Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Be a Team Player!

As a cast member at a show, you have an enormous responsibility to the creative team, the crew and yourself. Every member of the company is vital to the success of the show. Actors rely on their fellow cast members to speak each line and perform each stage action as rehearsed. Everyone depends on the crew members to change the set, provide the props, help with costumes, etc.Because each person's actions affect the entire company, it is essential that you are always punctual. The time you are expected at rehearsals, or at the theater before a performance, is known as your call time. Once you arrive, you must focus and follow instructions. Create a calendar with all your call times, what you need to prepare for each rehearsal, and any other important information.This Student Book contains a lot of information, but once rehearsals start, you'll be amazed how quickly you learn. And remember to have fun. So get out there and "break a leg!"*

*This is theatre slang for "good luck." Theatre people have a long history of superstition. Many believe if you wish for something aloud, the opposite will occur. So to avoid saying anything to jinx a performance,performers wish each other harm rather than luck to bring about the opposite result!



Story Background

Did you know writers sometimes rewrite books many times before their books are finalized? Roald Dahl wrote several drafts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory before settling on the version that has become so well known. The information below details the development of Charlie and theChocolate Factory from first draft to cherished book. So the next time you are rewriting a book report, remember your hard work just may pay off!

The Story in the Early Drafts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(All Dates are approximate)

Manuscript, Titled, Charlie’s Chocolate Boy (1961)
Ten golden tickets were hidden in Wonka chocolate bars every week. Mr. Wonka gave a tour of his factoryevery Saturday to that week's lucky recipients. In this draft, Charlie Bucket finds a ticket on, his first attempt. The other nine children on the factory tour are not introduced to the reader until they meet their respective ends:
• Augustus Pottle-falls in the chocolate river
• Miranda Grope-also falls in the chocolate river, despite Augustus' example
• Wilbur Rice and TommyTroutbeck-dimb in wagons running from the vanilla fudge mountain and end up in the "Pounding and Cutting Room"
• Violet Strabismus-turns purple after chewing the three course-meal gum
• Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper-each cram a whole mouthful of "warming candies" and overheat
• Elvira Entwhistle-falls foul of the squirrels in the Nut Room

Charlie Bucket climbs into a"chocolate boy" mould in the Easter Egg room and is encased in chocolate. He is taken to Mr. Wonka's house as a present for Freddie Wonka (Mr. Wonka's son). While there, Charlie witnesses a burglary. As a reward for helping to catch the burglars, Mr. Wonka gives him his own sweet shop, "Charlie's Chocolate Shop."

Typescript, titled, Charlie’s Chocolate Boy (1961)
The number of tickets per week isreduced from ten to seven. The lucky finders in this story (with their exits) were:

• Augustus Pottle-falls into chocolate river, and goes to the Chocolate Fudge room
• Miranda Mary Piker-falls into Chocolate River, and goes to the Peanut Brittle room.
• Violet Beauregarde-turns purple after chewing gum
• Henry Trout-climbs into a vanilla fudge wagon
• MarvinPrune-(pages missing from draft, so we never find out what happens to him)
• Veruca Salt-is tipped down the garbage chute in the Nut Room

Ghostly voices recite the poems after each child's exit. The workers in the factory are simply described as "white-coated assistants."

Untitled Manuscript-an incomplete draft (1962)
The seven children in this draft are given distinct characteristics, which...