KE Y STAGE 3 PL AY SCRIPT EXCERPT FROM ‘ALAN AND THE A GRADE’ ALAN’S MUM: ALAN go to your room and do your homework! (ALAN groans) ALAN: I Know, I Know... “Do Your Homework.” Work, Work, Work... All I Ever Do Is Work. (ALAN takes a history book out of his backpack and reads “HENRY VIII had 6 wives and …” (Two hours later) ALAN: He established his own church because the Pope wouldn’t let him divorce. He was very arrogant... ALAN: What an amazing story! (ALAN closes the book and goes to sleep) SCENE 2: The day of the test (Bell ringing) MR POTTER: All right class, remove all your books from the table and get ready for the test. ALAN: TEST! MR POTTER: Yes, I remind everyone about the test. Sit down and let me hand it out. (ALAN slips on the wet floor) ALAN: Whoa! MR POTTER: ALAN, how about you sit over there next to ARTHUR? ALAN: Do I still have to do the test? What if I hurt my brain? MR POTTER: Don’t exaggerate, you only fell on your back (The class do the test and hand the papers back to MR POTTER) JAY: That test was impossible! Olivia: I know! Name the 6 wives of King Henry VIII? ALAN: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr. ARTHUR: How did you know all of them? ALAN: I’m not sure, I think those memories weren’t damaged when I fell over MR POTTER: Well done ALAN, this is your best test mark ever! ALAN: This can’t be my test; it has an A* on it
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