUND THE GOLDEN TICKET! I’VE FOUND IT!
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CANDYMAN: Run home, tell your mum!

CHARLIE: Yippee! Yippee! Hurray! Hurray!

LX 28
Candyman carries on walking round selling chocolate,
walking up the RIGHT to the back. LX29

Scene 4- Bucket House

CHARLIE exits and scene switches to the Bucket House. Grandparents
are sitting in chairs and Mr and Mrs Bucket are sat at the table.
LX 30
MR BUCKET: You know it would have been nice if Charlie had won that fifth
Golden Ticket.

MRS BUCKET: You mean that £1 we gave him for his birthday present
yesterday?

MR BUCKET: Yes, the money we gave him to buy his one piece of candy he
gets every year.

GRANDMA GEORGINA: And just think how long it took us to save up!

GRANDPA GEORGE: Yes, now that really is a shame.

GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: But think of how much Charlie enjoyed the candy. He
just LOVES Wonka chocolate.

MRS BUCKET: He didn’t really act that disappointed.

MR BUCKET: No, he didn’t –

GRANDPA GEORGE: Well, he might not have acted disappointed, but that’s
because he’s a fine boy and he wouldn’t want any of us to feel sorry for him.
Ready Alfie, Katie P, Jamel, David N, Paige, Cassie, Matthew
B, Leon, Reece,
GRANDPA JOE: I really wish he’d won. I’d do anything for that boy. Why I’d
even-
LX 31 CHARLIE enters upstage left
CHARLIE: Mum! Dad! Grandfolks! You’ll never believe what happened! I’VE
WON THE FINAL GOLDEN TICKET!
Ready Sadiq and Matthew J
Charlie and the Bucket family mime being excited as CHORUS enter. LX 32
LX 33 I’ve Got a Golden ticket
I never thought my life could be anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see a bit of good luck for me
'Cause I've got a golden ticket I've got a golden twinkle in my eye
I never had a chance to shine never a happy song to sing
But suddenly half the world is mine what an amazing thing
'Cause I've got a golden ticket I've got a golden sun up in the sky
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I never thought I'd see the day when I would face the world and say
Good morning, look at the sun!
I never thought that I would be slap in the lap of luxury
'Cause I'd have said, C: It couldn't be done GJ: But it can be done
I never dreamed that I would climb over the moon in ecstasy
But nevertheless, it's there that I'm shortly about to be
'Cause I've got a golden ticket I've got a golden chance to make my way
And with a golden ticket, it's a golden day

SCENE 5 Outside the Chocolate Factory

MIC
LX 34 NARRATOR 1: Well that’s fantastic, Charlie really deserved to win the
final ticket.

NARRATOR 2: The very next day Charlie and Grandpa Joe made their way to
the chocolate factory.

NARRATOR 1: We now join Tom Brady for another exclusive interview with the
winners of the golden tickets.
LX 35 AND SDQ 3 NEWS MUSIC

LX 36 NARRATOR 3 (TOM BRADY): Well folks we’re here outside the

famous Chocolate factory owned by Mr Willy Wonka and today is when the five
lucky winners will find out what the rest of the world have been dreaming about
for years! LX 37 Cue Wonka and Cast
LX 38 WONKA enters upstage left
WONKA: Welcome. It's nice to have you here. I'm so glad you could come.
This is going to be such an exciting day. I hope you enjoy it. I think you will.
And now would you please show me your Golden Tickets. LX 39 LX
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FOLLOW ENTRANCE FROM BACK TO FRONT
All cast take it in turn to walk/run to the stage and wave at
photographers
VERUCA: I'm Veruca Salt.

WONKA: My dear Veruca, what a pleasure. And Mr Salt, overjoyed to see you.

AUGUSTUS: Augustus Gloop. I’m sooooo hungry. Gimme chocolate, gimme

gimme gimme.

WONKA: Augustus, my dear boy don’t worry you’ll get all the chocolate you
can eat. And this must be Mrs. Gloop. Just over there, dear lady.

VIOLET: Violet Beauregarde.

WONKA: Darling child, welcome to Wonka's. This must be your father, pleased
to meet you.

MIKE: I'm Mike Teavee.

