Topic: The story of Esther (Based on Esther 1-10)
Main theme: The blessings of obedience and humility
Approximate duration: 30 minutes
- Cast, Suggested props & costumes.
- SCENE ONE – Narration (Based on Esther 1:10-11)
- SCENE ONE – My Queen (Based on Songs Of Solomon 1, 2 & 4)
- SCENE TWO – Narration (Based on Esther 1:10-11)
- SCENE TWO -I Cannot Win (Based on Esther 1:12)
- SCENE THREE -Narration (Based on Esther 1:12)
- SCENE THREE – Banished (Based on Esther 1:12-17)
- SCENE FOUR – Narration (Based on Esther 1:18 – 2:3)
- SCENE FOUR – The Preparation (Based on Esther 2:3, 2:8)
- SCENE FIVE – Narration (Based on Esther 2:6 – 3:5)
- SCENE FIVE – The Boomerang Plan – Part 1 (Based on Esther 3:5-11)
- SCENE SIX – Narration (Based on Esther 4:1-12)
- SCENE SIX – Shall I Go? (Based on Esther 4:13-17)
- SCENE SEVEN – Narration (Based on Esther 4:16 – 6:4)
- SCENE SEVEN – The Boomerang Plan – Part 2 (Based on Esther 7:1-10)
- SCENE EIGHT – Narration (Based on Esther 8:1-7)
- SCENE EIGHT – You Were Willing (Based on the conclusion to the story) Plus end narration (Based on Esther 8:1 – 10:3)
- Suggested summary
- Director’s Notes
Cast
Cast: 35 characters + a narrator
King Xerxes
Esther
Mordecai
Hegai
Haman
Queen Vashti
Marsena
Carshena
Shethar
Admatha
Memucan
Harbonah
Non-speaking parts
10 Banquet guests (7 men for Scene One & 3 women for Scene Two.)
1 servant (for Scenes One, Two & Three)
10 young girls (As prospective queens in Scene Four)
2 government officials (Scene Five)
Suggested Props & Costumes
For Scene One
A long deckchair or chaise-long for Xerxes to lounge on with his feet up.
Another reclining chair for Vashti to be used in Scene Two.
A small, foldable table to be positioned by Vashti’s chair. The crown will be on this covered by a cloth.
A cloth to hide the crown until Scene Two
3 soft chairs.
A large table which can also be used as a dining table in Scene Six.
6 empty bottles of wine.
A bowl of fruit.
A bunch of grapes.
3 rugs
For Scene Three
A tiara or plastic crown for Vashti to wear. This will be on a table, hidden under the cloth in Scenes One and Two.
For Scene Four
A portable clothes rack, preferably on wheels.
Several long dresses on hangers.
8 soft scarves.
Several beaded necklaces.
4 jewel/trinket boxes.
Several brooches & rings.
Some fancy bubble-bath bottles
A few bottles of body lotion or hand-cream.
For Scene Five
3 small tables/desks & 3 chairs for Mordecai & government officials.
3 sheets of paper.
3 pens.
For Scene Seven
A plain pillowcase or large cloth to place over Haman’s head.
