Father Knows Better 英语短剧

This comedy centers on a proud father's attempts to help his children. For the sake of fun it carries things to extremes, but nearly everyone can recognize something of themselves and their parents in it.Father Knows BetterMarsh Cassidy CHARACTERS:DIANE KYLEFATHER MOTHERHEIDI SEANMANAGER HOST&SOMEONE第一幕：SETTING: Various locations including a fast-food restaurant, the Thompson family dining roomAT RISE: As the lights come up, HEIDI enters and crosses Down Right to the edge of the stage. SEAN and DIANE enter and cross Down Left to the edge of the stage. They listen as HEIDI addresses the audience.HEIDI: My dad's a nice man. Yet he's...well, he's always doing these stupid things that end up really embarrassing one or more of us kids.One time, see, my brother wanted to buy this guitar. So he got a job at this fast-food place .It was Sean's first actual job, so he hide his job as a secret for fear that others may make it become complicated. But father… You know what happened? I hate totell you because:SEAN, DIANE and HEIDI: (In unison) Father knows better!3(The lights come Up Left on the fast-food restaurant where SEAN works. It consists of a counter and couple of small tables. The MANAGER stands behind the counter. SEAN is busily cleaning the tables when FATHER walks in. )MANAGER: Good evening, sir. May I help you?FATHER: Good evening.SEAN: (To himself) Oh, no! (He squats behind one of the tables trying to hide from FATHER. )FATHER: I'm looking for the manager.MANAGER: That would be me, sir.FATHER: I'm Sam Thompson. My daughter works here.MANAGER: Oh, you're Sean's father.FATHER: Yes. It's her first job, you know. I just wanted to check that she's doing OK.MANAGER: Oh, fine. No problem.4SEAN: (Spreading his hands, palms up, speaking to himself) what did I do to deserve this? Tell me what?FATHER: Hiring her was a good decision then?MANAGER: Well, yeah, I suppose so.SEAN: (Still to himself) Go home, Dad. Go home. It’s my staff, I can handle it well, just go home.FATHER: I'm sure she's a good worker but a typical teenager, if you know what I mean.MANAGER: (Losing interest) I wouldn't know.FATHER: She's a good girl. And I assure you that if there are any subjects that need to be addressed, Sean and I will have a face-to-face talk.MANAGER: I don't think that will be necessary...FATHER: Oh, no problem. I'm proud of m5y daughter. Very, very proud. And I just wanted you to know that I'll do anything I can to help her through life's dangerous sea.5SEAN: (Standing up and screaming) Aaaargh! Aaaargh! Aaaaaaargh!FATHER: Daughter, I didn't know you were here.SEAN: It's where I work, Dad.FATHER: Of course. I mean, I didn't see you.SEAN: I can't imagine why.FATHER: Your manager and I were just having a nice chat.(DIANE enters Down Left just as HEIDI enters Down Right. They look at SEAN and FATHER. )SEAN: If that sort of thing happened only once in a while, it wouldn't be so bad. Overall, I wouldn't want to trade my dad for anyone else's. He loves us kids and Mom too. But I think that's sometimes the problem. He wants to do things for us, things he thinks are good. But he needs to give them more thought because:SEAN, HEIDI and DIANE: (In unison) Father knows better!第二幕(The lights quickly fade to black and then come up a second or two later. SEANstands alone at the Down Right edge of the stage. HEIDI and DIANE cross to Down Left edge of the stage. )In the summer vacation, Diane and Kyle meet for the first time in the school party.Host: Hello, everyone, let’s find out who will be the next pair to stand on the stage and make a show for all of us!(Two balloon was threw out, Diane and Kyle got them)Host: Aha, let’s welcome the lucky pair!Kyle and Diane are pushed to the front.Kyle: Well…it’s my first time to stand in front of so many people, I’m a bit nervous…Diane: Me, tooooo…. My name is Diane.Kyle: I’m Kyle, glad to be your partner.Diane: My pleasure, let’s start.Diane: Wow, you’re a nice singer.Kyle: Well, I practice a lotDiane: Practice?Kyle: Yeah…The mirror in my bathroom can prove that.Diane and Kyle （laughing）Kyle: I wonder whether I can have your number, cause…I hope…Diane: Yeah, sure, my number is 12345.Kyle: Aha, get it and my number is 54321, I’ll call you!Diane: OK~Curtains down.(The lights fade to black and come up on the Center Stage area where FATHER and the three children are seated around the dining room table. MOTHER enters carrying a dish, which she sets on the table. FATHER quickly rises and pulls out her chair. She sits. The family starts eating dinner. )FATHER: I think I need to have a talk with you, Diane.DIANE: about…what?MOTHER: Well, whatever it is, dear, don't keep us in suspense.FATHER: Well, you know, Dan Lucas and I work together?DIANE: Kyle's father?MOTHER: Don't interrupt, dear, your father is trying to tell you something. HEIDI: Something Diane won't want to know, I'll bet.SEAN: Whatever would make you think that?MOTHER: Heidi, sweetheart, don't distract your father.SEAN and HEIDI: Sorry, Mom.8FATHER: Now then. As I was saying, I know how much you like young Kyle. DIANE: Father!FATHER: It's true, isn't it? Didn't I hear you tell your mother that you wish Kyle would ask you to the senior prom?SEAN: Uh-oh!HEIDI: Oops!MOTHER: Please, children, please. Your father is trying to speak.DIANE: Yes-I-said-that-why-are-you-asking?FATHER: Well then.DIANE: "Well then" what?!Father: Actually, I don’t think Kyle is suitable to you, he is too energetic, though both of you have entered college, I think it may be better for you to find a calm and…Diane: Oh, come on Dad, I’m 18 now, I can handle my staff well. You don’t need worry about me.Father: But you’re too young to realize what you really need for your life, I’m your father, I have already gone through your age, in which case, I’m supposed to give a good advice.Diane: Dad...I…Someone: It’s hard for Diane and Kyle to be together because of Diane’s father’s opposition, but as time goes by, Father comes to realize something.Father: (smile) Well, Kyle is not too bad…actually…I have to say that he is kind of…excellent. Maybe I shouldn’t always influence my young child, they have already grown up, and it’s time for them to live their own life now.Someone: the generation gap appears between parents and children mostly, in fact, it’s a matter of how to appreciate love and how to give love.Father: We love our children, we want to protect our children with love, but we also need to know that the true love is to have our children separate from us when it’s the right time.Mother: After all, our children have to live on their own one day.HEADI: as a child, we need to appreciate the love from our parents, the love may make us feel embarrassed sometimes, but whatever, they are our parents, and the love is warm.SEAN: One day we will become parents, we will understand what is in parents’ mind, but why do we have to wait until that day? Why don’t we learn to be thankful to ourparents’ love now?DIANE: If we understand each other and have a nice chat now and then, the generation gap won’t be a problem at all, isn’t it?KYLE: Because whatever we do, whatever we want.ALL: Father knows better!Someone: The school annual celebration is coming. Kyle, Diane and their friends prepare a dance for the celebration. Occasionally, Diane’s father is invited to watch the show as a guest.Host: Thank you for the wonderful magic show, Rone and Cathy.And now, let’s welcome the amazing group, they will bring us an excellent dance, called We are all here together! (claps)(show time)(Thank you)。