Dramatisation of Thank You Ma'am

HS ENGLISH PROJECT THANK YOU MA'AM

THANK YOU MA'AM - DRAMATISATION 

Characters -
Mrs Jones - a large woman .
Roger -  a fourteen or fifteen years old boy with frail and willow - wild , in tennis shoes and blue jeans .

Stage Preparation -

A single door in the left of the stage . Some of the house hold furniture should be there . Two or three chairs at the center of the stage with a center table . There should be a sink at the right of the stage . All the stage should be lighted properly and all the other efforts should have taken to maintain a homely atmosphere .

Dramatisation of Thank You Ma'am

SCENE : ONE

[ Mrs Jones grabs the boy and dragging slowly to the center of the stage . ]
Mrs Jones -- Come ........... come here , ......... you are just a little boy and you already become a pocket picker ! ........... come ......... come [ when they reached at the center ] ..... now sit down on the chair ..... come sit.
 [ Mrs Jones force him to sit on the chair . After his sitting Mrs Jones take a breath of relief and then she also sits down on the opposite chair . ]
What is your name ?

Roger -- Roger .

Mrs Jones -- Ain't you ashamed of your - self ?

Roger -- Yes Ma'am .

Mrs Jones -- Ain't you got nobody in your home to tell you to wash your face ?

Roger -- No ma'am . There's nobody in my home .

[ After a little pause ]
Mrs Jones -- ( in a motherly voice ) -- I think you are hungry . Just go to the sink , wash your face and during this I will prepare some coka with milk .
[ Roger stands up and slowly goes to the sink ]

Mrs Jones -- ( loud voice ) -- Let the water run until it gets warm , there is a clean towel also .

Roger ( Bending over the sink ) -- You gonna take me to jail ?

Mrs Jones ( Surprised for a second and then replied with a motherly smile ) -- No , with that face , I would not take you anywhere . Clean your face properly son .

Dramatisation of Thank You Ma'am

SCENE : TWO

[ Two middle sized bawls in the hand of Mrs Jones and Roger is drying his face with the towel .]
Mrs Jones -- Hay Roger , my son , come here ....... your dinner is ready .
[ Mrs Jones put down the bowls on the table and they both sit on the chairs . ]
Now start ..... [ A motherly command by Mrs Jones ]
[ Now they start eating and after a few second ..... ]
Now tell me why were you trying to snatch my purse ?

Roger -- I wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes .
[ Mrs Jones looking at him angrily for a moment . Then left her spoon and stands up and come to the front of the stage . ]

Mrs Jones ( after a long pause ) -- You know my son ............ I were young once and I wanted things I could not get .
[ Another long pause . Roger is in opened mouth in surprise .]
But I did't snatch people's pocketbooks . I have done things , too , which I would not tell you , son - neither tell God , if he did't already know .
[ A short pause .]
However , ( breaking the ice ) I will give you something ( she takes some money from her pocket )
here .......... ( turn to Roger and comes near him ) ....... take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes ............... And next time , do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody's else's ................ because ............ shoes come by devilish like that , will burn your feet .
[ Roger is looking at Mrs Jones surprisingly . ]
Now take this and help me .
[ Roger takes the money and hold them in his hand for some time .]

[ A long pause . ]
I think either your dinner is finished or , you are not interested in it . However , as you wish . But now I have to get some rest . So I got to get my rest now . ........ But I wish you would behave yourself , son .... from here on in .
[ Roger puts the money into his pocket and stands up slowly , surprisingly looking at Mrs Jones . Then Mrs Jones gets up from her chair . ]
Now let's move .
[ She led him towards a door which is pre sated on the stage in such a way that the audience can see both of them . Mrs Jones opened the door . ]
Good night ! Behave yourself boy !
[ She said the last words looking at the outdoor and not at the Roger . The motherly face and smile are vanished now . Roger exits through the door and then turned up and looking at Mrs Jones .

Roger -- Thank......... [ Mrs Jones banged the door . ]
[ Tears from Roger's eyes and in another side tears from Mrs Jones's eyes too . She is completely exhausted and she sits down in a chair , hides her face with her hands and started weeping . In the other side of the door Roger is still there and say ....]

Roger -- Thank you ma'am .