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Timothy & The Guardian Angel - by Benjamin Batt

Characters
Timothy
Rachel
Jacob
Simon
Esther
Mum
Dad
Roman Centurions (3)
Wise Men (3)
Scribe (3)
Guardian Angel
Angels (3)
Market Trader
Traveller
Servant
Narrators (16 written but could be shared)

Non-speaking roles
Mary
Joseph
Shepherds
Angel Dancers
Chorus.

	Scene One
	Music no.1: Entr’acte – Entr’acte music finishes.
	Lights up on Narrators.
	Timothy takes starting position.
Narrator 1	Once upon a time...
Narrator 2	Just over two thousand years ago.
Narrator 1	There was a little boy standing on a hill.
Narrator 2	Near Bethlehem. His name is Timothy.
Narrator 1	And he was not happy.
Narrator 2	Why?
Narrator 1	Well, sometimes people aren’t. Every morning, he would come to the hill and sing. Listen carefully.
	Narrators exit.
	Music No.2: Song – As The Sun Rises
Timothy	As the sun rises, A new day I see. What will this day bring me? I don’t feel happy, I only feel sad. That’s the new day I see.
Chorus	As the sun rises, He just can’t quite see
Timothy	What will this day bring me?
Chorus	He needs an answer A quest for a key
Timothy	What will make me happy?
Chorus	He is not happy, he only feels sad. So sad. So sad. Where is the something to make him feel glad? So glad. So glad.
Timothy	As the sun rises, I just want to see Something that’s good to see. I’ll try to be happy And not to be sad. What will this day bring me?
	Timothy freezes while the Narrators are on.
	Angels enter and take their positions on stage.
Narrator 3	Timothy had a guardian angel.
Narrator 4	That’s cool. Can I have one?
Narrator 3	Ssh! The angel was very worried.
Narrator 4	What about?
Narrator 3	Timothy, of course!
Narrator 4	Oh.
	Narrators exit.
	Timothy is still centre stage, looking glum.
Guardian	I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to make Timothy happy.
Angel 1	What did you try?
Angel 2	Well, first he showed Timothy a beautiful sunset and sparkling stars.
Angel 3	Then he tried getting Timothy lots of presents for his birthday.
Guardian	I even made him a rainbow!
Angel 1	Well, well. That was a lot. Let me think. Have you tried using his friends?
Guardian	I guess we could try.
	Lights up on centre stage.
	Friends and crowd enter.
Rachel	Have you heard about the census?
Timothy	What’s a census?
Jacob	It’s when the Romans count everybody…
Rachel	Everybody has to pay to be counted!
Simon	That’s a census? It doesn’t make much sense to me.
Jacob	Everybody has to go back to where they were born.
Esther	Which means our town will be very busy.
Rachel	Hey, are you still being sad?
Jacob	Cheer up Timothy. We’ll help you.
	Music No.3: Song - The Quest
Friends	There’s no need to be sad. There’s no need to be glum. There are answers for any Questions that come, And you needn’t feel bad Finding answers is fun!
Add chorus	Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there Learning new things ev’ry day! Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there We know that we’ll find our way.
Friends	If we look we will find, That the story goes on, There are answers for any Questions that come And with good friends we climb Any mountain we’re on!
Add chorus	Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there Learning new things ev’ry day! Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there We know that we’ll find our way. Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there Learning new things ev’ry day! Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there We know that we’ll find our way.
	At the end of the song, the friends accidentally bump into the Roman Centurions who are entering, shouting ‘left! Right! Left! Right!’.
Roman 1	Hey! What do you think you are doing?
Esther	We’re sorry.
Roman 2	So I should hope. We have work to do, little girl.
Roman 3	Move out of our way.
	The friends move and Roman Centurions march on, ordering the crowd out of their way. Friends gather round Timothy.
Simon	He didn’t even say please!
Timothy	Wow! Those soldiers are powerful!
Jacob	Yeah, and grumpy.
Rachel	They’ve got a lot of work to do.
Timothy	Maybe if I had power like that I would be happy. I would be able to do what I like.
Esther	Let’s watch him.
	The remaining Roman Soldiers enter stage to the introduction of the song.
	Music No.4: Song – We Are roman soldiers
Romans 1, 2, 3	We are Roman Soldiers, You will take our orders. We are Roman Soldiers, You should look at us! We are Roman Soldiers, We have lots of power. We are Roman Soldiers, This is too much fuss!