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WONKA: Mike . . .

MIKE: Wham! (He pulls his gun.) You're dead!

WONKA: Wonderful to meet you, Mike. And Mr Teavee, how do you do? What
an adorable little boy you have.

MR TEAVEE: Thank you.

WONKA: Just over there.

CHARLIE: Charlie Bucket.

WONKA: Well, well, Charlie Bucket, I read all about you in the papers. I'm so
happy for you. And who is this gentleman?

CHARLIE: My grandfather, Grandpa Joe.

WONKA: Delighted to meet you, sir. Overjoyed, are we ready? Yes! Good! In
we go!
Exit upstage right and walk to the back of the hall and back
down the centre aisle
MIC
LX 41 NARRATOR 3 (TOM BRADY): Well Ladies and Gentlemen, we now
have exclusive TV coverage of Mr Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, so keep on
watching. SDQ 4 NEWS MUSIC
Ready Chorus
LX 42 AISLE 1 LX 43 MIDDLE LX
44 FRONT
SCENE 6 – The Chocolate Room
LX 45 Centre Stage WONKA: My dear friends, you are now about to
enter the nerve centre of the entire Wonka Factory. LX 46 Inside this room,
all of my dreams become realities. And some of my realities become dreams.
LX 46.5 And almost everything you will see is eatible. Edible. I mean, you
can eat almost everything. (cast step onto stage) Ladies and gentlemen LX
47 . . . boys and girls . . . The chocolate room. Cue Chorus Hold your
breath. Make a wish. Count to three. LX48
(All cast on stage for song, main characters enter downstage left.
Oompa Loompas, enter from the back of the hall up the centre, left
and right aisles

Pure Imagination
Come with me And you'll be, In a world of Pure imagination
Take a look And you'll see Into your imagination
We'll begin With a spin, Travelling in the world of my creation
What we'll see, Will defy Explanation
If you want to view paradise, Simply look around and view it
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Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world? There's nothing, To it
There is no Life I know, To compare with
Pure imagination Living there, You'll be free If you truly wish to be *
If you want to view paradise, Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it, Want to change the world? There's nothing, To it
There is no Life I know, To compare with Pure imagination
Living there You'll be free, If you truly Wish to be
*At this point there is a short instrumental where all the cast mime exploring
the chocolate room.
LX 49 (OOMPALOOMPAS start sugaring and creaming in front of the
stage)
Oompa Loompas stay on: Praise, Rory, James Mc, Sakariye,
Feng, Jack O, Devante, Sam T, Alfie H, Matthew S, David G,
James O - with wigs and sacks, 1 between 2.

LX 50 MRS GLOOP: What a disgusting, dirty river. (down offstage

centre)

WONKA: It's chocolate.

AUGUSTUS: That's chocolate?!?

GRANDPA JOE: That's the most fantastic thing I've ever seen.

WONKA: Ten thousand gallons an hour. LX 51 And look at my waterfall.

That's the most important thing. It's mixing my chocolate. It's the only one in
the world!

CHARLIE: Grandpa, LX52 look over there across the river! They're little men!

GRANDPA JOE: Jumping Crocodiles, Charlie! Now we know who makes the
chocolate.

AUGUSTUS: Well they can't be real people.

WONKA: They’re Oompa Loompas.

THE GROUP: Oompa Loompas?!?

WONKA: From Loompaland.

MR TEAVEE: Loompaland? There's no such place.

WONKA: Excuse me, dear sir . . .

MR TEAVEE: Mr. Wonka, I am a teacher of geography.

WONKA: Well then you’ll know all about Loompa Land. It’s nothing but thick
jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world. The Oompa
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Loompas are happy to live and work at my factory and they keep all my secrets
safe.

VERUCA: Daddy! Daddy! I want an Oompa-Loompa!

MR SALT: Now, now, my pet. We mustn’t interrupt Mr Wonka.

VERUCA: But I want an Oompa-Loompa!

MR SALT: Alright, my darling. I will arrange with Mr Wonka to get you one
before the day is out.

VERUCA: I want one right away. Get one for me now! Get me an Oompa-
Loompa or I will scream!

