girls' education

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The play demonstrates girls' suffering with schooling in underdeveloped countries especially within limited revenues families in the coutryside. Those families would very often deprive their girls to go on schooling after their Bacalauriate degree though they are high achivers. The play illustrates the contradictional vision between girls'schooling and boys assistance which goes sometimes to encouragements and praises not to drop out of school.

Written by: Hassan Elmoudden

Act one

Scene one

The father is reading a newspaper and the mother is sewing

Mother: what is the news?

Father: Not very special. As usualyou know.

Mother: so what?

Father: crimes, political conflicts and school strikes.

Mother: school strikes? For what?

Father: extra money (gesturing with his hand and gets out)

Scene two

The son comes back from school whistling and gets in.

Son: good morning mom.

Mother: Hey, hey, haven’t you had a class this morning?

Son: It’s a day off again (trying to put his earphones ad gets out)

Mother: Why???

Son: teachers went on a strike (he throws back his schoolbag)

Mother: That’s nonsense (Nodding her head right and left).

Scene three

The daughter got in and looking in the schoolbag

Mother: Hey, look who is there? What the hell are you doing?

Have you done the dishes?

Daughter: Yes mom.

Mother: Have you cleaned up the mess?

Daughter: Yes mom.

Mother: I’ll see (pushing the schoolbag by her foot and gets out).

Monolgue

The daughter kneels and starts crying. Looking up,

Why not? Am I not a human being? Am I not a person? I wanna go to school, I wanna learn, I wanna be someone in the world.

This is my right; nobody should rob It from me.

This is your right too (pointing to the audience) struggle for It.

I have a dream; can’t I go for It??? (Gesture)

You have dreams, go for them, and keep yourselves alive.

A paper falls down on the stage

Bearing a message: Education only for boys.

Daughter: turns and glances at the paper. She handles It and goes on crying.

Son: (just got in) what’s wrong sister?

Daughter: No answer. She hands him the paper.

Son: he tears apart the paper and puts his schoolbag on her shoulders and takes her to school.

The two brothers get out of the stage through a gateway meant to be a school doorway.

The audience applauds

The end

Submitted: January 26, 2013

Young Adult freedom education

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tassifirt

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Sat, January 26th, 2013 1:34pm

Aniqana

I like that, really. I am gonna do little theatre and I think I will use your scritp if so I will let you know for sure :) Its very good.

Wed, March 6th, 2013 2:23am

tassifirt

thanks a lot Aniqana,i appreciatae your comment
ofcourse you're free to use it

Mon, March 11th, 2013 10:11am

kk.

That is a nice piece. I'm currently helping my sister come up with a skit to performed at her pupils' graduation and i was wondering if i could use your idea to come up witg a script? Thanks

Tue, May 30th, 2017 7:46am