Pinkerton
hat kind of dog gets an F in obedience training and then saves a museum, catches a burglar and hatches an emperor penguin? Only Emily s loveable and rambunctious Great Dane puppy, Pinkerton! Pinkerton s boisterous behavior in Emily s classroom lands him in obedience training at Dr. Alesha Kibble s Canine University. After tearing up a newspaper when told to fetch and affectionately licking the invader when told to get the burglar, Pinkerton receives an F. Undaunted, Pinkerton sneaks into the museum where Emily s class is hearing a lecture about emperor penguins. Impressed with penguins and their devotion to egg and family, Pinkerton dreams of being a penguin parent. Sneaking out of the house, Pinkerton finds a football at the park and tries to hatch it at the ice skating rink. He s discovered there by Emily and her family, and Emily s grandmother delivers a stuffed egg with a baby Pinkwin inside for Pinkerton to care for. Later, Pinkerton is teething and destroys a neighbor s tree, causes a piano to collapse and devours an entire box of rawhide bones. Emily realizes that she can t leave Pinkerton at home and disguises him in a stegosaurus costume to take him with her to the museum s Dinosaur Day. When a huge dinosaur skeleton is revealed, Pinkerton grabs a bone from it, causing the entire skeleton to collapse. As Emily prepares to make up for Pinkerton s mistake, everyone notices the precious Pepperwill diamond is missing! And there s the burglar! Pinkerton springs into action at Emily s command to Fetch! throwing the burglar to the ground and sitting on top of him. The day is saved as all celebrate Pinkerton!
Publisher | Dramatic Publishing Co. |
Category | Full Length Play |
Theme | comedy |
Type | Script |
Author | Linda Dougherty (adaption) |
ISBN | 9781619591578 |
Music By | n/a |
Duration | 75 min |
Adapted By | n/a |
Based On | n/a |
Male | 3 |
Female | 5 |
Extras | 14 - 30 |
Cast | 22 |
Type | Script |
Performed By | school / college / community /professional |
Performed For | family |
Royalty Play | Dramatic Publishing Co. |
Sale Price | $24.95 (excl. GST and postage) |
Our reference | 78756 |