VIOLET: Can it, you nit! LX 53 SDQ 5 CHOCOLATE RIVER

DRINKING
(AUGUSTUS has begun drinking from the chocolate river )
MRS GLOOP: Augustus, Sweetheart, I don’t think you should do that.

WONKA: Oh, no! Please, Augustus, p-l-e-a-s-e! I beg of you! My chocolate must
never be touched by human hands!

MRS GLOOP: Listen to Mr Wonka, Augustus. Come away now!

AUGUSTUS: This stuff is terrific! Yuuuummmmm!

WONKA: You’re ruining my chocolate!

MRS GLOOP: Be careful! You’re leaning too far out!

SDQ 6 SPLASH (AUGUSTUS falls ‘into’ the chocolate river, down of
stage centre)
MRS GLOOP: Save him! He’ll drown! He can’t swim! Save him! Save him!

AUGUSTUS: Help! Help! Help!

MRS GLOOP: Don’t just stand there! Do something!

LX 54 VIOLET: He’s being sucked toward the pipes!

MIKE: There he goes! SDQ 7 SUCKED TO PIPES All the cast look
to where Mike is pointing- high up, downstage right towards
the audience.
Ready Chorus
MRS GLOOP: Help! Help! Murder! Murder! Police! Police! Augustus!!!

WONKA: Keep calm! He’ll come out just fine.

MRS GLOOP: But he’ll turn into marshmallows!

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WONKA: Impossible!

MRS GLOOP: And why is that?

WONKA: That pipe doesn’t go to the Marshmallow room. It goes to the fudge
room.

MRS GLOOP: My boy! My little boy will be turned to fudge! You monster!

WONKA: He’ll be perfectly safe.

MRS GLOOP: He’ll be chocolate fudge!

WONKA: Never. I wouldn’t allow it! The taste would be terrible. Who would eat
Augustus-flavoured-chocolate-coated-Gloop? No one would buy it!

MRS GLOOP: I don’t want to think about it, my poor little boy!

WONKA: He’s perfectly safe. SDQ 8 WHISTLE

(OOMPA LOOMPA 1 enters downstage left).
(to OOMPA LOOMPA 1) Take Mrs Gloop to the Fudge Room. When you get
there poke a big stick into the mixing barrel. He should be there. Pull him out
quickly before he simmers, otherwise the fudge will become quite inedible!
Good-bye, Mrs. Gloop. LX55 Cue Chorus
Mrs Gloop and Oompa Loompa 1 exit stage LEFT.
Main Cast exit stage left walk to the back and up the centre
aisle

LX 56 OOMPA-LOOMPAS:
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo, I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-dee, If you are wise you’ll listen to me.
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets?
Eating as much as an elephant eats. What are you at getting terribly fat?
What do you think will come of that? (Pause)I don’t like the look of it
Oompa Loompa do-ba-dee-da, Given good manners you will go far.
You will live in happiness too, Like the oompa loompa do-ba-dee-doo.
MIC
LX 57 NARRATOR 1: Augustus’ greediness obviously got the better of him.
Let’s hope he doesn’t end up as Fudge, nobody would buy it!

NARRATOR 2: Eeeeuuurrrrrgggghhhhhh! It would be lumpy, Augustus-

shaped fudge!

NARRATOR 2: So the group toured through the factory, and in every room
there were new and wonderful things for Mr Wonka to show them.

LX 58 Blackout and Music Link

SCENE 7-The Inventing room
FOLLOW ENTRANCE FROM BACK TO FRONT
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LX 59 Cast enter through the centre aisle

LX 60 WONKA: This is the most important room in the factory. All my most
secret inventions are cooking and simmering in here. Now, no touching! No
meddling! And no tasting! Agreed?

LX 61 ALL CHILDREN: Agreed! SDQ 9 INVENTING ROOM

MACHINES LX 62

LX 63 Downstage Right WONKA: Everlasting Gobstoppers! They are

completely new! I am inventing them for children with very little pocket money.
You can put an Everlasting Gobstopper in your mouth and it will never get any
smaller.

VIOLET: Just like gum!

WONKA: Not just like gum! Gum is for chewing. Gobstoppers are for sucking.
Chew one of these and your teeth would break off!

