“Books,
Books,
Books…”
1st
Compere: Dear
guests! You are welcome to our English party dedicated to a wonderful world of
books. Books surround us everywhere: when we study at school, when we borrow
them from the library, when we stay at home and at bookshops, when we buy books
for reading.
2nd Compere: Right you are. We read books for information when
we study and for pleasure when we take delight in reading. But what do books
mean to us? Now we are going to find out the answer to the question “Why do
people enjoy books and reading?”
(A group of children comes onto the stage.
They recite the poem in dialogue).
“Books”
Pupil 1: Books are full of many
things
That I would like to know.
Pupil 2: Books are full of greatest
men
That lived long, long ago.
Pupil 3: Books are about the
countries
That I would like to see.
Pupil 4: Books are full of nice
people
That I would like to be.
Pupil 5: Books are full of
children
That I would like to meet.
Pupil 6: Books are full of sweet
fruit
That I would like to eat.
Pupil 7: Books are full of
mountains
That can be high or low.
Pupil 8: Books are full of flowers
That I would like to grow.
Pupil 9: Books are full of some
trips
That I would like to take.
Pupil 10: Books are full of nice
things
That I would like to make.
Pupil 11: Books are full of good
songs
That I would like to sing.
All
together:
Books are our best friends
As people often say.
(Входит девочка. На платье её
прикреплена раскрытая книга с перепачканными страницами. За ней входит
мальчик).
Girl: I’m the book that Betty read
At her table an hour ago.
She’s left me standing on
my head
And where she is I don’t
know.
Just look at this dirty,
dirty page!
Dear me! What shall I do?
Though I love girls of
Betty’s age,
I won’t stay with Betty
Blue.
Boy: Since books are friends
They need much care.
When you’re reading them,
Be good to them and fair!
Use book-marks, children,
To hold your place!
And don’t you turn a book
Upon its clear face!
All together: Remember, children, then:
Books are meant to read,
Not to cut or colour them-
No, really, never indeed!
1st Compere: There are many songs about books too, aren’t there? You can
sing one of them I think. Let’s relax and dramatize a song.
(Выходят папа, мама, бабушка и мальчик,
берут стулья и садятся читать книги. Остальные ребята поют).
“Father is going
to read a book”.
Father is going to read a
book,
So, he won’t play with me.
Mother is busy with her
cook-book,
So, she won’t play with
me.
Dear me! Dear me!
No one is going to play
with me.
Dear me! Dear me!
No one is going to play.
Granny is going to read a
book,
So, she won’t play with
me.
David is busy with his
textbook,
So, he won’t play with me.
Dear me! Dear me!
No one is going to play
with me.
Dear me! Dear me!
No one is going to play.
2nd Compere: The poets consider that books are human wisdom.
Listen to the poem by Adelaide Love “A book”.
A book, I think, is very
like
A little golden door,
That takes me into places,
I’ve never been before.
It takes me into fairy
lands
Or countries near and far.
But best of all, the
golden door
Always stays ajar.
1st Compere: And next comes “A
talk about books”. The characters are the teacher and a girl, Janet
Brooks by name.
Teacher: Tell me, Janet Brooks,
What do you think of
books?
Janet: Books are like sandwiches
Between the front and
back.
Something good, but not
food,
Writers and poets often
pack.
Teacher: Well, and what do they
pack
Between the front and
back?
Janet: Stories and tales,
Poems and fables.
That children like to read
Sitting at their tables.
2nd Compere: Books are meant to read but we can also use them
to make plays.
(Выходит библиотекарь).
The librarian: Dear guests! I’m a librarian. Now have a look at this book.
It was written many years ago by a famous American writer Mark Twain.
And now let’s look into the shop window.
(Девочка подходит к прилавку с книгами, где
стоит продавец).
Girl:
Hello! Is this a book-shop?
Book-seller:
Yes, it is, and I’m a book-seller. What can I do for you?
Girl:
Have you got a book by Mark Twain? I’d like to buy it.
Book-seller:
I’m sorry, little girl, but I have no Mark Twain today. I have Pushkin, Gogol,
Turgenev and others.
Girl:
But Mummy says that book-sellers always have Mark Twain’s books.
Book-seller:
I told you that I have no books by Mark Twain today, little girl.
