Obra de teatro corta en inglés: Friday at Four
Lectura original: https://relatoscortos.org/obra-de-teatro-corta-ingles-friday-at-four/
Friday at Four es una obra corta original en inglés sencillo. Cuatro integrantes de un club preparan invitaciones para su próxima reunión. Cada uno escribe un día o una hora diferente, y pronto descubren que no todos pueden asistir. La solución depende de comprobar sus planes antes de llevarse las invitaciones.
Personajes y lugar
- Maya: quiere que la invitación sea clara.
- Tom: escribe deprisa y prefiere tener tiempo para jugar.
- Alex: recuerda la fecha de la reunión anterior.
- Rose: quiere ir, pero el sábado estará fuera.
Lugar: una mesa del club. Los cuatro personajes permanecen visibles durante toda la obra. No hay narrador ni otras voces.
Utilería completa: una mesa estable, cuatro hojas de papel y cuatro lápices. Al comienzo hay una hoja y un lápiz delante de cada personaje. No se necesitan sillas, reloj, borrador, carteles ni otros objetos.
Duración orientativa: entre 5 y 7 minutos, según la velocidad de lectura y los momentos breves en que escriben o revisan sus hojas. No se ha ensayado ni cronometrado.
Scene 1. Four different invitations
(Maya, Tom, Alex and Rose stand around the table. Each has one sheet of paper and one pencil. Nobody leaves the stage.)
Maya: Our club meeting is next week. We need four invitations, one for each of us. Write “Club meeting,” the day, and the time.
Tom: Easy. I can write with my eyes closed.
Rose: Please keep your eyes open. We need to read these!
Alex: Tom is already writing. I should start too.
(They write on their own sheets.)
Tom: Done! My invitation says Friday at five.
Maya: At five? Mine says Friday at four.
Alex: Wait. Mine says Saturday at four. Our last meeting was on Saturday.
Rose: Mine says Saturday at five. I thought that was the plan.
Maya: We have four invitations with four different plans.
Tom: Four meetings in one week? That sounds like a lot!
Rose: And I can’t come on Saturday. I am away all day.
Alex: Oh. Then my invitation is not good for everyone.
Rose: Mine is not good for me!
Maya: No one has taken an invitation home yet. We can fix this.
Tom: Good. My pencil is ready for another try.
Scene 2. Which day and time?
(The four sheets stay on the table, one in front of each child. Maya points to the day on her own sheet.)
Maya: Let’s choose the day first. Rose, can you come on Friday?
Rose: Yes. Friday is good. I can’t come on Saturday.
Alex: Friday is good for me too. I wrote Saturday because I remembered our last meeting.
Tom: I am free on Friday. I got the day right!
Maya: Yes, Tom. Now we need one time. Why did you write five?
Tom: I want to play outside first. At five, I have more time to play.
Rose: Can you come at four?
Tom: Yes, I can. I can play after the meeting too.
Alex: I can come at four. School ends before that.
Maya: I can come at four, but not at five. I need to go home at five.
Rose: Four is good for me. I can stay for the meeting.
Alex: So, Friday at four?
Maya: Friday at four. It works for all of us.
Tom: Please ask me again. I want to get it right.
Alex: Tom, are you free on Friday at four?
Tom: Yes, I am! Friday at four. Not Saturday at five.
Rose: Can you remember it long enough to write it?
Tom: Watch me!
Scene 3. One clear invitation
(Maya’s sheet already says “Club meeting. Friday at four.” Tom, Alex and Rose cross out the incorrect day or time on their own sheets and write a clear new line below it. They use the pencils already on the table.)
Alex: I will cross out Saturday and write Friday.
Rose: I will cross out Saturday and five. Friday at four!
Tom: I only need to change five to four. That is one small number.
Maya: Check the whole invitation, not just the number.
Tom: Good idea. Mine says “Club meeting. Friday at four.”
Rose: Let’s read all four before we take them home.
Maya: My invitation says “Club meeting. Friday at four.”
Alex: Mine says the same: “Club meeting. Friday at four.”
Rose: Mine too: “Club meeting. Friday at four.” I can be there.
Tom: And mine says “Club meeting. Friday at four.” I checked twice!
Maya: Now all four invitations have the same day and time.
Alex: And all four of us can come.
Rose: Good. No Saturday meeting for me to miss.
Tom: On Friday at five, I can play outside after our meeting.
Alex: At five? Tom!
Tom: Yes! At five, after our meeting at four.
Rose: Ah. Now five is right too.
Maya: Friday at four it is. See you here!
(Each child holds up one invitation. They put their four pencils on the table, keep their sheets, and smile. End.)
Glosario para la lectura
Estas expresiones aparecen en el diálogo y tienen estos sentidos dentro de la obra:
- invitation: invitación.
- meeting: reunión.
- Friday: viernes.
- Saturday: sábado.
- at four: a las cuatro.
- at five: a las cinco.
- free: disponible, con tiempo para asistir.
- can’t come: no puedo asistir o ir.
- cross out: tachar lo escrito.
- the same: lo mismo o igual, en este contexto.
Cuatro preguntas de comprensión
- What two days appear on the first invitations? (¿Qué dos días aparecen en las invitaciones iniciales?)
- Why can’t Rose come on Saturday? (¿Por qué Rose no puede ir el sábado?)
- Can Tom come on Friday at four? (¿Puede Tom asistir el viernes a las cuatro?)
- What do all four final invitations say? (¿Qué dicen las cuatro invitaciones al final?)
Respuestas
- Friday and Saturday. (Viernes y sábado.)
- She is away all day. (Está fuera todo el día.)
- Yes, he can. (Sí, puede.)
- “Club meeting. Friday at four.” («Reunión del club. Viernes a las cuatro».)
Notas breves para representar
Las preguntas y el glosario no son parte del diálogo ni añaden intérpretes. Los cuatro niños deben verse durante las tres escenas. Las hojas permanecen sobre la mesa mientras escriben; al cambiar una fecha, se tacha y se escribe debajo, sin necesitar goma ni una hoja nueva.
Conviene leer en voz alta las expresiones Friday at four y Saturday at five para que se entienda el desacuerdo. Los movimientos son tranquilos: no se corre, no se mueve la mesa ni se intercambian los lápices. La duración indicada es solo una estimación de lectura y escritura en escena, no el resultado de un ensayo.
Esta obra es una creación dramática original, no una traducción o adaptación de otro guion. Puede encontrarse más teatro para lectores pequeños en la sección de obras infantiles.