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The Children's Ward

Short Play, Drama  /  1w, 4boy(s)

Ellen Dryden

The Children's Ward
by Ellen Dryden

Four boys in a hospital ward, some of them long-stay patients, struggle to come to terms with each other and the death of one of their inmates in the ward.

The Children's Ward

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 4boy(s)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

Contained in the volume Six Primroses Each & Other Plays for Young Actors, which were originally written for Chiswick Youth Theatre, and in regular workshop and performance use by young actors between the ages of eleven and eighteen. They have good parts and dramatic situations for everyone betwen the ages of ten and twenty and are particularly suitable for National Curriculum Key Stage 3 or 4. 
Performing Groups
F1, 4 boys (teenage).
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A ward

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Ellen Dryden

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