Description to Winter Olympics Class Play (Assembly)
This class play – cast of around 30 (easily reduced by doubling up – instructions given in Performance Notes at the end of the play) was written by me, playwright/teacher Sue Russell to celebrate the 21st Winter Olympics – coming up Feb 12th – 28th. Sporting events such as the Olympics always cover such amazing stories – inspirational, tragic and many that are just plain hilarious – that the task of condensing all the available information to a manageable script is indeed a challenge.
The class play is a summary of the Games’ history, covering dates, records and stories about the competitors themselves. As is normally the case in my assemblies, the narrator’s task is not an enviable one – this time involving risk to life and limb, as he/she is assaulted on all sides by practicing speed skaters, skiers, lugers, bobsledders, ice hockey players … and curlers?!
Written in my usual irreverent style, this assembly sets out to both inform and entertain. I hope you enjoy it! I will be using the information I have not been able to squeeze into this script, in a follow up set of guided reading scripts in the near future.
To view everything I have written to date – a collection of 56 class plays and around the same number of guided reading texts for use within the classroom - sets of 5 mini plays with six speakers each – visit my website www.plays-r-ussell.com
Sample text to Winter Olympics Class Play can be viewed under Preview on this site (or under Olympic Scripts – including a History of the Summer Olympics, on my website) Scripts on the World Cup (football) June 11 – July 11 2010 are also now available.