VIOLET: Oh.

WONKA: And that machine LX 64 (Downstage Left) over there makes

moustache toffee, but it’s not perfected yet. When it’s ready, there will be no
more excuse for all these moustachioed boys and girls running around.

MIKE: Children don’t have moustaches!

WONKA: Don’t argue. It’s very rude. Now, over here, LX 65 (Downstage
Right) and I will show you something I am terrifically proud of! Stand back.
Do be careful! (turns on machine) Here we go! SDQ 10

LX 66 MIKE: That’s all?

WONKA: That’s all? Don’t you know what this is?

VIOLET: By gum, it’s gum!

WONKA: Right you are. It’s the most amazing chewing gum in the world.
Inside this tiny stick of gum is a three-course dinner! This little piece of gum
happens to be tomato soup, roast beef and blueberry pie! But there are lots of
other flavours!

VERUCA: That’s impossible!

VIOLET: If it’s gum, it’s for me! (she snatches the gum)

MR BEAUREGARDE: Now Violet, let’s not do anything silly.

VIOLET: Come on, Daddy. I want the gum. Please, Mr. Wonka? (WONKA
steals it back)
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WONKA: It’s not quite ready yet. There have been some prob…
(VIOLET steals the gum from WONKA)
VIOLET: Oh, to heck with that!

WONKA: Don’t.

VIOLET: Mmm, it’s fabulous.

WONKA: Spit it out.

VIOLET: Creamy tomato soup. Yum.

WONKA: No- no- no- no- It’s not ready for eating. You mustn’t do it!

LX 67 MR BEAUREGARDE: Good heavens, girl. What’s happening to your

nose? It’s turning blue!

VIOLET: Oh, quiet daddy. Let me finish. I taste warm delicious pie, with ice
cream…

LX 68 MR BEAUREGARDE: Your cheeks! Your chin! Mercy save us! You’re

turning blue!

WONKA: I told you it wasn’t quite right yet. It always goes wrong when we get
to the dessert.

LX 69 VIOLET: I feel funny! [disappears off offstage centre aisle]

Chorus Ready and Oompa Loompa 2 ready
MR SALT: Call a doctor!

WONKA: It always happens like this. It is most annoying! I just don’t

understand it. I altered the ingredients.

MR BEAUREGARDE: I don’t want a blueberry for a daughter! Cue Oompa

Loompa 2
SDQ 11 Oompa Loompa 2 enters stage left
LX 70 WONKA: Please take this man to the juicing room. They will squeeze
her.

MR BEAUREGARDE: Squeeze her? What for?

WONKA: To get the juice out before she bursts! Off you go.
OOMPA LOOMPA 2 and MR BEAUREGARDE exit upstage left
WONKA: Sorry, sorry, all will be repaired. (calling after MR
BEAUREGARDE)

CHARLIE: Will Violet really be alright?

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WONKA: Oh, she’ll be squeezed until she’s as thin as a whistle. Of course, I

have never figured out how to get rid of the blue. She will be blue from head to
toe. LX 71 Cue Chorus
Main Cast exit upstage RIGHT and walk to the back of the hall
and Oompa Loompas enter downstage left

OOMPA-LOOMPAS
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo, I’ve got another puzzle for you.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-da-dee, If you are wise you’ll listen to me.
Gum chewing’s fine when it’s once in a while.
It stops you from smoking and brightens your smile.
But it’s repulsive revolting and wrong. Chewing and chewing all day
long.
The way that a cow does
Oompa Loompa do-ba-dee-da, Given good manners you will go far.
You will live in happiness too, Like the oompa loompa do-ba-dee-doo.
Squirrels stay on – Emily, Alana, Xena, Jessie, Holly T, Daniel,
Dennis

LX 72 Blackout
MIC
LX 73 NARRATOR 1: Well that’s what happens when you don’t listen!
Perhaps when she’s squeezed she’ll be more of a shrinking Violet….Then again,
probably not.

NARRATOR 2: I think at the moment she’s more like ultra-violet…..

SCENE 8- The Nut room

Some of the CHORUS are now SQUIRRELS sorting nuts. SDQ 11.5
LX 73.5 Main Cast enter UP STAGE RIGHT.

