Cinderella

Roles:

Cinderella (C) 

Father (F)

Stepmother (M)

Sister 1 (S1)

Sister 2 (S2)

Fairy (Fa)

Herold 1 (H1)

Herold 2 (H2)

Herold 3 (H3)

King (K)

Prince (P)

F: Cinderella, my daughter, where are you? What are you doing?

C: I’m here, Daddy. I’m sweeping the floor.

F: Oh. You always sweep the floor. And you always do all the dirty work in our house. And it’s my fault.

C: Dear Daddy, don’t say so. You are so kind and loving.

F: And my second wife, your stepmother, is cruel. She loves only her two daughters and hates us, Cinderella. Here she is.  Oh, God! Why have I got married for the second time?

M: Cinderella, have you cleaned the floor?

S1: Have you done the washing up?

S2: Have you cooked the dinner yet?

C: Yes, I have. I’ve done everything.

M: Not everything. You, lazy girl! Listen! Clean the floor, make our beds,  wash the dog, then make a cake. And be quick! You’ve got only 60 minutes!

F: But she…

M: Keep silence!

H1: Listen to me! Listen to me! I’m king’s herold! Tomorrow there will be a great party in king’s palace! Please, take the invitation! The king invites you to a ball, where his son, Prince Richard, will choose a lady to be his wife!

M: My daughters, come to me! Come to me! Do you see it? We areinvited to the king’s palace!

S1: Will choose a lady to be his wife… Will he choose me?

S2: Or me, Mummy?

M: I’m sure, he’ll choose one of you, my girls. You are both so beautiful!

M, S1, S2: We will go to the ball, we will go to the ball!!!!!

S1: Cinderella, bring me a powder!

C: One minute!

S2: Cinderella, bring me my mirror!

C: OK!

S1: Where are my shoes?

C: Here you are!

S2: Cinderella, bring me my stockings!

M: Where are my gloves, Cinderella?

S1: Help me to put on my hat!

S2: Cinderella, bring me my hat, too.

M: Cinderella, brush my hair! And be quick! The carriage will be here in a minute.

C: May I go to the ball?

S1: Of course, not! You haven’t got beautiful dress!

S2:  You haven’t got beautiful shoes!

M: Besides, you have a lot to do at home: water the flowers, make a cake, prepare a dinner.

C: Ok, I’ll do it.

Fairy: Why are you crying, dear?

C:  My stepmother and her daughters are going to the king’s ball. They are going to dance with Prince!

F: Why aren’t you going?

C: I’m not a Princess. I’m only a poor girl. I must sit all alone and work.

F: Now, look here, Cinderella. I can help you. Do toy want to go to the king’s ball?

C: Yes, of course.

F: Trickity-trockity-wickity-wack!

Here is a beautiful ball dress and here are glass shoes for you. But mind, when the clock strikes 12, you must  leave the king’s ball or everything will disappear.

C: Ok, dear fairy, I promise, I’ll come back at 12 o’clock.

H1: It’s king’s ball! It’s king’s ball! Ladies and gentlemen! Let’s dance and sing for our king!

K: Why aren’t you dancing, my son? There are so many beautiful ladies here!

P: I don’t like any of them.  Go! Have a good time, my father!  I’ll stay here.

K: No, this ball is for you! Dance with different ladies to choose the best!

H1: She is beautiful!

H2: She is like the red son!

H3: She is like the morning star!

K: What is this beautiful lady?

P: She is like a red rose!

K: She is a princess! I’m sure!

P: Beautiful lady, will toy dance with me?

C: With great pleasure!

K: All step aside! My son will dance with the princess!

P: Beautiful lady, tell me your name!

C:  I can’t  tell you my name. Oh, it’s 12 o’clock. I’m sorry.

P: Don’t go away! Come back! Come back!

Who was this beautiful girl? I loves her!

K: I don’t know. We must search the palace! Herolds! Search the palace for the girl!

H1, 2, 3: Yes, our majesty!

H2: There is no young princess in our palace! Only her glass shoe was left on the stairs.

K: Give me the shoe! We shall find the girl! Take it.

P: Tell everyone; the prince will marry the one who it fits to.

H1, 2, 3: Yes, our majesty!

H1: Wanted a girl! She is very beautiful!

H2: She has got brown eyes and long hair.

H3:  She has got very small foot, only 10 cm.

H1, 2, 3: This is not your size.

M: Come in, gentlemen! I’ve got two daughters. They want to try the shoe on.

S1: I want to try the shoe.

H1: This is not your size!

S1: No! It’s exactly my size! It’s you  who’s got broken hands! Give me the shoe!

H1: This shoe is only 10 cm long, but your foot is 50 cm ling. It’s not your size!

S2: I want to try the shoe.

H2: This is not your size.

S2: But I  want to be Prince’s wife.

M:  I want to try the shoe!

H3: This is not your size. Are therev any other girls in the house?

M, S1, S2: No, no, no

F: Yes, there is!

M: Keep silence!

F: Mmmm…. I can’t. Cinderella, come here.

M, S1, S2: But she didn’t go to the ball.

H1: The king said all the girls in the country must try on this shoe.

This is your size!

C: I have the second one!

H1, H2, H3: The princess is found!

M: What? She? To marry prince?

S1: Our Cinderella? This dirty girl?

S2: She is going to live in the beautiful palace!

H2: The Prince begs you to marry him, beautiful lady!

H3: He is coming here with his son.

P: Oh, my pretty princess! Come with me to our palace!

C: Dear Prince, I’m not a princess. I’m only a poor girl. My name is Cinderella.

F: She doesn’t have a beautiful dress and valuable jewels or expensive carrige . But she is the kindest and the prettiest girl ever.

K:  It doesn’t matter who you are: a kitchen-maid or a princess.  The most important thing is to be yourself and to have a beautiful soul.