灰姑娘的故事英文版剧本简缩Cinderella is one of the most beloved fairy tales of all time. The story has been adapted countless times and has become a staple of popular culture worldwide. The traditional Cinderella story has many versions, but the basic plot remains the same: a girl who has suffered neglect and abuse at the hands of her stepmother and stepsisters finally finds happiness when she meets a prince who falls in love with her.Act IThe story begins in a kingdom ruled by a king who has a beautiful daughter named Cinderella. Cinderella's mother dies when she is young, and her father remarries a woman with two daughters of her own. Unfortunately, Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters are cruel and mistreat her. They force her to work as a servant in her own home and make her do all the household chores.One day, there is an announcement that the king is holding a lavish ball at the palace. All the eligible young ladies in the kingdom are invited to attend, and the prince will choose one of them to be his bride. Cinderella is excited about the prospect of attending the ball, but her stepmother forbids her from going. Cinderella is heartbroken and spends the night crying.Act IICinderella's fairy godmother appears and grants her wish to attend the ball. She transforms Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown and provides her with glass slippers. However, she warns Cinderella that the magic will only last until midnight. Cinderella arrives at the ball and captivates everyone with her beauty, including the prince.They dance together all night and fall in love, but Cinderella realizes that she must leave before midnight or risk being discovered. As she flees the palace, she loses one of her glass slippers.Act IIIThe next day, the prince uses the glass slipper to search for the girl he fell in love with at the ball. He visits Cinderella's home and tries the slipper on her stepsisters, but it is too small. Finally, he tries it on Cinderella, and it fits perfectly. She reveals her true identity, and the prince asks her to marry him.In the end, Cinderella and the prince live happily ever after and the stepmother and stepsisters are left to their own devices.ConclusionThe story of Cinderella teaches us the power of kindness, courage, and persistence. Cinderella's ability to endure her hardships and remain hopeful in the face of adversity ultimately leads to a happy ending. It is a timeless tale that has captured thehearts of millions and will continue to do so for generations to come.。
Parish of St Mary,HarringtonPantomime Script Here you find the script of the Cinderella pantomime we put on. If you find anything you can use, just go ahead and use it. All we ask is that you let us know if you have found this script helpful for anything you are doing by contactingus.Also available: Robin Hood pantomime ScriptSnow White and the 7 AliensAladdin Under the Sea Pantomime ScriptReturn in St Mary's home pageCinderellawritten by Judith DixonOpening SongScene 1 – the KitchenCinderella is ironing and singing with mice.Cinderella At last I have nearly finished all this work. Maybe I’ll be able to sneak out and have a walk (Stretching)I haven’t had a break since 5 this morning and I’d love some fresh air.Mother (off stage)There’s so much to do, where is that girl? Exit mice, frightened.Cinderella Oh dear here comes my stepmother and her gorgeous daughters Hyacinth and Rose. So much for a break,it’ll be more chores for Cinders as usual I’mafraid.Enter Mother and ugly sistersMother Have you finished the ironing yet?Cinderella Almost, I was just…Mother Well hurry up, we’ve got visitors coming and the drawing room needs to be hoovered and dusted. Hyacinth And the silver polished and we’ll be wanting tea and drop scones and chocolate cake and cucumbersandwiches at 3.45 precisely.Rose Who is coming for tea? Is it young single man witha delicious body or eve n an old single man or …Hyacinth Oh Rose, not every man who enters this house is a suitor for you.Rose Oh yes he is!Hyacinth and others Oh no he’s not!Rose Oh yes he is!Hyacinthetc Oh no he’s not!Rose Well OK maybe not every man!Hyacinth You must behave with a bit of decorum, men like a lady who knows how to entertain. I shall show our guestthat this is a house of dignity and style, Cinderella,the Wedgwood tea set of course!Rose But Hyacinth, at my age it is not natural to be without romance. I have such yearnings! When I waswith that Barry, he would buy me flowers and take meto restaurants. He complimented me and made me feelso feminine. It was so tragic that the relationshiphad to end.Hyacinth Yes, a pity he found his glasses after only a week.Still don’t be down hearted dear, there are allsorts of eligible men for us both and I don’t intendto let any more slip away. I’ll do what ever it takes!(Rubs her hands together greedily)Rose Well Mummy, who is coming for tea? Is it worth digging out that mini skirt or can I get away with the slacks? Mother The Prince’s friend Dandini is coming to discuss some business with your father, so I had better bethere to keep them right, your father is such a muddlehead!Rose Definitely the mini skirt, and maybe a boob tube. Cinderella You don’t want to frighten him, poor man!Hyacinth Gracious, a palatial visitor. Perhaps we’d better have the silver tea set. I must check we’ve got thequilted toilet tissue, just in case.Cinderella Excuse me, I’ve rather a lot to do and unless you’re going to help…Exit sisters and mother quickly making shocked/busy noises.OK, I’ll do it all myself, as usual.But Dandini, that is quite exciting. I wonder whatDaddy will be discussing with him.Enter Buttons with a football.Buttons Hello Cinders (tries to kiss her but she dodges him with the ironing basket) You busy?Cinderella No, I just felt like doing all this laundry for fun!What’s with the football?Buttons I’ve been discovered – Your father spotted me having a kick about in the yard last week and hereckons I’ve got some