WONKA: Alright, stop right here. (The cast almost fall into each
other)

LX 74 CHARLIE: Look, Grandpa, look! (down offstage left)

VERUCA: Giant Squirrels!

MIKE: Gosh, there must be a hundred of them around that pile of walnuts over
there.

WONKA: These are specially trained squirrels for getting the nuts out of
walnuts.

MIKE: Why squirrels? Why not Oompa-Loompas?

WONKA: No one can get the walnuts out of walnut shells as well as a squirrel
can. See, they tap the nut with their knuckles to be sure it isn’t bad. If it’s bad
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it makes a hollow sound and they don’t open it. They just throw it down the
garbage chute.

VERUCA: Hey Daddy! I want a squirrel. Get me one of those squirrels.

MR SALT: Sweetie, those squirrels belong to Mr Wonka.

LX 75 VERUCA: I don’t care about that! I want one! I NEED a squirrel! I want
a squirrel!

MR SALT: Alright, my pet. When we get home I’ll get you a squirrel.

VERUCA: Not any old squirrel. I want a trained squirrel.

MR SALT: Very well. Wonka? How much do you want for one of these crazy
squirrels?
Name your price.

WONKA: They aren’t for sale. She can’t have one.

LX 76 VERUCA: Who says I can’t have one. I’m going to grab a squirrel this
very minute!
The SQUIRRELS gather around Veruca. (downstage centre)
MIKE: Whoa! They’re all on top of her! They got her to the ground!

MR SALT: Save her! Veruca come back! What are they doing to her?
SDQ 12 (SQUIRREL 1 starts tapping on her head)
WONKA: Shhhh…. They’re testing her to see if she is a bad nut- watch. My
goodness! She is a bad nut after all! Her head must have sounded quite hollow.
SDQ 13
LX 77 SQUIRREL 1 stops tapping and the rest of the SQUIRRELS take
VERUCA off
down the centre aisle
Chorus Ready
MR SALT: Where are they taking her?

WONKA: She’s going where all the bad nuts go.

WONKA: The garbage chute runs into the main garbage pipe, which carries
trash from all over the factory—all of the floor sweepings, potato peelings,
rotten cabbage, chicken bones, and things like that.

MIKE: Who eats potatoes, cabbage and chicken around here?

WONKA: I do of course, you don’t think I live on cocoa beans do you? And in
the end, that pipe leads directly to the incinerator.
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MR SALT: Now you’ve gone too far, Wonka. Indeed! My daughter may be a bit
of a brat, I don’t mind admitting it- but that doesn’t mean you can roast her to
a crisp. I am extremely cross about this, I really am.

WONKA: Don’t be cross, dear Sir. She’ll turn up sooner or later! She may not
even have gone down the pipe at all! She might be stuck in the chute, if that’s
the case, all you’ll have to do is pull her up again.

MR SALT: Veruca! Veruca! Are you down there? Don’t fear my darling, Daddy’s
here….. [Falls down the chute offstage centre] SDQ 14 Cue
Chorus

LX 77 Main cast exit downstage right

Oompa Loompas and Squirrels.

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadee dee If you are wise you will listen to me
Who do you blame when your kid is a brat Pampered and spoiled like a
Siamese cat?
Blaming the kids is a lie and a shame You know exactly who's to
blame:
The mother and the father!
Oompa Loompa doompadee dah If you're not spoiled then you will go far
You will live in happiness too Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
Oompa Loompas and squirrels exit stage left
Devante and Connor stay on for camera
MIC
LX 78 NARRATOR 2: Looks like they are all bad nuts. I hope I don’t find them
in a Snickers!

NARRATOR 1: I wonder what will happen to Veruca? And her father?

NARRATOR 2: Doesn’t matter. They’re all nuts!

NARRATOR 1: It’s a rubbish way to go……. (pause)

NARRATOR 2: And so as the group became smaller they walked further into
the chocolate factory.

LX 79 AND LX 80 Blackout – music link and change of scene

FOLLOW ENTRANCE FROM BACK TO FRONT
LX81 CHARLIE: What’s going to happen to them, Mr. Wonka?