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Stand to the left.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Name on the scroll.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Move down the line.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Quick double time.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Stand to the right.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Pay Caesar's toll.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Move on your way.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....We have not got all day.
	(Instrumental verse)
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Stand to the left.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Name on the scroll.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Move down the line.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Quick double time.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Stand to the right.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Pay Caesar's toll.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....Move on your way.
Romans	(shout) Left! Right!.....Chorus.....We have not got all day.
	(Slower)
Romans 1, 2, 3	We are Roman Soldiers, We are tired and weary. We are Roman Soldiers, You should look at (one by one) me? Me? Me? We are Roman Soldiers, Who are far too busy, And we want to go home to our families.
	As the song finishes, the crowd and all Romans exit, leaving the friends alone.
Jacob	No wonder they were grumpy.
Rachel	I would be too.
Timothy	Maybe having power won’t make me happy.
Simon	Mum and dad are waiting for me. I have to go. But remember:
	Music No.4a: reprise – The Quest
Friends	There’s no need to be sad, There’s no need to be glum There are answers for any Questions that come And you needn’t feel bad Finding answers is fun!
Add chorus	Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there Learning new things every day! Looking here, Searching there, Finding good things out there We know that we’ll find our way.
	The friends say goodbye, and they all exit, apart from Timothy.
Timothy	So what will make me happy?
	He exits to music. Lights on Angels, across stage.
Guardian	Well. That didn’t work, did it?
Angel 2	No, it didn’t.
Angel 3	No, it didn’t.
Angel 1	Just wait and see what happens tomorrow.
	Music No.5: Incidental music No.1
	Scene Two
	Lights on to Narrators as they enter. Mum and Dad take positions.
Narrator 5	The little boy lived with his mum and dad in the town.
Narrator 6	His dad is an innkeeper.
Narrator 5	People could stay at some rooms upstairs.
Narrator 6	Very useful for when times are busy.
Narrator 5	Which they were then.
Narrator 6	Why?
Narrator 5	Because of the census!
Narrator 6	Oh.
	Narrators exit. Lights come up on Dad and Mum. Timothy enters.
Mum	Good morning, Timothy.
Dad	We are going on a trip to Jerusalem.
Mum	To get some shopping.
Timothy	Yeah! Can my friends come?
Dad	Only if their parents agree.
Mum	Hurry up and get ready then.
	Timothy rushes out as Narrators enter.
Narrator 7	So the little boy got his friends, and they went to Jerusalem.
Narrator 8	How far away is that?
Narrator 7	About five miles.
Narrator 8	Which way?
Narrator 7	North.
Narrator 8	And how long did it take?
Narrator 7	(patiently) About two hours to walk – they didn’t have a car.
Narrator 8	It looks very busy at Jerusalem.
	Narrators exit. Lights up. Dad, Mum and Timothy enter with friends. All other parts are in position for the scene. Dad is talking to a market trader.
Dad	I guess that is a fair price. Have you got any wine jugs?
Trader	Come, I’ll show you what I have (gestures behind him).
Timothy	Dad! I’m bored. Can we go and look at the Temple?
Dad	Mum, will you go with them?
Mum	Okay. Come on everyone.
	Mum, Timothy and friends cross the stage to the ‘temple’ area. There is a conversation going on between the wise men and some Scribes.
Scribe 1	A king?
Scribe 2	A new king?
Scribe 3	How do you know?
Wise Man 1	We are wise men.
Wise Man 2	We have been following the new King’s star in the East.
Wise Man 3	The star led us here.
Scribe 1	We don’t know anything about a new king. Herod is our king.
Scribe 2	He is a good king too!
Scribe 3	You must be wrong.
Wise Man 1	No. We are not wrong.
Wise Man 2	We have studied hard.
Wise Man 3	We are sure.
	To one side, Mum, Timothy and friends are listening to their conversation.
Timothy	Wow! They are so wise.
Esther	I wish I knew as much as them.
Timothy	Maybe if I was wise I would be happy. Everything would make sense to me.
Jacob	I don’t think it works like that. Listen.
	Music no.6: song - The Things That We Know

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