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Matilda - Full - Adaptation 2

This document presents a full-length adaptation of the 1996 movie 'Matilda' with a five-person cast, detailing key scenes from Matilda's birth to her happy ending with Miss Honey. The adaptation highlights Matilda's love for reading, her cleverness in dealing with her neglectful parents, and her confrontation with the tyrannical Miss Trunchbull. Ultimately, Matilda finds a loving home with Miss Honey, showcasing themes of resilience and the power of imagination.

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Matilda - Full - Adaptation 2

This document presents a full-length adaptation of the 1996 movie 'Matilda' with a five-person cast, detailing key scenes from Matilda's birth to her happy ending with Miss Honey. The adaptation highlights Matilda's love for reading, her cleverness in dealing with her neglectful parents, and her confrontation with the tyrannical Miss Trunchbull. Ultimately, Matilda finds a loving home with Miss Honey, showcasing themes of resilience and the power of imagination.

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MATILDA: A Five-Person Adaptation

*A full-length adaptation based on the 1996 movie*

CAST BREAKDOWN (Doubling Roles)


1. Matilda / Narrator

2. Miss Honey / Michael Wormwood / Bruce Bogtrotter

3. Miss Trunchbull / Mrs. Phelps (librarian) / Amanda Thripp

4. Mr. Wormwood / Lavender / Nigel

5. Mrs. Wormwood / Schoolchildren / Acrobat / Escape Artist

SCENE 1: MATILDA’S BIRTH


NARRATOR: Everyone is born, but not everyone is born into the right family. Take Matilda
Wormwood, for example. She was a very special little girl… but her parents? Not so much.

MR. WORMWOOD: A boy, right? Tell me it's a boy.

MRS. WORMWOOD: (Shrugs.) *It’s* a baby.

MR. WORMWOOD: (Aghast.) What do you mean, *it’s* a baby?!

MRS. WORMWOOD: I mean, it's small, wrinkly, and screams when it’s hungry. Oh, and it's a
girl.

MR. WORMWOOD: Ugh. Can we exchange it?

SCENE 2: MATILDA LOVES TO READ


MRS. WORMWOOD: What is *that*?

MATILDA: A book.

MRS. WORMWOOD: Ugh, that’s disgusting. Where’s the remote? Go watch some telly like a
normal person.

MATILDA: I like reading. It’s full of stories!

MRS. WORMWOOD: *Real* stories are on TV, Matilda. You can learn everything from reality
shows.

MRS. PHELPS: You again! You’ve read half the library!

MATILDA: I love stories. Do you have any about people who escape bad places?

MRS. PHELPS: Oh, *plenty*.


SCENE 3: MATILDA GETS REVENGE
MR. WORMWOOD: I’m a *brilliant* businessman, Matilda! Just sold a lemon to some sucker
for double the price!

MATILDA: (Aghast.) But… isn’t that cheating?

MR. WORMWOOD: Cheating is just winning with style, kid.

(*Matilda swaps hair products. Next morning, Mr. Wormwood enters with bright green
hair.*)

MRS. WORMWOOD: HARRY! YOUR HEAD LOOKS LIKE A TOXIC WASTE DUMP!

(*Mr. Wormwood sprints off in horror. Matilda grins at the audience.*)

MATILDA: Guess he should’ve read the fine print.

SCENE 4: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL


TRUNCHBULL: (Booming.) WELCOME TO CRUNCHUM HALL. I RUN A *TIGHT* SHIP. IF YOU
BREAK THE RULES— (*Pauses, evil grin*)— I BREAK YOU.

(*Silence. A child sneezes.*)

TRUNCHBULL: WHO DID THAT?!

(*Nobody answers. Trunchbull points at Amanda Thripp, who wears pigtails.*)

TRUNCHBULL: YOU! PIGTAILS ARE AGAINST THE RULES.

AMANDA: B-but, my mum says they’re cute…

(*Trunchbull grabs Amanda by the pigtails and spins her in circles before throwing her
offstage.*)

(*Miss Honey rushes in as students gasp.*)

MISS HONEY: Miss Trunchbull! That’s… that’s—

TRUNCHBULL: (*Darkly.*) *That’s* how we teach discipline.

(*Trunchbull stomps off. Miss Honey kneels beside Matilda.*)

MISS HONEY: You must be Matilda. I hear you’re quite the reader.

MATILDA: I love books!

MISS HONEY: I think you and I will get along just fine.

SCENE 5: BRUCE BOGTROTTER’S CAKE INCIDENT


TRUNCHBULL: This… is a *criminal*! He stole my chocolate cake!
BRUCE: I only took a tiny bite—

TRUNCHBULL: You shall eat… THE WHOLE CAKE!

(*Bruce is forced to eat an entire cake while students chant his name. He triumphantly
finishes it.*)

TRUNCHBULL: GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!

SCENE 6: MATILDA DISCOVERS HER POWERS


(*Matilda concentrates and a glass of water tips over.*)

MATILDA: I did that… with my *mind*?!

SCENE 7: MISS HONEY’S PAST


MISS HONEY: Trunchbull was my aunt. She took everything from me.

MATILDA: We’ll get it back.

SCENE 8: MATILDA VS. TRUNCHBULL


(*Matilda uses her powers to make Trunchbull think she is haunted by Miss Honey’s father.
Trunchbull flees in terror.*)

STUDENTS: SHE’S GONE!

SCENE 9: MATILDA’S HAPPY ENDING


MISS HONEY: Matilda… would you like to stay with me?

MATILDA: More than anything.

(*Matilda is adopted by Miss Honey. They hug as lights fade.*)

NARRATOR: And so, Matilda got the happy ending she always deserved.

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