LX 82 WONKA: Someone will catch them at the bottom.

LX 83 GRANDPA JOE: What about the incinerator?

WONKA: Oh that? I only light it every other day. Perhaps this is one of the days
it’s off? ……My goodness, children are disappearing like rabbits around here.
Oh, well, shall we go on?
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CHARLIE and GRANDPA JOE: Oh, yes.

LX 84 MIKE: My feet are tired. I want to watch TV now.

WONKA: No time for complaining. On we go!

SCENE 9 Wonkavision room

Main cast enter upstage left
Some Oompaloompas enter operating a TV camera

LX 85 WONKA: Here we go. This is the Testing Room for my latest and
greatest invention.
Television Chocolate!

MIKE: What’s television chocolate?

WONKA: Stop interrupting me! It works by television. I don’t watch TV myself,

but I suppose it’s alright in small doses. Children never seem to want it in small
doses. They want to watch TV all day long, staring and staring…

MIKE: That’s me!

MR TEAVEE: Shhh. Don’t interrupt Mr Wonka.

WONKA: Thank you. So on with my great invention.

MIKE: It’s simple. Television is just photographs in millions of little pieces

floating in the air until they hit an antenna, and then are put back together
again on the screen.

WONKA: So I thought, why can’t I take a chocolate bar and send it buzzing
through the air in tiny pieces until it comes out at the other end ready to be
eaten.

MIKE: Impossible. FOLLOW CHOCOLATE

LX 86 WAIT LX 87 WAIT LX 88 WAIT LX 89
OOMPA LOOMPAS enter from centre aisle carrying a huge bar of
chocolate.

WONKA: Think so? Watch this. I take a giant bar of chocolate- it has to be big,
because whenever you send something by television it comes back much
smaller than how it went in. Here we go. Ready? [Mike goes near the camera]
No. No. Stay away. You’re too close. There are dangerous rays coming out of
that thing! They could break you into a million pieces!

MR TEAVEE: Mike get back from there.

MIKE: Fine. Fine. (He moves back)

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WONKA: 3…2….1….Action LX 90 SDQ 13

LX 91 GRANDPA JOE: Wow! The chocolate’s gone!

WONKA: It’s on its way. It’s in a million pieces floating through the air. Quick,
watch the screen! (stage left) Take it!

MIKE : How can you take it? It’s just a picture on the television screen.
Grandpa Joe takes a smaller chocolate bar out of the TV.
GRANDPA JOE: It’s fantastic!

CHARLIE: It’s a miracle.

WONKA: When I start using this across the country, and adverts will flash
across the screen, saying ‘Eat Wonka Chocolates! They are the best in the
world, if you don’t believe us, try one yourself! Now!’

GRANDPA JOE: Terrific!

MIKE: Can you send other things through the television? Like people?

WONKA: A person? Are you off your rocker?

MIKE: But could it be done?

WONKA: I don’t know… well I suppose so… Yes, I’m pretty sure, but there
might be some pretty nasty results.

MIKE: Look at me! I’m on TV! I’m going to be the first person sent by
television!

WONKA: No! NO! NO! NO!

MR TEAVEE: Come back Mike! You’ll be turned into a million pieces!

MIKE: See you later alligator! LX 92 SDQ 16 LX 93

(Mike exits stage right as Lights flash)
LX 94 MR TEAVEE: He’s gone!
Chorus ready
WONKA: We shall have to hope for the best. Watch the TV screen. (stage
left)

MR TEAVEE: He’s taking too long. Where is he?

WONKA: Watch. Something is happening!

MR TEAVEE: Yes! Yes, that’s him. But he’s so small.

WONKA: Grab him! Quick! Thank Goodness he’s completely fine.

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MR TEAVEE: Fine? He’s shrunk! I can’t send him to school like this. He’ll get
squashed! What did you say Mike? SDQ 17 MIKE TV SHRUNK [Pause]
Never. No. You will not be able to watch television. I’ve had enough television!
I’m throwing it out the window when we get home! What Mike? SDQ 18
MIKE TV SHRUNK [Pause] I don’t care what you want. Or how much you
jump and scream!

