Charles Robertson

Purchase A Little Princess on Amazon.com A Little Princess is Charles Robertson's adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story Sara Crewe is the daughter of Captain Crewe, an officer in the Indian army. He is a widower who decides it is best if he takes her to a boarding school in London. She is homesick for India but she decides to be a brave little soldier and make the best of it. While at the boarding school she is lavished with presents and praise. Tragedy happens when Captain Crewe dies suddenly and penniless. Sara no longer can afford to be a student at the school so the mean-spirited proprietress of the school, Miss Minchin makes her a servant at the school and treats her very badly. When a mysterious gentleman moves in next door, Sara's fortunes are about to change. A great story for all ages.

Purchase Sense and Sensibility on Amazon.com This adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel; Sense and Sensibility focuses on the romantic trials and tribulations of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Though she feels deeply, Elinor is the older, apparently more reserved sister. Marianne is outwardly more passionate and romantic. The play opens with the funeral of the elder John Dashwood, father to Elinor and Marianne. Their half-brother, John, inherits their father's entire estate by law. Although their father made him promise to 'take care' of his half-sisters and stepmother, his greedy and selfish wife; Fanny, easily persuades him that this does not actually mean monetary assistance, leaving his step-mother and half-sisters practically destitute, with no dowry and very little to live on. Elinor falls in love with the awkward and shy Edward Ferrars but cannot reveal her true feelings because he has been promised to another. Marianne recklessly falls in love with the...

Purchase Til the Boys Come Home on Amazon.com Til The Boys Come Home is a moving, action-packed Canadian play, about small-town teenage boys and girls whose lives are torn apart by the Second World War. It is told through the eyes of Will. He is probably about forty years old and married with teenage kids of his own. He finds an old photograph that he took years ago in the small town he grew up in. It is a photograph of his friends when he was just a teenager, just before the war. In this picture, they have their whole lives ahead of them. His childhood sweetheart is in the picture and so is his best friend. It is the last time they would all be together. As he talks, the photo comes to life and the audience is taken on a trip into the past. From that small town restaurant of hopes and dreams, to the chilling barracks scenes where one of his lifelong friends is betrayed, to the bittersweet last dance at the restaurant where the boys say goodbye to the girls, some for the last ti...

Purchase Backstage on Amazon.com Backstage is a hilarious look at a small community theatre attempting to put on a Canadian play. There is Mitch, the play's producer who knows nothing about plays but a lot about selling cars. There is Gabrielle, the incredibly vague director. There are the jaded older actresses who try to sabotage the star of the show, a sweet ingenue appearing in her first play. There is the militant stage manager and the hapless assistant stage manager who at one point is thrust onstage when things start to go wrong.There is the dead body that can't quite stay dead and there is the young actress who is scammed into thinking she has a legitimate agent. And finally a sled dog team made up of dachshunds shows us that no matter what goes wrong back stage you have to have a well-developed sense of humour. Its the only way to survive.

Click to Purchase this Play on Amazon Pretty Pieces is a powerful one act play about a young man and a young woman who are trapped on the fringes of society in a run-down apartment. They are brother and sister and something horrible happened to them a long time ago. Because of what happened to them, their relationship is doomed. The sister is trying to fit the pieces of their lives together, to figure out what happened to them, to figure out why they are the way that they are. She finds some old pictures and an old report card but these clues are not enough for her to figure out the true horror of their past. The young man tries to forget but he can't. He copes by using drugs and selling his body. The young woman copes by building a psychological and emotional cage which traps her in the apartment. To add fuel to the emotional fire, they are being evicted. The young man has a chance at happiness. He thinks he has found a way out. He is going to leave his sister and move in w...

Click to Purchase this play on Amazon Ghost of the Tree is a powerful and emotionally charged story of seven young women in a cursed family tree. The play opens with a pregnant homeless girl. She has returned to the family home to find it deserted. She is in desperate circumstances. Outside, the ghostly tree which has clung to the side of the house for over a hundred years is finally giving up its life. The play takes us on a journey into the past to uncover the family secrets, the secrets of mothers and daughters, to the beginning, when a terrible crime was committed. This play can be cast for two to eight women. It can easily be adapted as a one-woman play..

Whether or not admission is charged, a ten dollar royalty is due any time all or part of a play is performed in front of any size audience. This includes school assemblies and audience-attended dress rehearsals. If no audience of any size watches your play, no royalty is due. Distributing a script in any way is illegal unless you have purchased the ten dollar Duplication fee. Charles Robertson allows gender changes to his scripts. Scripts can be edited to adapt to the number of kids. Adding or cutting lines to accommodate your time constraints is also quite possible as long as it does not change the intent of the playwright in any way. Under no circumstances does making changes to the script exempt you from paying full royalties and properly crediting the playwright, Charles Robertson. You only need to purchase one script and one duplication fee for one performance or multiple performances of each play. You can photocopy or email as many scripts as you like for cast and crew...

