- 104 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Hetty Feather
About this book
TREMBLE as she faces Matron Stinking Bottomly. THRILL as she discovers the squirrel house and Tanglefield's Travelling Circus. GASP as she endures a night locked in the attic. QUAKE as she braves the scary streets of Victorian London and CHEER as she overcomes all in the search to find her real mother and a true family of her own. From bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, the tale of plucky Hetty Feather is brought thrillingly to life on stage by award-winning script writer Emma Reeves (CBBC's The Story of Tracy Beaker ) and the Olivier Award-Nominated director Sally Cookson whose many five-star productions include Peter Pan, We're Going on a Bearhunt and Stick Man. With a huge heart, Hetty Feather is a terrific adventure story! 'The play sticks to my basic story, but with many inventive touches that constantly took me by surpriseā¦ [it] was a magical experience.' Jacqueline Wilson
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ACT ONE
SCENE 1 ā HETTY OPENING
A simple, circus-themed set which can be used to create multiple locations. Rigging for aerial work ā a hanging hoop, ropes, silks. There are no set changes ā performers move items to create locations as necessary. The action flows smoothly, moving effortlessly between the prosaic reality of HETTYās life and the limitless soaring of her imagination.
The ENSEMBLE enter. They lift HETTY into the aerial hoop. Music begins:
HETTY
Everyone says you canāt remember back to when you were a baby.
Theyāre wrong. What they mean is, they canāt remember. But I can. I can remember everythingā¦
I remember the moment I was born. Fighting my way outā¦
I remember when my mother held me in her arms for the first time. I looked up into her big blue eyes ā just like mine ā and I knew then, that she loved me more than anything in the world.
She did. Thatās what matters. Everything that happened afterwardsā¦well, none of it was her fault.
She loved me so much it hurt. She would hold me close and stroke my hair ā even though itās red.
(Sings.)
I will love you all the day
In my heart youāll always stay
Even if I have to stray
Over the hills and far awayā¦
In my heart youāll always stay
Even if I have to stray
Over the hills and far awayā¦
Say my name. The special name that you gave me. It must have been beautiful, like you ā and Iām sure it was blue, like our eyes. Maybe it wasā¦
ENSEMBLE
Bluebell.
HETTY
Bluebell. Or ā
ENSEMBLE
Sky.
HETTY
Sky. Maybe Iām ā
ENSEMBLE
Forget-me-not.
HETTY
Forget-me-notā¦ Or ā
ENSEMBLE
Ocean.
HETTY
Oceanā¦ Maybe Iām ā¦?
ENSEMBLE
Azure.
HETTY
Azureā¦ Orā¦
ENSEMBLE
Indigo.
Aquamarine.
Lapis Lazuli.
Violet.
HETTY
Orā¦
ENSEMBLE (IDA).
Sapphire.
HETTY
Sapphireā¦ I know I said I could remember everything, but thatās the one thing I canāt remember. My real name. But it doesnāt really matter. Because when you donāt know who you are, you can be anyone you want to be. And, whoever I am, this is my story.
SCENE 2 ā HETTYāS MOTHER LOOKS FOR WORK
HETTY (CONTāD.)
Picture me as my mother.
HETTY gets down from the hoop. She is dressed in a hat and coat and handed BABY HETTY.
Mother did everything she could to keep us together.
(As her mother.)
(As her mother.)
Please. Have you got any work? Iāll do anything.
ENSEMBLE
Can you scrub? Can you polish? Can you lift? Can you bend? Can you chop? Can you dig? Can ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Characters
- Act One
- Act Two