Playscripts

Here are a few playscripts based on the text from Tom’s books that have already been developed and you are welcome to use them with your classes or groups.

If you develop your own work, we’d love to see it!

First World War

4 scenes to act out from Over the Line here.

Protestors disrupt a game at Huddersfield Town
Henry Norris tries to intimidate the Huddersfield players
Jack and Percy enlist
A bomb in Jack’s trench

Dance … Children from Stramongate Primary School in Kendal were inspired by ‘Over the Line’ to create a dance to perform at a dance festival. Tom visited the school to share his stories and engaged in a Q&A session before enjoying a performance of the dance. More here

Second World War

Angel of Grasmere – set in the English Lake District at the start of the Second World War.

Playscript download here

Resist – set in wartime occupied Holland based on the resistance childhood of Audrey Hepburn.

Playscript here

Dance … Resist draws on the role of ballet performance and dance training for Audrey Hepburn as a means of escaping the harsh realities of Nazi occupation and other chapters from the book would make great scenes to develop into a group or individual dance performance.

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