Dahl's elemental fix on kids' consciousness gets this off to a
surefire shivery start, with orphan Sophie, awake st the witching
hour, snatched from her bed by a giant hand and carried off to a
land of giants clear off the last page of the atlas. But Sophie's
kidnapper is really friendly (hence BFG for Big Friendly Giant) and
does not eat humans as she had feared, but occupies himself
gathering and dispensing dreams. He also expresses himself in a
mixed-up, cutesy manner that is simply tiresome. Nearby, however,
are nine still-bigger giants who do eat humans ("I is a nice and
jumbly giant" but "human beans is like strawbunkles and cream to
those giants," says the BFG) - and it's to protect the world from
them that Sophie and the BFG hatch a scheme: He will mix a dream
from his collection and send it to the Queen of England to apprise
her of the threat; then, when she awakens, Sophie will be on her
windowsill, and the BFG waiting in the garden, to convince her that
the dream is true. And so it is that we find Sophie and the BFG
breakfasting with Her Majesty . . . and the BFG violating all
decorum, even to letting fly a glumptious whizzpopper (kids would
call it a fart). Nevertheless the Queen is impressed and sends off
her military men, who, under the BFG's direction, rope the sleeping
giants and haul them back by helicopter to be imprisoned in a giant
pit. This is all told in Dahl's higgledy-piggledy home-made manner,
which is rarely disarming here despite the pandering. And it's hard
to find the bumble-tongued BFG endearing. (Kirkus Reviews)
Characters: Minimum of 4 male, 4 female to play 30 characters
Scenery: Various sets A children's favorite, the well known story
about a twenty four foot high giant and a little girl is recreated
faithfully for the stage. At Sophie's birthday party, family and
friends act out the story using props and puppets in an
improvisational manner.
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