Bubbledom A fantasy about the magical land of bubbles and the giant bee that has invaded the kingdom. Suitable for 9-11 year olds Cast requirements 11 to 14 kids The King should be a boy and the Queen and Hannah Bubblana should be girls but otherwise the characters are interchangeable Set Two thrones. One larger than the other. Costumes The bubbles do not have to look like bubbles. We can imagine them as bubbles. The king and queen can be dressed as a king and queen. The children can be dressed as children The newscaster and reporter can be dressed as such. Hannah Bubblana can be costumed in a nice shiny dress and sparkly costume jewelry The Bee can be dressed in a black and yellow costume with a dark mask and perhaps little wings on its back . Props Armload of papers A piece of paper with a picture of a bubble drawn on it A picture of a bubble and a crown A picture of an exploding bubble and a crown A picture of the crown Microphone for the...

Guppy etaway An underwater fantasy about life under the sea for a school of guppies who get lost in the ocean Suitable for 10-12 year olds Cast Requirements 20 kids The human father and son should be boys and the Mother Fish, the Starfish, the Sea Turtle and the Mermaids should be girls. The rest of the parts are interchangeable. Characters in Order of Appearance Humans Father Son Guppies Mother Fish Finnn Gill Minnie Goldie Angel Flipper Sammy Other Sea Creatures Oscar Shark Sea Cucumber Shelby Starfish Sea Turtle Electric Eel Mermaids Allegra Aqua Ariel Set requirements (There is a riser or raised platform upstage-or in other words towards the back of the stage furthest from the audience-Downstage, or closer to the audience the stage is bare. The raised platform or riser will represent the land. The bare downstage area will represent the water. It can be decorated to represent an und...

Kids in the Sandbox Thomas Smith has a new girlfriend, Jillian wants to read her new book, Mallory has a new doll and Maya has the coolest shoes. But watch out. The bullies from Grade One are coming over. Its recess for the Kindergartens. Cast requirements Suitable for 8-10 year olds 10 kids-one of which should be a boy. Characters in Order of Appearance Kindergartens Thomas Mallory Jillian Maya Maggie Grade Ones Kendra Charlotte Grade Twos Mackenzie Stephanie Off Stage Teacher Set A school play ground including a sand box-The set can be decorated with plastic toys for little kids. Props lunch bag, sandwich, plastic bucket, doll, book, some trinkets (Thomas sits on the edge of the sand box. He takes out a bag and pulls out a sandwich. He examines the sandwich. Smells it. Makes a face. ...

King Hector the Horizontal A story of a brave princess who climbs a mountain to slay a dragon and save the kingdom Cast requirements Suitable for 8-11 year olds Seven characters including Three girls, Two boys and two gender-neutral parts Characters in Order of Appearance The Narrator King Hector-A very lazy King Queen Anika-His scheming wife Daniella-The Queen's Lady-in-Waiting The Grand Vizier-A wicked man Princess Madelina-an innocent and brave girl Colin-A baby dragon Set requirements Three thrones of differing sizes  A large nest A large child-sized egg Costumes Suitable costume for a fairy-tale king Suitable costume for a fairy tale queen Suitable costume for a fairy tale princesses Suitable costume for a lady-in-waiting Suitable costume for a Grand Vizier who is the adviser to the king A dragon costume A story-tellers or troubadour's costume for the narrator Props A sword Three crowns Feather pen A scroll Plastic container mar...

Night of the Gnomes Four garden gnomes rise up in rebellion against their human masters. Cast requirements Suitable for kids aged 10-12 11 kids 4 boys, 5 girls and 2 gender neutral Characters in Order of Appearance Narrator The Norwegian Family Thomas Verstag Alexandra Verstag Ilsa Verstag The Gnomes King Fijord Doctor Djorksted The Maestro Fourth Gnome The Tourists Patricia Mom Aunt Julia Set (A little house, which can be little more than a flat surrounded by shrubbery, trees and mushrooms) Props Cup of coffee Map Old fake musket Measuring tape Long sheet of paper Night of The Gnomes (Lights up on a little house, which can be little more than a flat surrounded by shrubbery, trees and mushrooms. Everything should be very simple. 4 gnomes in various costumes stand frozen in the garden) Narrator - For centuries gnomes have battled with humans. Humans have battled with gnomes. The battle of Mjorstad was ...