Buckingham
by Peter Griffith  

The eccentric aristocrat Lady Bigmouth is touring Germany,
visiting primary schools. With her is her long-suffering Butler
Baxtiff, who has to do everything that Lady Bigmouth says.
Also with her is Buckingham, Lady Bigmouth's pet guinea-pig.
 
Lady Bigmouth's visit guarantees an hour of fun for audiences in
the 1st and 2nd school-years - what happens when Buckingham
escapes among the children? - and how does poor Baxtiff deal with
the demands of his employer that he should find fresh food for the
adventurous guinea-pig, or milk an angry cow to provide her with a
glass of milk?
 
The play is written in extremely simple English, and is presented very
visually so that even 6- and 7-year-old children in their first years of
learning English can enjoy the slapstick humour. During the play the
children have a chance to practise words that they will have been
learning in their lessons -- the colours, the numbers, the parts of the
body, the clothing, opposite adjectives, etc.