Fantastic Mr Fox: A Play

by Sally Reid, Roald Dahl

This adaptation of Roald Dahl's story tells you everything you need to know to stage the play.

Genres: Plays, Childrens, Reference, Nonfiction, Juvenile, Drama, Art

80 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2001

Reviews

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so fun!

The script and all of the stage and behind the scenes instructions made the story feel so much fuller than the original version because it was showing instead of telling.

I can imagine this being a really fun play to put on at school, and I hated drama!!

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[Larissa Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

My class absolutely loved this book and one of the main reasons for this was with the book being written as a play adaptation. Although it was our whole class story time read, so they didn’t actually act out the book, they were eager to read out different parts and shared how they still found the story funny.

[Ciaran Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this as part of a set of Roald Dahl novels that were turned into plays. Although the book contains a fun text faithful to the original story, I do wonder about how schools would stage some of these shows.

Reid puts into plenty of work, organising sound and lighting cues, as well as intricate details of how staging could be set up in a more entertaining manner.

There are, however, few details of how to differentiate these for smaller schools, especially those with smaller than average budgets. A shame, but all in all, a good text to work from.

[Elliot · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice little adaptation for children

[Sung-Gi Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quote from the book

Suddenly Badger said, ‘Doesn’t this worry you just a tiny bit, Foxy?’ ‘Worry me?’ said Mr Fox. ‘What?’ ‘All this . . . this stealing.’ Mr Fox stopped digging and stared at Badger as though he had gone completely dotty. ‘My dear old furry frump,’ he said, ‘do you know anyone in the whole world who wouldn’t swipe a few chickens if his children were starving to death?’ There was a short silence while Badger thought deeply about this. ‘You are far too respectable,’ said Mr Fox. ‘There’s nothing wrong with being respectable,’ Badger said. ‘Look,’ said Mr Fox, ‘Boggis and Bunce and Bean are out to kill us. You realize that, I hope?’ ‘I do, Foxy, I do indeed,’ said the gentle Badger. ‘But we’re not going to stoop to their level. We don’t want to kill them.’ ‘I should hope not, indeed,’ said Badger. ‘We wouldn’t dream of it,’ said Mr Fox. ‘We shall simply take a little food here and there to keep us and our families alive. Right?’ ‘I suppose we’ll have to,’ said Badger. ‘If they want to be horrible, let them,’ said Mr Fox. ‘We down here are decent peace-loving people.’ Badger laid his head on one side and smiled at Mr Fox. ‘Foxy,’ he said, ‘I love you.’ ‘Thank you,’ said Mr Fox. ‘And now let’s get on with the digging.’

[Law · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny :)