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.
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