Playscripts

As part of our work on Narrative we have been looking at the Caribbean story Bre-Nancy and the 13 Plantains. Some children have had a go at adapting the story and producing a play script. Here is Savannah's excellent effort.

Bre-Nancy and the 13 chicken wing

Scene 1: In a tatty old cottage with 12 kids, 1 wife, 1 husband and no food to eat.

Child: Mammy mi hungry, mi belly rumblin.

Ma-Nancy: (to Bre-Nancy) Go get thi pickney some food fi eat and don't come back if ya nu have no food.

Bre-Nancy: Cha man me gwan get some food fi mi pickney and mi self cha man. (walks out angrily)

Scene 2: Walking down a dusty path Bre-Nancy kissing his teeth.

Bre-Nancy: Why can't Ma-Nancy get her lazy bones up and gwan get her and her pickney them own food. Cha man. (furiously)

Bre-Bush Rat approaches.

Bre-Nancy: What's up neighbour, ya OK?

Bre-Bush Rat: Ye man mi kool mi just get paid 13 piece of chicken wing an' mi kool that mi get mi chicken wing. Mi get it by working on the fields weekly.

Bre-Nancy: If mi help yu on thi field weekly would ya give mi ya 13 piece of chicken wing for mi pickney and wife, mi beg yu? (desperately)

Bre-Bush Rat: Of course ya can. Later Bre-Nancy.

Scene 3: Bre-Nancy is on the way back home with a lot of food, he is excited.

Ma-Nancy: Mi hope ya got the food cos if not mi nah no where yu a go!

Bre-Nancy: Yes yes Ma-Nancy mi have food so let me come in.

Ma-Nancy: Nuh rush mi, no one rush Ma-Nancy.

Bre-Nancy: OK! (shouting) Here ya go pickney see ya food de.

Scene 4: In the house eating.

Child: Um mm this is di life time. Umm this chicken so nice.

Bre-Nancy sits there sad, he puts a sad face on looking upset.

Ma-Nancy: (to Bre-Nancy) Why di cry face? Ohhh mi sorry ya have no food, here have piece of mine.

Bre-Nancy: No no no! You eat it.

Child: Daddy ya no have no food. Have half of mine.

Child 2: Here have half of mine too Daddy.

Child 3: And mine!

All the children give Bre-Nancy half of their chicken

Bre-Nancy: Umm mmm mmm. (Nancy finishes off the chicken)

Ma-Nancy: Yu so greedy look at you! How much food yu have fi nam? (shouted)

Bre-Nancy: Half add a another half add another half make..... yu know Math was never mi strong point. (confused) Oh well sorry everyone. (laughing)