CINDERELLA
CHARACTERS: NARRATOR, CINDERELLA, STEPSISTER 1 - ANN, STEPSISTER 2- MARY ANN, FAIRY GODMOTHER
PRINCE
NARRATOR: Cinderella lives in a house with her Stepmother and her two Stepsisters. Her Stepmother doesn’t do anything around the house. She always says:
STEPMOTHER: Cinderella, wash the dishes, Cinderella, do the rooms. Come on, Cinderella, move!.
NARRATOR: Her Stepmother is not a good woman. And her daughters are the same. None of them loves Cinderella
ANN: Cinderella, come here!.
MARY ANN: Cinderella wash the floor!.
ANN: Cinderella clean my shoes!.
MARY ANN: Cinderella make my hair!.
NARRATOR: Cinderella is very beautiful and hardworkig. She is so good to her Stepmother and to her Stepsisters. Once they got an invitation.
ANN: Mum, just read it!.
MARY ANN: What is it?.
STEPMOTHER: It says that all women of our kingdom are invited to a ball.
CINDERELLA: Oh, I would like to go there. I like dancing.
ANN: You want to go to the ball, don’t you?
MARY ANN: You must be crazy! Our mother will never allow this
CINDERELLA: Oh, I would be so happy to go to a ball even just to look at it
NARRATOR: Cinderella works hard. She starts making the dresses for her Stepmother and her Stepsisters. She doesn´t have time to make her own dress.
ANN: Oh, what a wonderful dress! I will be the most beautiful lady in the ball
MARY ANN: I think my dress is much more beautiful.
STEPMOTHER: Cinderella, poor thing, if you don´t have a dress, you will not go to the ball.
NARRATOR: Cinderella starts to cry.
CINDERELLA: I don´t have a pretty dress. I have a dirty dress because I work all the time. I am not going to the ball.
ANN: What a shame! Off course you won’t go
MARY ANN: You are too lazy to have a pretty dress
NARRATOR: Suddenly, Cinderella sees a very beautiful woman. It´s her Fairy Godmother. She waves her magic stick and says:
FAIRY GODMOTHER: Don’t cry, my dear child. Now you have a pretty dress.
NARRATOR: Cinderella looks at her dress and says.
CINDERELLA: Yes, I have a fantastic dress!. I am going to the ball. I am so happy! Thank you so much!
FAIRY GODMOTHER: Just remember that you have to come back at twelve o´clock. Don´t forget!.
CINDERELLA: No, I won´t forget!. Good-bye.
NARRATOR: Cinderella goes to the ball, and when she enters the palace everybody look at her.
GIRL 1: What a pretty girl!.
GIRL 2: Who is she?.
NARRATOR: The handsome prince looks at her and says.
PRINCE: I want to dance with this pretty lady.
NARRATOR: He walks to where she is, and says.
PRINCE: Would you like to dance with me?.
CINDERELLA: Yes, I would.
NARRATOR: And they danced all night. Suddenly, Cinderella hears the clock strike .
CLOCK: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
CINDERELLA: I have to go!.
NARRATOR: Cinderella runs and runs outside the palace, but she drops one of her shoes. The Prince runs after her, but he doesn´t see her.
PRINCE: Wait!. Wait!. What is your name?. Where do you live?. Wait!.
NARRATOR: Then he picks up the shoe and says.
PRINCE: Where is she? I don´t even know her name. I don´t know anything about her. I am very sad.
NARRATOR: Next morning, when the prince wakes up, he says.
PRINCE: I have to find my pretty lady. I have her crystal shoe!
NARRATOR: He goes to town and looks for her in every house there is.
PRINCE: Is the pretty lady here?.
WOMAN 1: No, she is not, and I don´t know where she is.
NARRATOR: The prince goes to another house, and another one, and another one. He doesn´t find her. At last, he goes to Cinderella´s house.
PRINCE: Is the pretty lady here?.
STEPMOTHER: Yes, she is. That is my daughter´s shoe. Ann, come here.
ANN: Yes, my lady.
STEPMOTHER: Try on this shoe.
NARRATOR: Ann tries to put on the shoe but it is much smaller than her foot.
ANN: I can´t . This shoe is too small. It hurts!. This is not my shoe.
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Cinderella is coming down the stairs and says.
CINDERELLA: That shoe is mine.
MARY ANN: Ha, ha, ha. You’re silly!.
CINDERELLA: Yes, that shoe is mine!. And I have the other one.
NARRATOR: Suddenly she appears with her pretty dress, and once again she looks very beautiful.
PRINCE: I love you!. I love you!. Will you marry me, my beautiful lady?
CINDERELLA: Yes, I will, my dear prince.
NARRATOR: And now Cinderella and the Prince live happily in the palace.