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Script For Young People
Script For Young People
THE SEANCE
LAURA: Ok enough. Don’t you think we should explain to our guests (gestures to the audience) ,
what is going on?
CHLOE: (to the audience) It’s true, but I can’t help it.
Everyone starts discussing CHLOE’s behaviour and shouting over the top of each other.
LAURA; Ok! Enough! Maybe we should just go back to the beginning and tell everyone what
happened.
A rewind sound effect plays. Everyone moves backwards, rewinding the action.
It is just CHLOE and LAURA on stage. The rest are behind their chairs, where they narrate from.
ELVIS: So it all started when these two were doing their home work and CHLOE said to LAURA
LAURA: Let’s talk to Henry himself! Yes, we can summon him by doing A SEANCE
HENRY: And it worked. I heard them calling and I appeared. The only problem was, I wasn’t alone.
LAURA: Omg, the place is full of dead people… and I think I summoned them all…. Is that Marilyn
Monroe?
MARILYN: Do be do do
LAURA: Freddie?
ELVIS: a hu hu
LAURA: Elvis
GRANDMA: Grandma Phillis, I may not be famous for singing, but everyone knew about my apple
crumble. Best in Yorkshire.
HENRY: No idea. I heard my name being called and I just presumed I was getting married again
and it was time to go to the church.
MARILYN: Oh I came because I thought the paparazzi were calling my name. Do you want to take
my photo?
GRANMDA: You need to speak a bit clearer dearie, nobody can understand you. Kids these days.
CHLOE: (to the audience) We explained to the dead ones, what had happened.
LAURA: And we also asked that they kindly leave before my parents found them and killed me.
You see I have no idea how I’d explain why FREDDIE MURCURY had popped round for tea.
GRANDMA: you know, I remember something like this happening to me when I was a little girl
years old… it all started when….(she stops talking and closes her eyes)
MARYLIN: Leave? But we’ve only just got here, i want to find an agent and shoot a movie.
FREDDIE: I wanna go find somewhere else because (singing) I Want to ride my bicycle, I want to
ride my bike
HENRY: I’m happy to stay here. The real world is safer than the dead world, so many less angry
ex wives. Back there they’re all like “oh why did you behead me?”, especially Ann Boleyn, she’s a
right pain in the neck.
ELVIS: Being dead ain’t very rock and roll, it’s like being in a jailhouse rock.
GRANDMA: You want to wear a frock? Well I’ve got lots that you can borrow dearie.
CHLOE: (to the audience) as you can see this was a serious situation. Theres lots of advice about
how to summon ghosts and spirits, but not many to get them to go away!
LAURA (to the audience) We took some time convince them that this really wasn’t the place for
them….. we explained that things had changed, reality tv stars were the new Hollywood style
idols, there was no woman in the world who would be interested in marrying Henry.
LAURA: And then the final straw was when we played Elvis and Freddie some modern music.(to
the dead people) So guys, this was a huge hit.
BENNY HILL MUSIC PLAYS AS THEY GO THROUGH SOME QUICK SEQUENCES SHOWING
HOW THEY TRIED TO GET RID OF THE GHOSTS…ALL IN FAST FORWARD
SCENE 1 - One person brings in a big jar of SAGE. She throws it over them all. They all look
around to see if they have been transported back - instead someone sneezes and they all get
covered in snot.
SCENE 2- The bring out a book of SPELLS - CHLOE tries to read it and place a spell on them - it
doesn’t work, instead the wand breaks.
SCENE 3 - They then al get a candle. They wave them around……Elvis burns himself…
SCENE 4 - A GIANT JAR OF SALT… They start to pour it over each other….Freddie turns up with
some chips and starts to mop the salt up with the chips and eat it.
HENRY - Look, I have had enough of this. I am the King. If I say I want to go home then I will just
go home. I DEMAND IT.
CHLOE: Wait, the internet is working again. It says the way to get rid of ghosts is to ask them
what they want.
LAURA: So, what do you want? What do you miss from the real world?
HENRY: Well, if I have to be honest its got to be…… roast chicken. Nothing quite like a big roast
dinner.
ELVIS: Flowers.
FREDDIE: Music.
GRANDMA: Jack.
ALL: Huh
GRANDMA: You asked who we most kissed? Well I kissed Jack. Don’t look at me like that, he
was my husband.
MONTAGE 2
They give each person what they need -freeze frame sequence.(roast dinner, bubble baths,
smelling flowers, playing instruments and then poster of Jack for Grandma to kiss)
LAURA: I’m going to be in so much trouble if my Mum catches you guys here.
ELVIS: Dont’ blame us. You’re the ones that summoned us in the first place.
FREDDIE: And so we all sat around whist Henry told the story of his life. It was rather elaborate,
and rather awful really, but still, it was the truth and more informative than any book could ever be.
CHLOE: That must be the trick. They didn’t disappear when we granted THEIR wish, they
disappeared when they granted OUR wish.
LAURA: What was that noise? Sounded like the toilet flushing.
The end.