Today, we took the story from The Miller’s tale and wrote a Jerry Springer script based on the story. You can throw in your own interpretation of it (does John *really* know what happened, or is Allison coming on the show to confess?)

We watched a few Jerry Spring clips and these are things that we noticed:

• JER-RY chant
• Jerry is a bit is a smart “mouth”
• The audience chants FIGHT
• There are surprise guests
• There are weddings and/or special events
• There are bouncers (Steve)
• People throw chairs in the fights
• Introduction
• Show starts with one guest and then more come out
• The audience interacts
• Jerry’s final thoughts

 

These are things you need to have in your script:

• An introduction by Jerry Springer
• All four Miller’s Tale characters speak
• The audience interacts
• The audience has a Q&A time
• Jerry’s final thoughts teach a lesson, moral, or a lesson – could be about infidelity/cheating or age differences between couples
• It needs to be written in script format
• There needs to be stage directions

If you go to Blackboard, there is an example from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet.