Kwun Tong Government Primary P.M.
School
English Drama Programme 2007-2008
CINDERELLA
LIST OF CHARACTERS :
MAIN MOUSE
THE MICE -
GROUP 1 - SKWEEK
GROUP 2 - TIPTOE
GROUP 3 - LONGTAIL
GROUP 4 - WETNOSE
GROUP 5 - SNITCH
GRABBER, THE CAT
CINDERELLA
BUTTONS
LEENA AND VIOLA
STEPMOTHER
GARY, THE GUARD
TERRY, THE GUARD
PRINCE CHARMING
FAIRY GODMOTHERS
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PROLOGUE – Mouse Talk – The Kitchen
ALL MICE: Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!
MAIN MOUSE: Do we want some?
ALL MICE: Ooh yes please!
MAIN MOUSE: What do we want?
ALL MICE: We want cheese!
MAIN MOUSE: Wait a minute! We’re not just here for cheese, you know.
ALL MICE: We’re not?
MAIN MOUSE: Certainly not. We’re here to tell the tale.
TIPTOE: Tail? Whose tail? (They examine their tails, puzzled.)
MAIN MOUSE: Not that sort of tail! I’m talking about the STORY!
ALL MICE: It is?
MAIN MOUSE: Yep. We’re here to tell about a girl called Cinderella. Hip, hip…
ALL MICE: HURRAY!
MAIN MOUSE: Hip, hip…
ALL MICE: HURRAY!
MAIN MOUSE: SHHHHHH! I think I hear something… It’s Grabber! Run for
your lives! (They scatter and hide themselves in terror.)
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SCENE 1: Poor Cinderella – The Kitchen
GRABBER: MIAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOW! MICE! I hate them!
MIAAAOOW!
(Enter Cinderella.)
CINDERELLA: Grabber, get away from that mice!
Could you stop bullying the mice?
GRABBER: I like bullying mice!
CINDERELLA: How could you? Poor things, you should love them.
GRABBER: I do. I love EATING them… MIAAAOOOOW!
CINDERELLA: You naughty cat! Go away! Go away!
GRABBER: Miaw-huh… (GRABBER runs out.)
(The MICE enter quietly.)
(CINDERELLA begins to dust the furniture.)
(Enters BUTTONS, carrying a tray and three large envelopes.)
BUTTONS: Good morning, Cinderella. House work again?
CINDERELLA: Yes, Buttons. House work again!
MAIN MICE: YES! Cinderella does all the house work! Like…
SKWEEK: Making the bed!
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TIPTOE: Watering the plants!
LONGTAIL: Folding the clothes!
WETNOSE: Setting the table!
SNITCH: Clearing the table!
CINDERELLA: AND, sweeping the floor!
BUTTONS: I’ve got something. A surprise!!! (He hands her an envelope.)
BUTTONS: The prince is holding a party! He will choose a wife.
CINDERELLA: What? Can I go?
BUTTONS: Yes, of course! You are invited!
CINDERELLA: I can’t believe it!
(Off stage, LEENA and VIOLA shout for CINDERELLA.)
SISTERS: CIN----DER----E----LLAAAAAAA!!!
CINDERELLA: Oh no! My sisters...
BUTTONS: Your STEP-sisters.
CINDERELLA: Well, yes… They want their breakfast…
BUTTONS: Come on. Be happy, Cinderella!
CINDERELLA: Thank you, Buttons.
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SCENE 2: GREAT NEWS – The Kitchen
(Enter SISTERS.)
LEENA: Where’s Cinderella?
VIOLA: You didn’t bring us breakfast!
LEENA: And the fire is not lit!
STEPMOTHER: How dare Cinderella?
VIOLA & LEENA: CINDERELLA….
(They search all the corners but no one responds.)
STEPMOTHER: CIN---DE---RE---LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
(Suddenly, Cinderella comes out.)
STEPMOTHER: Ah…You scared me. How dare you?
LEENA: Cinderella, there you are!
VIOLA: You didn’t bring us breakfast!
LEENA: WHY?
VIOLA: WAIT… What are you holding behind your back?
CINDERELLA: Nothing…
STEPMOTHER: Have you stolen anything? Come on, hand it over!
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LEENA & VIOLA: Hand it over!
BUTTONS: It’s just the invitation to a party.
STEPMOTHER: What? It’s just the invitation to a party. I can’t believe it!
BUTTONS: You have it too!
SISTERS: O, really?
VIOLA: (to Cinderella) You want to go to the party, too?
SISTERS: Hahaha…
LEENA: HAND IT OVER!
BUTTONS: Don’t do it, Cinderella…
(VIOLA snatches it.)
STEPMOTHER: Destroy it!
VIOLA: Yes, dear mother!
CINDERELLA: No. It’s mine!
(Stepmother examines it and tears it up.)
VIOLA: WAS yours, you mean.
CINDERELLA: Viola… That’s bad!!!
LEENA: Oh… really? But I think Viola is great!
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SISTERS: Hahahahahaha…… Buttons, come with us. (They exit.)
TIPTOE: Terrible. Anyone got a tissue?
WETNOSE: Poor Cinderella…
ALL MICE: Don’t be too upset, Cinderella. We’re here with you…
CINDERELLA: Thank you, my little friends… you are so sweet!
SCENE 3: The Transformation – The Kitchen
(There is a rumble of thunder. FAIRY GODMOTHERS enters.)
GODMOTHER 1: Cinderella – We are Fairy Godmothers
GODMOTHER 2: We’ve come to grant you a wish!