Girl:
But Mummy says that book-sellers always have Mark Twain’s books. Here is the
money for a book by Mark Twain.
Book-seller:
Little girl, I have no books by Mark Twain!
Girl:
But Mummy says that…
Book-seller:
Go away, little girl!
Girl:
But Mummy says…
Book-seller:
I tell you, go away, little girl!
( Девочка
убегает).
The librarian: Don’t cry, little girl! Of course, it’s a great pity that you
failed to buy a book by Mark Twain. But I think it will be interesting for you
to see one of his scenes now. It’s “A present that made her cry”. Try and
remember, please, your economics lessons and say who feeds the urban population
of America. Of course, farmers. Let’s drop in at one of the farms.
Story-teller: Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there lived a young
farmer (выходит фермер) with his old father and mother (под руку выходят родители) and his wife (выходит
жена).They didn’t know anything about many things which
we have in our houses today. They were very poor, so once the young man decided
to go and look for work. (На плече
у фермера
рюкзак, родные
провожают его).
He was lucky
and after a time he came home with rich presents for everybody. (Входят фермер с сумкой и его
родственники. Фермер всех обнимает и вытаскивает из сумки подарки).
Young farmer: Here is a present for you, Mother (даёт кошелёк). And this is for you, Father (даёт шапку).
This is for you, my dear wife (даёт шёлковое
платье). (All
in unison) Thank
you, my dear son! Thank you, my dear son! Thank you, my dear husband!
Mother:
Now, let’s go and have a dinner.
(Все уходят, коробка
остаётся на столе. Входит
жена.)
Wife:
I’m so happy! And what else is there in this box? My husband says he has some
more presents for us. (Открывает
коробку, достаёт вещи и вдруг отступает в ужасе.)Oh, good Heavens! My husband has brought a beautiful girl! He doesn’t love me
any more! (Плачет; входит отец).
Father:
Now, now, don’t cry. Perhaps you’re wrong. Let me have a look at that girl (смотрит
в коробку). But there is no girl here
at all! It’s a man in the box! Not very young, but quite strong and handsome.
Stop crying, my dear!
(успокаивает её; входит мать.)
Mother:
What has happened here? My daughter, why are your eyes so red? Were you crying?
Father:
Yes, she was, but for no reason. Our son has brought a handsome old man with
him, and our daughter thought it was a girl. Ha-ha-ha!
Mother:
A man? What man? Where?
Father:
Here, in this box.
Mother:
Let me see him (смотрит в коробку) Oh, but it isn’t a man! It is an old and a rather
ugly woman!
Father:
Woman? Let me look again! (смотрит в коробку). A man, of course, it’s a man!
Mother:
Let me see! (смотрит). A woman! Do you think I can’t tell a man from a
woman? (начинают кричать)
- It’s a man!
- It’s a woman!
Wife:
Let me look now! (начинает плакать). Oh, you are wrong! It’s a
girl, so young and beautiful! Oh, dear!
(Входит фермер).
Young farmer: What’s all this noise about?
They are arguing: - A handsome man!
-
An
ugly old woman!
-
A
pretty young girl!
Young farmer: Oh, I see what it is (вытаскивает зеркало). Oh, you silly people!
It’s a looking- glass.
You each saw yourself in
it.
It’s like a piece of
glass.
But more valuable for us.
We shall need it now and
then
For a woman, for a man.
Mother:
We must have it here and there.
Father:
When we shave or do our hair.
Wife:
Man or wife or baby small-
Our glass reflects them all!
All:
Don’t you cry, don’t make a fuss
Now we have a looking- glass!
1st Compere: But there are some pupils who don’t like reading
at all.
And
they read only before the exams. Let’s look at one of such pupils.
Scene 1
The stage is set with three chairs that stand in line to the left side, and a
bench with a pillow that stand in front of the stage. Posters with the names of
the books can be stuck to the curtain or walls.
The Lazy Student is reading in various books; some of them are next to him.
Student: Oh, teachers, isn’t it
annoying
To read books? They are so
boring!!!
Songs, novels – everything’s
in English;
It’s difficult just to
distinguish.
I pass exams… tomorrow… in
the morning…
I can’t remember – it’s so
boring!
Who is that Hamlet?
He’s a friend of
Desdemona…
His neighbor’s Dr. Watson…
He is a German…
Well, that’s enough,
Some minutes for a sleep.
