Grinch Who Stole Christmas Script
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Find a Grinch Who Stole Christmas script for the next school children’s Christmas play or to have kids perform as an activity at the holiday neighborhood party.
Basis for Grinch-y Scripts
The basis for any script is the original book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. Children of all ages love the tale of how a negative, nasty Grinch embraces his softer side.
The beloved classic children’s story, published in 1957, was followed by a popular animated television special in 1966 featuring the narration of legendary actor Boris Karloff. A live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey in 2000 was a box office success. In addition, a Broadway musical was also developed using the premise of Seuss' book. Regardless of anyone’s medium for telling the story, the storyline should always circle back to the moral of the original tale.
Grinch Who Stole Christmas Script
Two The Grinch Who Stole Christmas! scripts can be found online, though neither version is an “official” script. Both are free Christmas skits available online.
- PedagoNet.com offers a Readers Theatre version, adapted by Sharon Drummond. It would work well in a classroom or with any large group of children. The script appears to follow the original tale closely.
- The Grinch Script – Dialogue Transcript is based upon the Jim Carrey movie and available from Drew’s Script-O-Rama. However, parts and characters are not clearly marked, making it difficult to discern which parts are which.
Parents and teachers who want to create an easy Grinch Who Stole Christmas script can take a cue from the animated special. An adult can narrate the story while the children act out their parts. Teach a few special characters, such as the Grinch and Cindy Lou, a couple of the most impressive lines from the story. This is a great way to create a short Christmas play without a lot of line memorization and rehearsals.
Check copyright rights and laws regarding performing the story of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, especially if the group plans to perform the skit for profit or as part of a non-profit group raising funds.
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