Write A Play Or Radio Script For GCSE English (14-16 years) - Activity Pack

Title: The Forgotten Diary

Scene 1: A dusty attic filled with boxes and old furniture. Sunlight streams through a small window, casting shadows on the floor. AMELIA, a curious teenager, is rummaging through the attic. She finds an old diary.

(Sound of boxes moving and objects clinking. AMELIA coughs from the dust.)

AMELIA: (Excitedly) What's this? An old diary? This could be interesting.

(Sound of pages flipping. AMELIA sits down and begins to read.)

Scene 2: Flashback to the past. The stage is now set like a 1940s living room. We see ELIZABETH, a young woman from the past, writing in her diary.

ELIZABETH: (Voiceover as AMELIA reads) June 5th, 1943. The world outside is in chaos, but in these pages, I find peace.

(Sound of air raid sirens in the distance. ELIZABETH looks worried but continues to write.)

Scene 3: Back in the attic, AMELIA is engrossed in the diary. Her FRIEND, SAM, enters, looking for her.

SAM: (Calling out) Amelia! Where are you?

AMELIA: (Whispering) Up here, Sam! I've found something amazing!

(Sound of footsteps on creaky stairs as SAM joins AMELIA.)

SAM: (Curiously) What is it?

AMELIA: It's Elizabeth's diary from the war. Listen to this entry...

(AMELIA reads aloud as the stage transitions back to ELIZABETH's living room.)

Scene 4: ELIZABETH is speaking to her brother JAMES, who is in uniform, ready to leave for war.

ELIZABETH: (Tearfully) Promise me you'll come back, James.

JAMES: (Comfortingly) I promise, Lizzie. Keep writing in your diary. It'll be like I'm not even gone.

(They hug. Sound of a door closing as JAMES leaves. ELIZABETH returns to her diary, crying.)

Scene 5: Back in the attic, AMELIA and SAM are reflecting on the diary.

AMELIA: (Sadly) She writes about James in every entry. But after a while... (Pauses) The entries stop.

SAM: (Sympathetically) Maybe she couldn't write anymore... after James...

(AMELIA nods, a tear rolling down her cheek.)

AMELIA: (Determined) We need to find out what happened to them. This diary... it's like a voice from the past that needs to be heard.

SAM: (Supportively) Then let's uncover their story. Together.

(Sound of pages flipping as they continue to read the diary, determined to piece together Elizabeth and James's story.)

Scene 6: The stage is split. One side is the attic with AMELIA and SAM researching. The other side shows ELIZABETH, older now, sitting alone, writing a final entry.

ELIZABETH: (Voiceover as AMELIA reads) October 12th, 1945. The war is over, but my heart is still at battle. James kept his promise; he came back. But the war changed him, and he couldn't stay. This diary is all I have left.

(AMELIA and SAM look at each other, the weight of the revelation heavy in the air.)

AMELIA: (Softly) We have to find her, Sam. Elizabeth might still be out there.

SAM: (Resolutely) And we will. Her story won't be forgotten. Not anymore.

(The stage lights dim on the attic, and a spotlight shines on ELIZABETH as she closes her diary for the last time.)

ELIZABETH: (Looking up as if sensing something) Maybe someone, someday, will find these words. Until then, I'll remember for us both.

(Lights fade to black, end of script.)