E.B. White's Charlotte's Web

by  Robinette, Joseph

Published: 1989

Acts: 1

Language:

Category: Children/Youth

Acts: 1
Male Roles: 6
Female Roles: 8
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

All the characters are here: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider Charlotte who proves to be a "true friend and a good writer." Determined to save Wilbur, Charlotte begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious campaign which ends with Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.