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A Mixed-Up Fairy Tale
list of plays | next play By Joanna S. of Cave Creek, AZ CAST: Horse Little Bo Peep Wicked Stepmother Magic Mirror Cinderella Rumplestiltskin Frog Prince PROPS/COSTUMES: Tower, hobby horse, hair (for Cinderella), cat (for stepmother), mirror, coconut shells or castanets for horse. Costumes: Outfits for Stepmother, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, Frog Prince; horse ears for Horse. SETTING: SETTING: SCENE 1 (Little Bo Peep enters and sees Horse.) Little Bo Peep: Horse: (Little Bo Peep and Horse exit. Wicked Stepmother enters with Magic Mirror.) Wicked Stepmother: (Clears throat.) Mirror, mirror on the wall,Who's the fairest one of all?Is it Snow White? It can't be she! Snow White is not as fair as me! Magic Mirror: Wicked Stepmother: Magic Mirror: Wicked Stepmother: Who? Magic Mirror: Wicked Stepmother: (Runs off stage calling.) Cinderella! Cinderella! (Little Bo Peep enters and crosses, calling.) Little Bo Peep: SETTING: SCENE 2 (Wicked Stepmother returns, pulling Cinderella by the hand, pushes her into the tower and locks the door.) Wicked Stepmother: (Exits stage.) Cinderella: Oh boo, hoo, hoo! I want to go to the ball! Boo, hoo, hoo! Wait! What's that noise? (Rumplestiltskin enters, acting like he's riding a horse, with Horse behind, making sound of clopping hooves.) Hark! A handsome young prince coming to rescue me? Oh hooray! I'll get to go to the ball after all! Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella: But sir, I cannot guess your name. Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella: Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella: Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella: I know, I know! It's Egbert! Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella: (As Rumplestiltskin begins to climb down.) Come back! Oh boo, hoo, hoo! (Rumplestiltskin exits, pretending to ride his horse, with Horse behind him, making clopping noises.) Cinderella: (The Frog Prince enters.) Frog Prince: Cinderella: Frog Prince: Huh? Cinderella: Frog Prince: Cinderella: Frog Prince: (Frog Prince hops away.) SETTING: SCENE 3 Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella will never guess that my... (Little Bo Peep enters and interrupts Rumplestiltskin.) Little Bo Peep: Rumplestiltskin: Little Bo Peep: Rumplestiltskin: (Little Bo Peep exits.) ..name is Stumple-ril-skin ... er, I mean Runtle-silk-skin ... er, I mean Pimple-ril-skin... oh what was it? I know, I know! It's Rumplestiltskin! Oh, why didn't my mother name me Jack? (Exits, shaking his head.) Frog Prince: Wow! I guess I'd better hurry back to Cinderella now that I know his name! (Starts hopping back to tower. Wicked Stepmother enters.) Wicked Stepmother:: Ah, what a lovely day to go to a ball! (Sees Frog Prince.) What's this? A frog prince? (Laughs to herself.) Now I'll have a partner for the ball! (To Frog Prince.) Come to me, dearie, and I'll give you a great big kiss! Mmmm... (Picks up Frog Prince and lifts him to her lips, starts puckering up to kiss him.) Frog Prince: Wicked Stepmother: Mmmmmmmmmmm Mu! (Kissing him.) Ah! Ah! What's happening? (Wicked Stepmother turns into Stepmother Cat.) I've turned into a cat! Oh -- mrraow, marrooaw! (Stepmother Cat exits.) Frog Prince: (Hops up to the tower.) SETTING: SCENE 4 Cinderella: Frog Prince: Cinderella: That's it? Frog Prince: Cinderella: Frog Prince: (Frog Prince hops away and exits.) Cinderella: (Pause.) Oh, where can he be? (Another pause; Cinderella drums her fingers impatiently.) He must have missed his cue. Princey-poo! (Cinderella sighs and drops her chin into her hand. Sound of horse's hooves. Cinderella raises her head and Rumplestiltskin comes into view.) Rumplestiltskin: Cinderella: (Sniffs and wipes her eyes.) Rumplestiltskin: Well, I guess so. It's Pimple-til-rin ... er, Simple-ril-tin ...er... Oh dash it all! Call me Jack. Come on. (Helps her out of the window, and down to the ground.) Let's go to the ball. Cinderella: (Rumplestiltskin and Cinderella start exiting tower. Little Bo Peep enters.) Little Bo Peep: Have you seen my sheep? Oh, forget it! (Rumplestiltskin, Cinderella, and Little Bo Peep exit.) (At long-last, Little Bo Peep's missing sheep wanders in.) The End |
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