Alice Dreaming: A Play for Secondary StudentsAlice Dreaming is a play for secondary students that tells a uniquely Australian story. Trapped by the expectations of others, a girl escapes into her imagination. Following an albatross, Alice takes a journey across Australia that eventually brings her closer to home and an understanding of who she is. Inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz, it is a play written about teenagers, for teenagers. Embracing a non-naturalistic theatrical language, Alice Dreaming can incorporate a number of performance elements, including puppetry, mask, music and dance. Roles are suitable for performance by both boys and girls. The cast includes 29 speaking roles plus chorus. The play runs for 60-80 minutes. Designed to provoke discussion and debate, Alice Dreaming can be used as a classroom resource to develop student thinking around both personal issues and social issues, including the environment, politics and Australian history. |
Contents
Section 1 | 7 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 33 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 47 |
Section 6 | 69 |
Section 7 | 71 |
Section 8 | 78 |
Section 9 | 79 |
Section 10 | 91 |
Section 11 | 99 |
Section 12 | 119 |
Section 13 | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
Adventures in Wonderland ALABTROSS ALICE and REBECCA Alice Dreaming ALICE Hey ALICE I want ALICE I'm ALICE looks ALICE Oh ALICE Ohmygod ALICE REBECCA ALICE ALICE SPEAKER ALICE ALICE Take ALICE Thank ALICE What's ALICE Yes ALICE'S Alice’s Adventures ANNABELLE audience Australian artist Australian film BABY bird Bitch BOYS Yeah character COCK cool costume desert Discussion points dolphins drain End scene eyes Frank Baum Fun Park Ghostbusters Gondwanaland GUARD guffaw guys hair Hello HOUSEWIFE images Indigenous Australian Lewis Carroll Looking for Alibrandi Miss Victoria move movement NICE GIRL OFFICIAL Guilty Old Parliament House play Play School PM OPP PM POLITICIAN PROSECUTOR PYTHON rainforest RAT Vot REBECCA ALICE REBECCA ROACH Samuel Taylor Coleridge scared screams sharks singer-songwriter sock someone song sound SPEAKER ALICE SPEAKER SPIDER stop talking teenagers theatre There's things tongue ring TREES wanna waves wings WOMBAT