PLAY OUTLINE
TITLE: No match, no party
RECOMMENDED AGE GROUP: Level 3 (1º E.S.O.)
CHARACTERS:
Mr. and Mrs. López
Mr. López’s friends
Train Inspector
Passangers
Narrators 1, 2 and 3
SYPNOSIS:
Mr. López is training with his friends. One of them comes with the great news that he has got free tickets for the Real Madrid-Barcelona match, which will take place the following week, on
Saturday 20th.
When he comes home, Mrs. López also has interesting news for him. Her family has finally decided where and when they are going to celebrate her grandma’s 100th. birthday. It will be the following week, on Saturday 20th.
Mr. López is not obviously happy with this most inconvenient coincidence. He suggests another date for the family celebration, even points out the possibility of his not going, but Mrs. López argues that is impossible and finally “persuades” him to forget about the match.
So, on the 20th. they take the train to get to Benidorm as Grandma is there spending some time on a holiday resort. When the train inspector comes and asks for the tickets, they learn they are travelling on a train going to Badajoz.
CHARACTERS OBJECTIVES:
Mr. López wants to go to the football match with his friends.
Mrs. López wants her husband to forget about the football event and go with her to the family celebration.
SCENES:
SCENE 1: Narrator 1 introduces the scene.
We can see a gym. Mr. López and some of his friends are training. They are riding bikes, exercising on the floor, ....One of them is late. But he has a very good reason: he has got free tickets for the big match. They talk and make plans about the event.
SCENE 2: Narrator 2 introduces the scene.
We can see a dining-room. Mr. and Mrs. López are having dinner when she tells him about the family event. Mr. López tries to assert himself and gives reasons for the celebration to be postponed or even not going but Mrs. López explains why it can’t be changed
SCENE 3: Narrator 3 introduces the scene
We can see a passenger carriage. Mr. and Mrs. López and some passengers are on a train. When the train inspector asks for the tickets they find out they are travelling in the wrong direction and that they won’t be on time for either the party or the football match.
