Horrid Henry's Christmas Play (story)

"Horrid Henry's Christmas Play" is a short story by American children's author Francesca Simon.
==Synopsis==
Henry's school are doing a Christmas play, and who better than Horrid Henry to play the starring part of Joseph? When the role is given to Perfect Peter, Henry is horrified, until he is assigned the part of the innkeeper. Henry is initially thrilled, as the innkeeper must be the most important role. But when he receives his script and finds out how insignificant his part really is, Henry gets an idea: if he can't play a bigger part, maybe he can make his part bigger...
==Characters==
* Horrid Henry
** Horrid Great White Shark
** The Innkeeper
*Perfect Peter
*Mum
*Dad
*Miss Battle-Axe
*Moody Margaret
*Singing Soraya
*Jolly Josh
*Magic Martha
*Weepy William
*New Nick
*Greedy Graham
*Beefy Bert
*Rude Ralph (not seen)
*Anxious Andrew (not seen)
*Aerobic Al (not seen)
*Jazzy Jim (not seen)
*Brainy Brian (not seen)
* Dizzy Dave (not seen)
*Aerobic Al (not seen)
* Mrs Oddbod (not seen)
*Margaret's Deaf Aunt (not seen)
*Sour Susan (mentioned)
*Lazy Linda (mentioned)
*Fiery Fiona (mentioned)
*Clever Clare (mentioned)
*Goody-Goody Gordon (referenced)
==Behind the Scenes==
"Horrid Henry's Christmas Play" was written by Francesca Simon and features art from Tony Ross.
This story (published shortly before Christmas 2006) was the first in the series to be published after the TV series had begun airing. It's release also coincided with the beginning of Series 1 airing.
==Appears In==
*Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker (2006)
*Horrid Henry's Christmas Play (early reader) (2011)
Category:Stories