KATIE -- (runs on stage with open book in hand) I'll get it. MOM ---- (enters opposite with cordless phone) I got it. KATIE -- Oh. (stops, looks at Mom for a moment, turns, begins exiting reading book) MOM ---- (turns on phone) Hello. Oh, hi. Sure, no problem. I'll have it for ...
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JOHN -- (enters, speaking into microphone, strolls to DC) Ladies and gentlemen, I am your action reporter and I am on the scene here near the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth, (motions to exit) investigating the mysterious disappearance of his body.... FRED -- (enters, wearing combat fatigues and a bird house ...
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FRED -- (teenager, blows on mike twice) Is this thing on? (blows on mike twice) Testing, testing, testing. How do you know if the tape is going? BARNABAS -- (always afar) The little reels are turning inside. See? FRED -- Oh, yeah. So, this is Fred. And Barnabas, here, is letting me ...
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(Scene: Throne room, Queen, Mrs Twig, Miss Cook enter together,stand along the path to the throne) QUEEN - Oh, dear, the King will not be happy about this. He willnot be happy at all. AIDE -- (enters, pounds walking stick on floor, shouts) The kingis coming. The king is coming. Make way ...
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(RT == Readers' Theater: requires little or no memorization, little or no rehearsal. An indefinite number of reporters are salted throughout the audience.) MARY -- (enters wearing tunic, headdress and sandals, crosses) REPORTER -- Excuse me, madam. MARY -- (stops, turns) Yes? (looks around) What's going on? Who are you people? REPORTER -- We're newspaper reporters. We ...
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