Death, Morality, Revenge, Jealousy... all come to life from the page like corpses from the grave with the creepy, cross-curricular adaptation Shuddersome: Tales of Poe. Death, Morality, Revenge, Jealousy... all come to life from the page like corpses from the grave with the creepy, cross-curricular adaptation Shuddersome: Tales of Poe.
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The Blue and the Grey
by RS Paulette
This award-winning piece is haunting, exhilarating and theatrical.
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
7
3M | 4W, Plus Students
Simple set
34 pages
Average Producer Rating:
Charlie is surrounded by ghosts. The ghost of an estranged father who leaves her an antique musket. The ghost of a classmate’s sister who cautions Charlie, The Grey will hear you.
Who are the Grey? Ghosts of Lost Confederate soldiers ambushed following the first battle of Fredericksburg, 1862.
As the Aurora Borealis light up the Virginia night sky Charlie must confront the living and the dead. She’s trying to find peace but will she make the right choice? What brings her to the centre of a barely frozen lake with the musket and her ghosts? Beat! Beat! Drums! Blow! Bugles! Blow!
This award-winning piece is haunting, exhilarating and theatrical.
Awards and Accolades
- RCHS Drama Club - 1st place finish at VHSL One-Act Competition, conference & regional level
3M, 4W, Plus Students
Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character - with the exception of CHARLIE and UNCLE WALT - and modify pronouns accordingly.
“Charlie” is a high school junior, female, protagonist. Sees ghost, worries for her sanity; One monologue.
High school junior, female, Charlie’s best friend. Civil War buff, snarky, on the overbearing side, worries for Charlie’s sanity.
High school junior, male, outcast. Haunted by the death of ANA, withdrawn, insular; One monologue.
Child of eight or nine years old, female, ghost. Wears a blue parka/winter coat. Never doubles as a Student.
Late thirties, AP US History teacher, male, liked. Trusted teacher, half-hearted confidant, called “Moz” as an honorific by students.
Mid-forties, poet, ghost/figment. Manifestation of poet Walt Whitman, though possibly something else. Never doubles as a Student; One monologue.
Late thirties, early forties, female, mother to Charlie. Presumed widow, husband disappeared fourteen years ago. Strong, bedrock, single mother. Doubled by a student.
The nameless,faceless crowd. Also plays The Grey, The Drummer and the Captain. Can double other small roles. Lines can be said as a group, or divided up individually. Group can be small as 10 and as large as 21.
Subgenres
Ghost Story
Settings
Present day
Dress
Contemporary costumes Period costumes
Features
Mime Music Special effects Sound & Lighting Design Character study Movement-based Opportunity for spectacle Poetry
Set
Multiple sets
Cautions
Frank talk of death
Themes
Death Memory War Friendship Relationships
Cross-Curricular Uses
History
Other uses
Competition Monologues Audition material Class work Scene work
Awards & Accolades
Plays with Awards & Accolades
Prop List
Cell phone with camera, papers, muskets, drumsRelated Titles
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The Blue and the Grey
by RS Paulette
About 35 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
7
3M | 4W, Plus Students
Simple set
34 pages
We accept orders worldwide using the following payment methods:
Purchase Orders accepted from US and Canadian Schools.
Info for your purchasing department.
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