Hansel and Gretel Role-play Level 3
Cast
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Narrator 1 Aunt Father Witch
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Narrator 2 Hansel Gretel
Work with the children to allocate characters and prepare a short performance. Discuss the
stage directions in advance and make sure the children understand how to follow the script.
Narrator 1: Hansel and Gretel lived with their father and aunt in a
little house near a forest.
Narrator 2: Their father cut wood to get money, but he was very
poor. They were all very hungry.
Father: There is no more money. There is no more food for us
to eat.
Aunt: Then Hansel and Gretel cannot live here. We must leave
them in the forest.
Father: No. We can’t do that.
Aunt: But we must do it.
Narrator 1: Hansel and Gretel were in their bedroom, but they
heard everything.
Hansel: I have an idea.
Narrator 2: He went outside to get some stones.
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Narrator 1: The next day, they all went into the forest.
Hansel put the stones on the path.
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Father: Wait here. We want to get some wood.
Narrator 2: Hansel and Gretel waited all day. Then, they found all
the stones on the path and walked home.
Narrator 1: Hansel and Gretel’s father was happy to see them, but
their aunt was very angry.
Aunt: There isn’t enough food for all of us. We must take
Hansel and Gretel back into the forest.
Father: No! I don’t want to do that.
Aunt: We have to do it. This time, they mustn’t come home.
Narrator 2: Hansel and Gretel’s aunt closed the door and used the
key. Hansel and Gretel couldn’t get out of the house.
Hansel couldn’t find any stones.
Narrator 1: The next day, they all went back into the forest.
This time, Hansel left some bread on the path.
Father: Wait here. We want to get some wood.
Narrator 2: Hansel and Gretel waited all day. Then, they looked for
the bread on the path.
Narrator 1: But there was no bread.
Gretel: The birds ate it.
Narrator 2: Hansel and Gretel couldn’t get home.
Narrator 1: Hansel and Gretel went into the forest. They walked for
many hours.
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Narrator 2: In the middle of the forest, they found a house made of
candies and cake. They wanted to eat it.
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Narrator 1: A witch lived in the house made of candies and cake.
She wanted to eat Hansel and Gretel.
Narrator 2: She put Hansel in a cage, and gave him lots of food.
Witch: I want him to get fat. Then, I want to cook him in my
fire, and eat him.
Gretel: Where is your fire?
Witch: Here.
Narrator 1: She showed the oven to Gretel.
Gretel: I can’t see the fire.
Narrator 2: The witch opened the oven door.
Gretel: No, I can’t see the fire.
Narrator 1: The witch opened the oven door as much as she could.
Gretel pushed her into the oven, and closed the door!
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