Topics:         the Great Fire of London, 1666, fire safety
Age:              6-8 (KS1 and KS 2 Year 2 - Year 3)
Cast:             20-29 (min 3 male, min 2 female) 
Duration:      20 minutes

Price:            £ 5.00   or   $ 9.00

Entertaining and educational 
drama script for children.

The Great Fire Of London started in the bakery of Thomas Farriner on Sunday, 2^nd September 1666. By the time the fire burnt itself out, an area one and a half miles by half a mile in the City had been destroyed. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Bloodworth, wasn't very good at leading the firefighting efforts, so Charles II took over. Meanwhile, Samuel Pepys was busy recording the events as they unfolded in his diary.

Short funny drama script
for KS1 and KS2

The play has been written to educate and entertain audiences of all ages about the Great Fire Of London of 1666.

The script includes production notes and recommendations for music (not CDs), suggestions for costumes, set arrangement and details of the props required. There are 24 characters; 2 F, 3 M. With doubling of roles, the play could be performed by 20 children. The cast could be enlarged to around 50 children by adding more narrators, firefighters and soldiers.

CHARACTERS

SAMUEL PEPYS
2 NARRATORS (could be increased to 28 with one line each)
THOMAS FARRINER
2 SOLDIERS
THOMAS BLOODWORTH
2 PARISH CONSTABLES
MRS PEPYS
THOMAS FARRINER'S GRANNY
SERVANT
4 NEIGHBOURS
KING CHARLES II
BOATMAN
FRENCH ONION SELLER
DUTCH CHEESE SELLER
2 FIREFIGHTERS
CHRISTOPHER WREN

JAMES, DUKE OF YORK, non-speaking role

THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON