10 Short Dramatic Texts for Children and Adults

A Dramatic text Is a composition of literary type, designed to be represented in scene. It is part of a communicative process, since it is designed to be read and represented.

This type of text is called dramatic because its content is designed to represent the drama typical of lyrical or literary narratives (Ramirez, 2017).

Short dramatic texts Romeo and Juliet

The dramatic text covers three different types of issuers, among which are the author, the actors and the director.

In this way, when the dramatic text is represented by the three emitters is given the name of"work."

The person to whom the representation of the text is addressed is known as the receiver, which can be individual (reader) or collective (public).

A dramatic text can be constructed to be represented as a dialogue, for this reason it is considered to be part of a communicative process.

In this process the parties involved represent fictional characters product of the author's imagination and are guided by the director with the aim of establishing a direct contact with the public.

Dramatic short texts of famous works

Example 1: Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)

Enter Samson and Gregory, of the house of the Capulet, armed with sword and shield.

Samson: Gregory, I swear we will not swallow.

Gregorio: No, we are not so tragic.

Samson: I say, if we do not swallow them, their necks are cut off.

Gregorio: Yes, but do not end the rope around your neck.

Samson: If you provoke me, I'll pick you up fast.

Gregorio: Yes, but to beat they do not provoke you so fast.

Sansón: I am provoked by the dogs of the Montesco.

Gregory: To provoke is to move and to be brave, to stand, so, if they provoke you, you run away.

Sansón: The dogs of the Montesco move me to plant me. With a man or woman of the Montesco I grab the walls.

Gregory: Then you can, because the weak push it against the wall.

Example 2: The House of Bernarda Alba (Federico García Lorca)

First act

White room of the interior of the house of Bernarda. Thick walls. Arched doors with jute curtains topped with strawberries and ruffles. Anea chairs. Pictures with unbelievable landscapes of nymphs or kings of legend. It's summer. A great shady silence stretches across the scene. When the curtain rises, the scene is alone. You can hear the bells ringing.

(The Maid Leaves)

Maid: I already have twice those bells tucked between the temples.

La Poncia: (Leaves eating chorizo ​​and bread) They have already more than two hours of gori-gori. All the peoples have come. The church is beautiful. In the first answer the Magdalena fainted.

Maid: It is the one that stays most alone.

La Poncia: She was the only one who loved the father. Oh! Thank God we are alone a little bit! I have come to eat.

Maid: If Bernarda saw you...!

La Poncia: I wish that now, that she does not eat, that we all die of hunger! Mandona! Dominance! But he gets annoyed! I have opened the chorizos.

Maid: (With sadness, anxious) Why do not you give me my girl, Poncia?

La Poncia: Come in and take a bunch of chickpeas too. Today you will not notice! (2006).

Example 3: The changes (Silvina Carrasco)

First act

Bus terminal of a small city: some windows with signs that pretend to be names of different companies of buses and a sign that indicates"Bus terminal". Aldana is about to take the bus that will take her to her new city and her new life.

Aldana and Sara say goodbye inside the terminal.

Sara: Are you sure you're carrying everything? Document, cellphone charger?

Aldana: Yes, Mom.

Sara: All the books, the map of the city, the address annotated by the doubts?

Aldana: If Mom, do not worry. The only thing that worries me is that I'm going to miss you a lot.

Sara: (Disguising her emotion) It's only the first time, then you'll be fine. Now go, that's going to go the bus.

(They hug each other)

Aldana: I love you Mom.

Sara: I love you daughter.

(Aldana leaves the scene and Sara drops her tears.) (Carrasco, s.f.)

Example 4: The Three Bums (José Luis García)

(The scene lights up and we see the old King lying on the bed).

King: Oh, what a mischief I am!

(Enter the three children. They wander around the room without seeing the King).

Son 1: Father has sent for us.

Son 2: But he is not.

Son 3: Then he has not come or gone.

King: I'm in bed.

2: Daddy!

3: I told you: someone was talking to us from a bed.

1: What's the matter, Dad?

King: I'm bad. I'm going to die.

1: You can not dad, you're the King.

2: How will you die if you are alive?

3: We will protect you. Tell us who wants to kill you.

King: I'm going to die and I know the three of you are just as dumb.

1: But Daddy.

King: Shut up! Now I need to know which of you three is the most vague.

1: What is a bum?

2: A patsy.

3: The one who does not stick to the water.

1: Why give a stick to the water?

King: Shut up! The most vague of you will happen to me and will be King.

1: Father, then the kingdom is mine. I am so vague that if I lie down to sleep on the patio and it starts to rain, I do not get up, even though it soaks me to the bones.

2: That's silly. The kingdom belongs to me, for I am so vague that when I am sitting on the fire to warm myself, I prefer to burn my feet before removing my legs.

3: That's not being vague, it's being silly. The kingdom is mine.

2: Why?

3: Because I am so vague that if I were to hang and someone would give me a knife to cut the rope, I would rather hang it than raise my hand to the rope.

King: You have reached the highest degree. You will be King.

2: But dad.

1: Dad, Dad!

King: Chiton! The decision is made. Leave that I want to sleep.

3: Your wishes are orders.

(The three children leave).

King: Why would not I have had a daughter?

(The scene is darkened) (García, 2014).

Example 5: Speaker Binder (Serapio Sergiovich)

Luis takes out his wallet to pay and when he opens it, every time, a synthetic voice says:

- You're opening me again...

- Think if it is really necessary to spend on this...

- Saving is the basis of fortune

- Ay, ay, ay... how expensive everything is

- It's the last time

Luis has to open the wallet followed by his daughters and wife take turns to come and ask for money for different reasons.

Finally comes a thief and asks for the money. The father opens the wallet and it says:

- Enough! Not again! Can not be! This is unheard of! This is too much! Watch out!

The thief gets scared and leaves (Sergiovich, 2011).

Example 6: Dog Lover (Leslye Rivera Casanoba)

First scene:

Dog: (Jumping) Yes! Finally you got here! I'm so glad to see you, really. All my body jumps and dances to the sound of your arrival (Dance and sing a joyful song). Please, let's go quick so I can not stand the urge... (Dog wanting to go to the bathroom).

Man: Hello (Caress Dog's head) I'm so tired (Leave the briefcase on the table and sit in the chair).

Dog: I know, I know... I really understand your tiredness. It must be very exhausting to be out of the house all day doing maybe things... but please... I ask... let's get out! (Moving all around).

Man: Well, that's fine. Let me get a bag, water, put on the leash and we go (Look for a bag and water inside your briefcase. Take the leash that is on the table and put it on Dog).

Dog: Yes! You are the best compadre... I love you!

Let man. (They leave the two of the stage) (Casanoba, s.f.).

Example 7: Cat Encerrado (Luis Fernando Gallardo León)

NIGHT. 1

Leon yells angrily, argues with a woman.

(TO PHONE)

Leon: It's the last time, stupid! I do not want to see you again in my life! Not

You understand!

Leon hangs up the indignant phone. His cat Coco looks intrigued. Leon tries to contain the tears, he looks disconsolate.

Leon: Why? Why? Why? I can not stand Coco anymore, I can not stand it any more, I hate them... damn...

Coco approaches Leon and begins to carve against his legs, mew. Leon feels it and the load embracing it and consoling with her.

Leon: You're the one who loves me, do not you, Coco? Because you were not a woman...

Coco maul and Leon embraces her with more force.

Leon: I love you too Coco, you're the only thing I have in life.

Example 8 The cat and the mouse

Scenography: An ordinary street. The mouse is on its back when suddenly the cat begins to run towards him.

Mouse: Wait! Wait!

Gato: What do you want?

Mouse: Why do you do this?

Cat: What thing?

Mouse: Hunt me.

Cat: Well, because I'm hungry.

Mouse: Well, do you like my taste and the texture of my skin?

Gato: Hmm, in fact, no, I hate when the tail goes through my throat and still

After a few weeks I still spit on white balls of hair.

Mouse: Then why do you catch mice? Has no sense.

Cat: Maybe, but in the church of Doraemon the cat that came from the future, we

Taught that to be near him we must eat mice as you do not

Accept him as the only time traveler and savior of the gatuna community.

Mouse: I can not believe that's the reason.

Gato: Let's make a deal, I'll set you free if you accept Doraemon as the only traveler

Of time and savior of the gatuna community.

Mouse: Of course I will not accept it, to start with because it does not exist and second, if it

I would do well to believe in him since he only wants to save the

Felines.

Cat: Do not you dare say it does not exist, blasphemous rat, because it's in everyone

Sides and can unleash their fury, also in my church we have a community of

Believing mice to which we leave in peace.

Mouse: Doraemon was just the caricature of a blue cat, how many blue cats

Do you know

Cat: I think to prove his divinity Doraemon chose the blue color for

That no race is discriminated against and television was the way to extend its

Message in us.

Mouse: Well, explain this to me, Doraemon was a robot, why should I

Eat mice if no stomach has? I believe that your church has invented everything only

To be able to control them.

Cat: Well, well... (The Cat eats the mouse) So much talk opened my appetite.

End

Example 9: Zombie Tweets

Gabriel (carries a pistol in his hand)

Carla (carries a backpack)

Gabriel: What are you doing? Quickly enter and lock the door!

Carla: (Looking at the screen of your BlackBerry while you close the door) My Blackberry has been screaming like crazy since we left the city, I can not believe that I still get notifications from Facebook.

Gabriel: (He takes his Blackberry out of his pocket and checks it for a moment.) Same Twitter is very active...

(Laughs)

Carla: What happened?

Gabriel: Check this tweet"My granny is a zombie. LOL"(Carla laughs)

Carla: (looking at the screen of his cell phone) Watch this look"Ninel Conde continues

live"

(Both laugh)

Gabriel: Someone wrote"I put myself in danger, but now I have my own McDonalds, as they say in Zombieland: Enjoy the little things"

Carla: How come there are still people creating chains?! Look"Post this on 10 walls and Chuck Norris will save you"

Gabriel: (He shows her phone to Carla)"It even scares me more than a witness

Of Jehovah come and knock on the door"

(Carla ignores him while whispering: Copy-paste, copy-paste, copy-paste)

Gabriel: What are you doing?

Carla: We have to try everything (continues to publish)

Gabriel:"Neither the zombies love me, sad face, #ForeverAlone"

Carla: (Surprised) Look I was added to a Facebook group! (Read a little) are survivors, they are taking refuge near here (Look at the audience for a moment, take your backpack, open the door of the room and leave the scene running)

Gabriel: Hey, wait for me! (Leaves scene behind her)

End

Example 10: La Orestiada (Aeschylus)

As for you, when the opportune moment comes, it works with daring. And if she screams in her terror; "Oh, son!", Tell him that your father has also shouted at you. Consume vengeance and do not fear, pour the blood of the evil that reigns here: kill the murderers of your father.

EG: I come here not for my pleasure: it has made me call a messenger. They say that certain foreigners bring us news that we do not want, that Orestes is dead. Another sorrow for this house already wounded and torn by misfortune after the first death! But will it be true? Are not women fantasies, who are born, fly and disappear? Vain illusions! (To the corifeo): What do you say, to make light in my mind?

CORO: Certainly we hear the news. Enter better and ask the foreigners directly. A message must be checked by the recipient himself. Squirrel, La Orestiada (Victor, 2013).

References

  1. Carrasco, S. (s.f.). Short Works . Obtained from Work on the changes that cross the young people (2 personages): obrascortas.com
  2. Casanova, LRsf). Short Works . Obtained from Work of man and dog on love (2 characters): obrascortas.com
  3. Digital, A. (September 15, 2006). ABC Color . Retrieved from The Dramatic Text: abc.com.py
  4. García, J. L. (January 20, 2014). Obtained from Screenplays: The Three Bails: titerenet.com
  5. Ramírez, O. C. (2017). About . Retrieved from Examples of Dramatic Texts: Reglaspanol.about.com.
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