The Playground After Dark.
11 Characters and a Narrator
Narrator. This play takes place in a children’ playground. It is after dark and the street lamps throw long
shadows. Behind the playground, a large house can be seen. Some children are standing at the edge of
the playground.
Paul. Look Adrian, you need not worry about the Baxter boys now, the playground is empty. The last
person has just left, that swing is still moving.
Edward. Doesn’t the place look different after dark?
Paul. It does, doesn’t it? Sort of ghostly.
Edward. Look at the shadows beyond the swings.
Paul. And there’s a bit of a mist coming up.
John. There’s supposed to be a ghost in that old house over there, my grandad told me
Gavin. That was only a tale. That’s all
Adrian. I’m still glad you came to collect me!
Simon. Dave’s Mum rang our house and asked us to.
Paul. She said it was getting late.
Simon. You should have told her why you didn’t want to come home on your own.
Adrian. Will I get into trouble with Mam and Dad?
Simon. Maybe. They were getting worried.
Edward. You’ll have to tell them about the Baxter’s and Alan White.
Adrian. I ‘don’t want to! The Baxter’s will get me if I do.
Edward. Someone should report them!
Paul. Someone reported them before. It does no good at all.
Simon.
It only makes them worse. They only go after you and your friends if they think
you reported them.
John.
That Baxter fella took my lunch money as I was heading up to football practice
Last Thursday.
Gavin. Did you report it to the principal?
John. No way. I just went home for lunch instead and told my Mam that I lost the
Paul. They bully anyone who is smaller than them.
Adrian. They made Keith Nolan cry the other day and he’s only seven.