Londondungeons - Scriptwriting - Villain/Character and Horror Genre Lessons

Sep 2, 2026

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A structured scriptwriting lesson pack guiding learners through pre-visit, in-role character work, and post-visit creative tasks. Students explore what makes a successful villain or “bad character,” practice inferring character traits from biographical facts and historical context, and write/perform scripts with clear stage directions. The material also focuses on horror-genre conventions through interview role-plays, dialogue planning, story starters, and the completion of a new scene script.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages22

Reading Time34 min

AccessFree to download

Pre Visit Lesson 1

Objectives

Outcomes

Pre Visit Lesson 2

Objectives

Outcomes

Post Visit Lesson 1

Objectives

Outcomes

Character Worksheet

What I already know or can guess

Questions I have

Scenarios

Scenario 1: Guy Fawkes

Scenario 2: Alizon Device

Scenario 3: Burke & Hare

Scenario 4: Henry VIII

| PRE VISIT LESSON 1 | PRE VISIT LESSON 2 | POST VISIT LESSON 1 | | --- | --- | --- | | A Horrible Cast of | Frightening Scenes and | Stories from Inside the | | Characters… | Showdowns | Dungeons... | | Objectives
6 To understand the components of a successful villain or ‘bad character’
6 To make inferences about characters based on biographical facts and historical context
6 To write and act in-role as a given character, conveying that character’s thoughts, feelings and motivations | Objectives
6 To identify some of the features of the horror genre
6 To carry out interview role-plays using the conventions of the horror genre
6 To write dialogue for the interview, including stage directions for actors | Objectives
6 To recap the different features of a good script
6 To use different story starters to prompt creative ideas for a script
6 To write and perform a script, including stage directions | | Outcomes | Outcomes | Outcomes | | A list of known facts and | A list of horror genre | A list of the features of | | questions about a selection | conventions; an interview | a good script; a creative | | of characters in the | between two characters in | discussion prompted by | | Dungeons; a freeze-frame | the style of the horror genre; | different ‘story starters’; a | | of a character in a given | a completed ‘speech bubble’ | completed script for a new | | scenario; a diary entry in-role | dialogue sheet including | scene; a performance of a | | as a character. | stage directions. | script. | | CHARACTER | WHAT I ALREADY KNOW OR CAN GUESS ABOUT THIS CHARACTER | QUESTIONS I HAVE
ABOUT THIS CHARACTER | | --- | --- | --- | | Guy Fawkes (London and York)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Alizon Device (Blackpool)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Burke & Hare (Edinburgh)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Henry VIII
(London)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SCENARIO 1

Guy Fawkes has just been arrested for his involvement in the Gunpower Plot
| SCENARIO 2

Alizon Device believes she has just sold her soul to the devil
| | --- | --- | | SCENARIO 3

Burke & Hare have just sold a corpse for scientific research
| SCENARIO 4

Henry VIII has just executed one of his many wives, Anne Boleyn
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FAQs

What skills does Pre Visit Lesson 1 develop?

It focuses on understanding the components of a successful villain or “bad character,” making inferences from biographical facts and historical context, and writing/acting in-role to convey thoughts, feelings, and motivations.

How does Pre Visit Lesson 2 use the horror genre?

Students identify horror-genre features and carry out interview role-plays that follow horror conventions, then write interview dialogue with stage directions for actors.

What activities are included in the Post Visit Lesson 1?

Learners recap features of a good script, use different story starters to generate ideas, then write and perform a script, including stage directions.

Sep 2, 2026

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