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© The Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Little Red Riding Hood (or “Grandmother Slyboots”) Riding Hood A memorable play that children relive over and over. (or “Grandmother Slyboots”) Fairy tale. By Charlotte B. Chorpenning. Cast: 2m., 3w., 2 either gender. A young wolf, who thinks he is smarter than men, plots to Fairy Tale outwit them and make them his servant. He gains possession of Red Riding Hood’s cloak by trickery. He learns the password used by between her and her grandmother. And he practices until he can CHARLOTTE B. CHORPENNING talk and walk exactly like Red Riding Hood. But he cannot learn to control his wolf nature, and just when success is almost within his grasp, the sly old grandmother trips him up. It takes him three acts to learn that it is better to be a good wolf than an imitation man. Three sets. Peasant and wolf costumes. Code: LG2. ISBN-10 1-58342-761-3 ISBN-13 978-1-58342-761-9 Dramatic Publishing 311 Washington St. Woodstock, IL 60098-330 ph: 800-448-7469 Little Red Riding Hood www.dramaticpublishing.com (Chorpenning) © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) OUTSIDE COVER.indd 1 8/25/2011 8:08:29 PM Little Red Little Red Riding Hood (or “Grandmother Slyboots”) Riding Hood A memorable play that children relive over and over. (or “Grandmother Slyboots”) Fairy tale. By Charlotte B. Chorpenning. Cast: 2m., 3w., 2 either gender. A young wolf, who thinks he is smarter than men, plots to Fairy Tale outwit them and make them his servant. He gains possession of Red Riding Hood’s cloak by trickery. He learns the password used by between her and her grandmother. And he practices until he can CHARLOTTE B. CHORPENNING talk and walk exactly like Red Riding Hood. But he cannot learn to control his wolf nature, and just when success is almost within his grasp, the sly old grandmother trips him up. It takes him three acts to learn that it is better to be a good wolf than an imitation man. Three sets. Peasant and wolf costumes. Code: LG2. ISBN-10 1-58342-761-3 ISBN-13 978-1-58342-761-9 Dramatic Publishing 311 Washington St. Woodstock, IL 60098-330 ph: 800-448-7469 Little Red Riding Hood www.dramaticpublishing.com (Chorpenning) © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) OUTSIDE COVER.indd 1 8/25/2011 8:08:29 PM LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (OR “GRANDMOTHER SLYBOOTS”) Fairy Tale by CHARLOTTE B. CHORPENNING Dramatic Publishing Woodstock, Illinois • Australia • New Zealand • South Africa © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) SCRIPT.indd 1 8/25/2011 8:21:07 PM *** NOTICE *** The amateur and stock acting rights to this work are controlled exclusively by THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY without whose permission in writing no performance of it may be given. 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In all programs this notice must appear: “Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois” For performance of any songs, music and recordings mentioned in this play which are in copyright, the permission of the copyright owners must be obtained or other songs and recordings in the public domain substituted. © MCMXLVI by THE CHILDREN’S THEATRE PRESS Printed in the United States of America All Rights Reserved (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD OR “GRANDMOTHER SLYBOOTS”) ISBN: 978-1-58342-761-3 © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) SCRIPT.indd 2 8/25/2011 8:21:07 PM LITTLE RED Rl Dl NG HOOD (or "Grandmother Slyboots") by CHARLOTTE B. CHORPENNING Cast (in order of their appearance) YOUNG WOLF OLD WOLF RED RIDING HOOD NICHOLAS PETER MOTHER GRANDMOTHER Synopsis AcT ONE. In front of Red Riding Hood's home. AcT Two. Deep in the forest. The cave of the wolves. AcT THREE. Interior of the Grandmother's cottage. 3 © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) SCRIPT.indd 3 8/25/2011 8:21:07 PM The Wolf Costume This costu me can be of a union suit, dyed to the right color, and covered with small pieces of ravelled hemp rope or yarn, doubled and sewed on in th e middle. They can be made thicker and longer in spots to help shape the body. When the costume is finished, it can be trimmed as the actor wears it, to finish the shaping. A simpler costume can be made of rough napped canton flannel, or other goods, cut teddy bear fashion, and painted with dye or scene then stippled to give the effect of depth of fur. Such a costu me should be padded in some places, according to the build of the actor to wear The tail should be fastened to a harness, worn inside the costume, and brought through a slit which is covered by a flap snapped over it. The harness goes over shoulders, down the and around the legs. Pieces of elastic, set in, give the tail relation to the movements of the actor, which is very effective. The tail is made of ravelled rope, sewed to a central strip of cloth, with a piece of light wire to prevent too great flabbiness. Both head and costume can ' usually be rented from a local costumer, if preferred. The procedure for making the Wolf's head of papier mache is fairly simple, and within the means and ability of most producing groups. Take some modeling clay or plastecine, and mold the as you wish it to When this is finished, take two tablespoons of flour, and sift into a cup of cold water. While mixing, heat two cups of water in a saucepan. As soon as this water has reached the boiling point, pour in the flour water, and stirring constantly, boil for five minutes. This makes the glue. The next step is to cut paper toweling or newspaper into small strips and squares, to be ready for applying. Dip these squares into the glue, making sure that they are completely covered, and apply to the clay model. Overlap these squares, and be sure to press them into all the lines of the face, the eyes should be left uncovered. Apply three to five layers of these paper squares, to give the mask a good, firm body, then place in a warm room for at least twenty-four hours. ·when completely dry, work the papier mache off the clay, and the mask is ready to be worked. For a complex head, the step is the cutting of the mouth, so that it opens and closes. Take a sharp razor blade, and cut the mouth along the lips back to the jaw bone. Then, in a curved line, downward, cut the lower jaw completely away from the neck. the two sections where the jaw bone meets, and hinge together with tape or cord. Add teeth of wood, or some other apply the ears, which can be made of felt. Then paint the and the whole head to go with the costume, and glue some cotton yarn, or ravelled rope, to the back of the head, and around the neck, for a mane. 4 © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) SCRIPT.indd 4 8/25/2011 8:21:07 PM © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) SCRIPT.indd 5 8/25/2011 8:21:07 PM Scenery Note The same trees outline the stage for all scenes, showing through the window in Act III. At the Goodman Theatre, where the play was given in a "picture book" setting, these were cutouts on gauze, with necessary openings for exits and entrances. They may be anywhere from such sug gestive affairs to three-dimension tree trunks with a leaf border, the rest of the setting being in the same key. For example, at the Goodman The atre the cave was merely several flat painted pieces, with levels between. The Grandmother's house had walls whose edges made an interesting design, with a border along it. If the trees are three dimensional the house would be literal. 6 © Dramatic Publishing Company Little Red Riding Hood (Chorpenning) SCRIPT.indd 6 8/25/2011 8:21:07 PM Act One, from Goodman Theatre production of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ACT ONE (In front of Red Riding home, on the edge of the A brewing tub, front, at one side, large enough to conceal the wolf.

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