PLAYS FOR YOUNG ACTORS 

 

 

Perfect Pupil
An adventure with a robot
 

 

 

Dissatisfied that school inspections are not reflecting the official government policy that 'Everything is getting better!' the Prime Minister forces Sir Giles Smuglee, the Secretary of State for Schools to adopt an automated inspection system invented by Professor Magnus Spyke. This comes in the form of OSIRIS, a robot with attitude and a number of technical problems.

Unknown to anyone Cuthbert Smuglee, the minister's son, substitutes himself for OSIRIS when the robot is sent to inspect St Oswald's School. Here the megalomaniac headmaster insists that everything at the school must be perfect. Glowing reports are received by the Department for Schools and by the Prime Minister. Thrilled by the out come the Prime Minister decides to visit the school himself and he arrives whilst Professor Spyke and the real OSIRIS are also visiting. Chaos ensues that is only solved by the technological wizardry of Cuthbert!
 
 

 

Cast
Roles 8m, 5f + robot and the rest of the class
 

Sir Giles Smuglee ... Secretary of State for Schools
Desmond Guthrie ... his assistant
Prime Minister
Magnus Spyke ... Professor of Artificial Intelligence
OSIRIS ... an intelligent robot
Cuthbert Smuglee ... an intelligent schoolboy
Mr Grawler ... the headmaster of St Oswald's School
Mrs Sponder ... a teacher
Katie ... a pupil
Peter ... a pupil
Charlie ... a pupil
Robert ... a pupil
Simon ... a pupil
The rest of the class
Mrs Bandage ... the school nurse

(Many roles can be either m or f.)

 

 

Sets
Two simple sets -
a government office and a classroom

Costumes

present day

Running time - about 70 minutes + interval

This play would be ideal for a mixed age drama group.

 Perfect Pupil

is published by

Lazybee Scripts

Ashurst

Southampton  UK

www.lazybeescripts.co.uk

 

 

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