CHARLIE: Will he grow back to normal size again, Mr Wonka?

WONKA: Well, young boys are very springy and elastic. Maybe I’ll put him
through the taffy puller.
SDQ 19 Oompa Loompa 3 Connor enters and takes MR TEAVEE offstage
right.

MR TEAVEE: How far do you think he will stretch?

WONKA: Maybe miles. Cue Chorus

Chorus (all OOMPA LOOMPAS) enter from stage right and stage left
Oompa Loompa doompadee doo I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompa dah dee If you are wise you'll listen to me
What do you get from a glut of TV? A pain in the neck and an IQ of three
Why don't you try simply reading a book? Or could you just not bear to look?
You'll get no commercials
Oompa Loompa Doompadee Dah If you're not greedy you will go far
You will live in happiness too Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
MIC
NARRATOR 2: I’ve always wondered how TV works, just imagine how much
they’d have to stretch Mike Teavee to be on TV now! Let’s hope it’s a silent
movie.
LX 95 – BLACKOUT

LX 96 FOLLOW ENTRANCE SCENE 10

LX 97 WONKA: Which room shall we see next? Let’s see, how many children
are here?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

GRANDPA JOE: It’s only Charlie and me left now, Mr Wonka.

WONKA: You mean… you’re the only one left?

CHARLIE: Why… yes.

WONKA: Congratulations! It couldn’t be better! I’m absolutely delighted! Well

done! I knew right from the beginning! We mustn’t dilly, we mustn’t dally! We
have so many things to do, so many arrangements to make.

CHARLIE: What do you mean? I don’t understand.

WONKA: Oh, forgive me! I get carried away. I forgot you didn’t know-
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CHARLIE: Know what?

WONKA: I love my chocolate factory. I really do. Tell me, Charlie, did you love
my chocolate factory?

CHARLIE: Well, Mr. Wonka, I never spent a more fantastic day anywhere, in my
entire life! So, do I love the factory? Well, yes, I do.

GRANDPA JOE: Why do you ask?

WONKA: Of course, you’ll get the chocolate I promised… but I want Charlie to
receive much more. You see this whole day was a test. I wanted to see who would be
the best person for the job.
LX 99
CHARLIE: What job?

WONKA: I’m tired, you see. I’m not getting any younger, and I need some
help… that means you!

CHARLIE: Me?

WONKA: Yes! I would like you, your Grandpa Joe, your whole family, to come
here, move here and live here permanently! I would like to have someone who
could take over once I’m gone! And I want that person to be you! Would you do it?
I’ve watched you all day, and know you are just the kind of person who can do this job.
Can you accept my offer? If you do, everything I have is all yours.

CHARLIE: Will I? Wow! This is more than I ever could have imagined! Of course
I will Mr Wonka! We will never starve again! This will be our factory! Oh thank
you Mr Wonka! Thank you! Thank You! Just think of all the chocolate! Oh, just
you wait and see!

ORDER OF BOWS – FOLLOW ON ALL ENTRANCES

a) NARRATORS 1, 2, 3, CANDYMAN,
b) MR AND MRS BUCKET, GRANDPA GEORGE, GRANDMA GEORGINA,
GRANDMA JOSEPHINE
c) AUGUSTUS GLOOP AND MRS GLOOP AND VIOLET BEAUREGARDE
AND MR BEAUREGARDE
d) VERUCA SALT AND MR SALT, MIKE TEAVEE AND MR TEAVEE
e) CHARLIE AND GRANDPA JOE
f) WONKA
CUE CHORUS FOR FINALE
Come with me And you'll be, In a world of Pure imagination
Take a look And you'll see Into your imagination
We'll begin With a spin, Travelling in the world of my creation
What we'll see, Will defy Explanation
If you want to view paradise, Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world? There's nothing, To it
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There is no Life I know, To compare with

Pure imagination Living there, You'll be free If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise, Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it, Want to change the world? There's nothing, To it
There is no Life I know, To compare with Pure imagination
Living there You'll be free, If you truly Wish to be
LX 100 – BLACKOUT LX 100.5 SPEECHES

LX 101 LIGHTING DESK LX 102 PIANO

SDQ 20
THE END