Anansi the Spider
play scripts

 "Anansi: Three Tales"
 Anansi and the Talking Melon,
Anansi and the Sky God's Stories and
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

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Short plays of Anansi the spider for Black History Month presentations


Short plays of Anansi the spider for Black History Month presentations This delightful collection of three short play scripts about the trickster spider Anansi includes the scripts for Anansi and the Talking Melon,
Anansi and the Sky God's Stories
and Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock for younger elementary students on up. Youngsters will enjoy the humor in the stories, performing the delightful animal characterizations, and will recognize the classic tales of African/ Caribbean origin. Great for Black History month presentations and activities.

Synopsis:
 In Anansi and the Talking Melon play script, the spider Anansi finds himself sneaking a meal inside a melon when the melon patch owner appears. Rather than run, the trickster spider decides to have some fun at the owner's expense (and ultimately of all the other animals in the jungle) by becoming the voice of the "talking melon," which (surprise, surprise) turns out to have a very insulting attitude.

Anansi and the Sky God's Stories play script features the spider Anansi and his wife working together to perform impossible tasks which they must complete in order to prove to the Sky God that they are worthy of receiving his stories to pass on to generations of their own children. Of course, Anansi and his wife ply their usual clever tricks to outwit the jungle animals they must capture in order to fulfill the tasks.

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock play script finds the spider Anansi in the jungle the day he discovers a magical rock that makes people faint. The lazy Anansi decides to capitalize on his discovery and use the rock to trick the other jungle animals into fainting while he steals their food supplies. However the tables are turned when the other jungle animals discover what's going on, and Anansi finally gets what's coming to him.

Description:
 In this 15-20 minute one-act play script of Anansi and the Talking Melon, all characters are animals and so can be any gender. It features 1 strong lead (Anansi), 7 strong supporting characters, and several non speaking roles which are expandable in number, depending on the number of students to be cast. Best for elementary school students, second or third grade up, but will work with uninhibited middle and high school students, especially if they are performing it as a children's play for a young audience. Good for Black History month presentations.

In this 15-20 minute one-act play script of Anansi and the Sky God's Stories, all characters are animals and so can be any gender. It features 1 strong lead (Anansi), 5 supporting characters, and plenty of non speaking roles which are expandable in number, depending on the number of students to be cast. Best for elementary school students, second or third grade up, but will work with uninhibited middle and high school students, especially if they are performing it as a children's play for a young audience. Good for Black History month presentations.

In this 15-20-minute play script of Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock, all characters are animals and so can be any gender. It features 1 strong role (Anansi), and 8 strong supporting characters. Best for elementary school students, second or third grade up, but will work with uninhibited middle and high school students, especially if they are performing it as a children's play for a young audience. Good for Black History month presentations.

The hard copy version of the play is 8 1/2" x 11" in size, spiral bound so it will lie flat on a desk when opened, and with color cover.

Thank you for such a personal email!
My class is reading one of the Anansi stories and I wanted to show them how someone can take the story that is in a book and make it into a play.
By the way, the plays are very cute :)

Thank you
Stephanie Christman
Arizona
STEPHANIE_CHRISTMAN@HOTMAIL.COM

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