Or I’ll begin to sob or
weep.
Come in, my sweetest
dreams!!!
( Student falls asleep on the bench).
Scene 2
(Juliet stands behind the chairs. Romeo
stands below (near the stage))
Juliet: O, Romeo, Romeo!
Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse
thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be
but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a
Capulet.
Romeo (aside): Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
Juliet: Thou art thyself, though
not a Montague
What’s a Montague? It is
nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any
other part
Belonging to a man. O, be
some other name!
What’s in a name? that
which we call a rose
By any other name would
smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he
not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear
perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo,
doff thy name,
And for that name which is
no part of thee
Take all myself.
Romeo: I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I’ll
be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be
Romeo.
(Flower Girl appears on the stage. She is
not attractive, look silly. She appears singing songs.)
Flower Girl (comes to
Romeo): Oh,
do buy a flower off me, Captain. I can change half-a-crown. Take this for
tuppence. Thank you, sir.
(Romeo buys flowers and throws them to
Juliet. Romeo and Juliet leave the stage. Flower Girl sits on the bench sorting
her flowers. There is an awful scream offstage “Desdemona!!!” Othello appears
onstage, angry.)
Othello (runs
to Flower Girl, shouting…): Have you prayed tonight, Desdemona?!
(Othello strangles Flower Girl, so that she
can’t react. Then Othello is going to leave the stage but he meets Robinson
Crusoe at the exit.)
Robinson Crusoe ( thinking
that Othello is Friday, embraces him and speaks to the audience, Othello shows
him that he is not Friday and tries to interrupt him.) I understood him in many
things, and let him know I was very well pleased with him. In a little time I
began to speak to him, and teach him to speak to me; and, first, I made him
know his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life…
(They go along the stage as if talking to
each other; they sit at the edge of the stage not far from the sleeping
Student. Hamlet appears onstage, thoughtful, dressed in a beret, a white shirt,
a black cloak and trousers.)
Hamlet (doesn’t
mention anyone onstage):
To be or not to be, that’s
the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the
mind,
To suffer the slings and
arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a
sea of troubles,
Any by opposing end them?
To die – to sleep; no
more.
He comes to the chairs where the strangled
Flower Girl is. While Hamlet says his words, Sherlock Holmes creeps in;
kneeling with a magnifying glass. Mephistopheles promptly rushes onstage,
stepping loudly. His clothes are black, his face is white and lips – blue.
Mephistopheles (angrily): Ihr habt mich weidlich
schwitzen machen.
Hamlet:
Sorry???
Mephistopheles (loudly,
with the German accent): I’m
fed up with you… Du bist… you are so boring!!!
Hamlet:
What is your name?
Mephistopheles (with
pride): My
name is Mephistopheles!
All the characters are in the middle of the
stage. The Lazy Student is still sleeping.
Sherlock Holmes (stands up):
My dear sirs, you know,
that we were mixed,
Because this student
doesn’t like to read.
We are right now in his
dreams…
It isn’t easy as it seems
For Sherlock Holmes to
solve this case,
But we will find a proper
place
For Flower Girl. It is
your book…
Romeo, Juliet come and
look:
Your book was written by
Shakespeare.
I wish you happiness, my
dear!
Othello, Hamlet, follow,
lovers
And give the readers happy
hours.
Oh. Mr. Crusoe lost his
island!
I hope this book will help
to find it…
Mephisto, your book is not
here,
So hurry up and disappear…
You see, I play the violin
and never use the rhyme.
We rushed into your
dreams, it is a sign!
All the characters and Lazy Student sing a
song, to the tune of the popular song “My Bonny is over the ocean”.
1. My books are just standing
on bookshelves
That I’m always happy to
read.
My favourite’s under my
pillow
The English book is what I
need.
Refrain: Read books, read
books,
They were invented to
read, to read.
Read books, read books,
English book is what you
need.
2. The book that was written
in English
Improves your knowledge as
well.
It teaches you lexics and
grammar
And how the English words
spell.
1st Compere: Dear guests! Our English
party is now over. Hope you’ve enjoyed all our songs, poems and plays about
books and literary heroes.
2nd Compere: We hope everybody
understands now how important reading is in our life! Books are really great,
aren’t they? So, next time we’ll be glad to see you here again.
Altogether: Goodbye, everybody! See
you soon!
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