CINDERELLA: A wish????
GODMOTHER 3: A WISH!!! Come on, make a wish!
CINDERELLA: Well… I want to go to the party!
GODMOTHERS: GOOD! You shall go to the party!
(Light changes and Music. CINDERELLA is undergoing a transformation)
GODMOTHERS: You shall go to the party!!!
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You shall go to the PARTY!!!
A fairy coach, a fancy dress, and pretty shoes –
Cinderella becomes a real princess.
Goodbye, Cinderella. Don’t forget –
Make sure you leave before twelve o’clock!
SCENE 4: Having a Party – The Palace Ballroom
MAIN MOUSE: Now, we’re in the Prince’s Party! OH… the two step-sisters are
coming!
ALL MICE: (Announcing) Lady Leena and Lady Viola!
(Enter LEENA and VIOLA.)
LEENA: Am I pretty?
VIOLA: OF COURSE, you are!!!
PRINCE: Who are they?
GARY: I don’t know.
TERRY: They are so ugly…
LEENA: OH!!! The Prince!!! Look! Prince Charming!
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VIOLA: I’ll have the first dance!
LEENA: Me, you mean!
(They push each other.)
PRINCE: What are they doing?
GARY: I think …they are fighting.
ALL MICE: Princess Crystal from the Treasure Island!
(Enter CINDERELLA.)
PRINCE: Oh! She’s beautiful!
GARY: Well, sir, ask her to dance.
PRINCE: I will. Er – excuse me, Your Highness. May I?
CINDERELLA: Of course.
PRINCE: MUSIC….
(CINDERELLA and the PRINCE dance.)
PRINCE: It’s very nice to meet you.
CINDERELLA: It’s very nice to meet you, too!
GODMOTHERS: The midnight hour has come at last!
The magic spell is weakening fast.
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CINDERELLA: Oh no! Is that the time?
ALL MICE: Well, time flies!
CINDERELLA: I must go…
(CINDERELLA exits.)
PRINCE: Come back! At least give me your address!
Or your MSN!
(Gary and Terry run after Cinderella and come back in a few seconds)
GARY: Too late, sir.
TERRY: BUT, she left this!
PRINCE: A shoe! A shoe! Right! I know! Who can wear this shoe will be
my wife!
GARY: Are you sure?
TERRY: Let me try! I could be a princess.
PRINCE: Stop being silly! We’ll find her!
(All exit.)
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SCENE 5: The Shoe Fits – The Kitchen
(The SISTERS are waiting to try on the shoe. A knock at the door.)
BUTTONS: Look! It’s Prince!
LEENA: That’s him!
STEPMOTHER: Mind your manners! Be a LADY!!!
(Enter PRINCE, GARY & TERRY with the shoe on a cushion.)
VIOLA: Oh! He’s handsome!
PRINCE: Good Morning, ladies.
LEENA: He spoke to me, he spoke to me!
STEPMOTHER: Hmm…hmmm, hmm, manners, girls!
PRINCE: Right, let’s be quick! Shall we?
STEPMOTHER: Yes, your highness. Your highness, you are so …HANDSOME!
PRINCE: Let’s be quick. Who’s first?
STEPMOTHER: ME!
ALL: WHAT?
STEPMOTHER: Yes, can I try?
PRINCE: No, It’s for young ladies only. Thanks!
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STEPMOTHER: That’s not fair!
PRINCE: That’s life!
STEPMIOTHER: Fine!
PRINCE: Who’s first?
SISTERS: Me! Me! MEEEEEE!!!
PRINCE: OK! Alphabetical order.
LEENA: Hah! Me, first!
(She snatched it and tries it on without success.)
PRINCE: Sorry. Next!
VIOLA: It’s my turn.
(She tries on the shoe. She hobbles around with it on her toe.)
VIOLA: They are Perfect!
PRINCE: Nonsense. It is too small. Nobody else?
STEPMOTHER,
SISTERS: That’s right. Nobody else!
BUTTONS: Oh yes, there is.
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STEPMOTHER
& SISTERS: Shut up! No, there isn’t!
BUTTONS: Oh yes, there is! (Calls) CINDERELLA! Come out!
CINDERELLA!
STEPMOTHER: Cinderella? Why Cinderella? No, no one will want to see that
dirty little girl!
PRINCE: No, I want to see everybody, no matter she is clean or dirty!
STEPMOTHER: But that’s not fair!
PRINCE: But that’s MY ORDER!
STEPMOTHER: Yes, your highness…., of course, your highness.
BUTTONS: Come out, Cinderella…
(CINDERELLA enters hesitantly.)
CINDERELLA: Did someone call? (See PRINCE.) Oh – it’s you!
PRINCE: It’s her! I know I’ll find you!
BUTTONS: Cinderella. Try on the shoe.
(CINDERELLA tries on the shoe. A drum rolls. The action freezes. Enter Mice.)
MAIN MOUSE: Hip, hip…
ALL MICE: HURRAY!
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MAIN MOUSE: Hip, hip…
ALL MICE: HURRAY!
MAIN MOUSE: Our story ends in the nicest way. The shoe fits!
This is the moment when wrongs get righted.
This is the moment when justice triumphs…..
ALL MICE: WHEN CHEESE GET EATEN!
MAIN MOUSE: Hip, hip…
ALL MICE: HURRAY!
MAIN MOUSE: We say…
EVERYBODY: CHEESEEEEEEEEEEE….
[THE END]
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