Вистава "Rip Van Winkle"

                                        Rip Van Winkle         Form 7

 

Characters

 

Narrators 

Rip  (2 characters)young and old

Daugher 

Wife 

Wolf 

Man 1

Man 2 

Strange man 

An old woman

 

                                                   PART 1

Narrator  1

Dear Friends,

Today we’ll show you the performance on the story ‘Rip Van Winkle’ by famous American writer  Washington Irving. It was first published in 1819. It’s really amazing tale. It’s about Rip Van Winkle, an American who was really lazy and it’s about his fantastic story. Are you ready to watch? So, we’ll start.     (MUSIC)

 

Narrator  2   (on the screen)

There was a small town in America. Near this town there were some very beautiful mountains with many trees on them. The mountains were beautiful  - but they were strange too.

 

Narrator 3

A man lived in this small town and his name was Rip Van Winkle. Rip had a wife, a daughter and a son. His wife was always angry with him because he didn’t like to work. He was sleeping a lot.

 

MUSIC

 

( Rip Van Winkle is sleeping)

Wife 

 Rip, you’re doing absolutely nothing!  Why don’t you help me with thousand things that need to be done around the farm? Repair the fence, fix the roof, weed round the garden! Besides, we’ve got lots of sheep!

 

Rip Oh! All that today?

 

Wife All that today before lunch!!!! Yes, Rip if you want to have any lunch! I can’t stand you being so lazy!

 

 

 

 

Rip Well, my dear, don’t you know, that I’ve done a lot of fly kites to the children and besides, I had to teach them how to fly kites!

 

 Wife You were flying the kites?!!

 

Rip Yeee… and then they wanted me to teach them playing with boomerang

I’m so proud… they called me the best friend…isn’t it a pleasure, my honey?

 

Wife When will you do your own jobs, Rip? You’re impossible…

 

Rip I’ll get to the garden right now, dear. Don’t be so angry with me…

 

Wife My husband is a real problem. He is doing nothing all the days; sleeping, sitting in the bar with his friends and… playing flying kites and boomerangs…

 

 

 The scene in the garden

 

 

Music

 

Rip Oh, my dear! Sorry, but I couldn’t do anything in the garden. I saw a little family of ants eating a piece of weed and I couldn’t deny their food… then I saw a pretty butterfly in the grass…

 

Wife Stop! I’m fed up with you! I can’t stand it any more! You’ re the laziest man I’ve ever seen

 

Rip Wolf, let’s go to the mountains.

I don’t want to see my wife. I don’t want to listen to her.

 

 

 

 

                                           MUSIC                 PART 2

Narrotor Rip & his dog are going in the mountains and suddenly he hears the strange sounds

Magisian Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!

 

Rip Who’s there? Who is calling my name?

Sounds Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!

 

Rip sees a man with a big barrel on his back)

Rip Hello

Rip What’s your name? Can I help you? Do you want my help?

 

(The man didn’t answer, but looked at Rip. Rip took the man’s barrel. Now Rip was carrying the barrel).

 

Rip Where are we going?

Sounds Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!

Rip What are these noises?

 

(Rip & the man stopped.)

 

Rip  What is there in the barrel?

 

( The man opens the barrel.)

 

Rip  Do you want to drink?

 

( The man pours the drink into the glass. The man & Rip are drinking)

 

Rip  I like this drink. I’m in the mountains. Now I want to sleep.

 

(Rip lies on the ground and fells asleep.)

MUSIC… and Magician appears

 

Magician  So, Rip, here you’ ll be really happy… Doing nothing… Sleeping and sleeping… Only here in our magic forest you’ ll see long endless dreams…No wife, no house, no children… You don’t have to work in the garden, you don’t have to fix anything… rest and relax…

You sleep, you don’t know anything… you even don’t know, that now it’s war in your country, your wife has already died and your children are so lonely and unhappy…

  But you’ re still sleeping… more than 20 years….

 

 

                                      PART 3

 

Narrator 

Rip opens his eyes. He was under the tree in the mountains.

 

 

Rip  Wolf! Wolf! Where is my dog?  I’m in the mountains. My wife is angry. I have to go home.

 

Narrator

Rip walked to his house. It was very old.

 

Scene 8

 

Rip Wife! Wife! Where are you?

Children! Children! Where are you? Are you here? Please, answer.

Wolf! Wolf! My dog, where are you?

 

Man 1   But old man, who are you?

Rip  Old man? Am I old?

Man 1 Yes, you are.

Man 2  You have a long beard.

Rip  Am I old?

Men Yes. You are.

Rip I am Rip Van Winkle.

Men &  women  No! No! you aren’t Rip Van Winkle.

Man 1  You aren’t Rip Van Winkle.

Man 2 Rip Van Winkle lived in the town 20 years ago.

Rip  Yes! Yes! I am Rip Van Winkle, please, believe me!

Men &  women  No! No!

 

(Ripis unhappy. He goes out)

 

Scene 10

 

( A young woman with a baby on her hands comes in)

 

A young woman  Don’t go. You are unhappy. Stay with us.

Rip  Do you know me?

A young woman  No, I don’t.

Rip Who was your father?

A young woman  Rip Van Winkle. But he doesn’t live here now. He went to the mountains with his dog 20 years ago and he didn’t come home.

Rip  Where is your mother?

A young woman  She is dead.

Rip  Daughter, I am your father.

A young woman  What?!

 

 (Rip hugs the daughter)

Rip Daughter, I don’t understand. Yesterday you were a child. Now you are a young woman. Yesterday I was young but I am old now.

 

A young woman  Father, it wasn’t yesterday. It was 20 years ago.

Rip  What?!

 

A young woman  Yes, 20 years ago. Where did you go?

Rip Yesterday I went to the mountains with my dog Wolf. There were strange noises. There were strange men. This morning I opened my eyes and I was under the tree in the mountains. Now I am here.

A young woman  Did you sleep?

Rip Yes, I did……..

And now I have understood very important thing. Dear friends, don’t be lazy and selfish, and you’ll be happy with your family!!!