There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

These child-friendly retellings were inspired by Nursery Rhymes on Stage by Julie Meehan, a collection of 20 simple plays based on familiar nursery rhymes.

The complete book features Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Itsy Bitsy Spider's Adventure, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Hickory Dickory Dock, I'm a Little Teapot, Jack and Jill, Five Little Ducks, Old Mother Hubbard, Five Little Monkeys, Miss Polly Had a Dolly, Row Row Your Boat, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Wheels on the Bus, Humpty Dumpty, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Little Bo Peep's Adventure, The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, Little Miss Muffet, Three Blind Mice, and A Sailor Went to Sea.

The scripts offer flexible casting, narrator-led storytelling, and minimal staging for classrooms, drama groups, and young performers.

Nursery Rhymes on Stage by Julie Meehan is available from Amazon and other online booksellers.

So grab a comfortable spot under the night sky and let's get started.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite nursery rhymes was, there was an old lady who swallowed a fly.

You may or may not remember this thing.

The old lady swallows a fly.