talent.Cinderella Of course you’ve got talent –ever since you scored that last minute equaliser in the match between theRed Dragon and the Brewery House…Buttons It was great wasn’t it. Anywa y, Baron Stoneybroke, your father, is going to be my personal manager.He’s having meetings with the coach of the Palaceteam to see if I can have a trial.Cinderella Ah… the coach of the Palace team isn’t Dandini is it?Buttons Yes – how did you know?Cinderella Because he’s coming here for tea this afternoon at (imitates Hyacinth) 3.45 precisely!Buttons Oh wow! Hey Cinders, can I serve the tea… please, please!Cinderella I don’t know, Buttons, you know how clumsy you can be, do you think it’s such a great idea? You’llprobably drop the scones.Buttons I thought they liked drop scones! Oh, I’ll be careful. Please.Cinderella Oh all right, but on your head be it. Now off you go, I’ve got work to do! Where’s that flour…Scene 2- at the palaceJones Pray silence for their Royal Highnesses His Majesty King Rufus of Harrington and his beauteous QueenHermione.King (aside to servant as he enters) Have you heard the score?Jones (whispers)Only 7-0 Your Majesty, our goalkeeper is improving!(The King looks pleased!)Queen Rufus, do try to enter your throne room properly. The villagers will gossip.King We really do need to scout for some new talent. Queen What do you care if the maidservants are ugly? King No dear, football talent! Our Palace team is a laughing stock. We are doing well this morning as weare only 7-0 down at half time! And that is againstHarrington Under 10s!Queen Well you should discuss it with Dandini, you know.Call him now Jones.There is another matter we need to sort out… PrinceWillia m’s marriage.King Oh good is he marrying that singer, what’s her name British Queers?… Britley Steers?Queen Good Heavens no, but he hasn’t actually found anyone else either and if he leaves it any longer it’ll betoo late. All the nice girls will be taken. I havean idea!King Oh no dear not another Royal Blind date! Cilla Black will refuse to do it after the last time when Williamrefused to pick any of the girls, declaring that theywere all obviously ghastly or they wouldn’t haveagreed to go on such a silly program in the firstplace!Queen This time it will be less public! We’ll have an enormous ball and invite all the most glamorousladies in the land. I’ll let “Hello” magazine knowand the “Times and Star” of course…King That does sound a bit public, but it is a good idea none-the-less.Enter Prince William in footy kit and DandiniDandini Hail Your Majesty! (Bows low before the King) William Hello Mum, Dad… Urm Hail (nods and kind of waves) King Well what was the final score?Dandini Not too bad actually, we played much better in the second half!King What was the score?Dandini Oh numbers don’t mean a thing. The game was taught and they kept on running for at least … 15 minutes. William If only we had some more young blood in the team.George Bowness and the lads from the Tuesday workingparty are very skillful with a ball, but the Under10s were running through their legs!King Dandini, tell me the score!Dandini 15-0, your Majesty.King 15 –0! Oh dear it’s so embarrassing. Beaten by a bunch of kids, whatever next? Listen Dandini,there’s a match on Friday, against the Scouts. Thisis your last chance. I’m not a violent man, but wewin that match or you’ll be …(gestures a knifestabbing Dandini repeatedly)Dandini OK! OK, I get the picture. Leave it to me your Majesty.Queen William, my dear, we’ve arranged a real treat for you. A little party on Friday night, well an enormousball actually. We’ll invite all the most beautifulgirls in the land and you only have to choose one. William Only one, huh.Dandini At least you know they won’t turn you down. William They’re not allowed to. What chance have I got of finding one who actually likes me?King They don’t have to like you, they just have to live with you. Poor girl, whoever she is she will have herhands full.Scene 3 - In a sports shopCinderella is selecting football boots with salesman. Cinderella I’m not saying money is no object, but I do want to get good ones.Salesman Well these ones are the best at £150. And they have the designer label. But these ones are good too at£15.99, but they don’t have a designer label. Cinderella Well what is the difference between them? Salesman Urm… well these ones have this fantastic designer label you see.Cinderella OK. So if I don’t care about the label are they just the same?Salesman Oh no! Because these ones have the designer label of course!Cinderella Right I think I understand. Thank you.Salesman I’ll let you decide, shall I.Enter Prince William to choose some bootsWilliam Now which boots will improve my game? (Picks up designer boots)Cinderella Do you know anything about these? I want to buy some for my friend Buttons who is trying out for a placeon a big team. I just don’t know which ones tochoose.William (aside) She’s so beautiful! (To Cinderella) Well it depends how seriously he takes his football. Cinderella (aside) He’s gorgeous, but he’s gone for the expensive ones so he must be a big football star. Hewon’t be interested in a scullery girl! (To William)Well, he lives for his foo tball, it’s the only thingin his life!William (aside) Obviously not the only thing – whoever this bloke Buttons is he’s got the perfect girlfriend.(To Cinderella) He’s a lucky guy to have such agirl… er.. um.. talent!Cinderella Well I’d better get t hese ones then. Thank you for your advice.She goes to the till with the expensive boots.William I’ve been looking for girls all this time and whenI finally find the one I want she is going out withsomeone else.Cinderella I’m all in a whirl, just fro m talking to him. I bet he plays for one of those premier teams. If only mysisters would let me watch TV, I’d probablyrecognise him.Sing separatelyScene 4 – The kitchenEnter Mother and FatherFather Now dear I have business with Mr Dandini and it really is no concern of yours.Mother Don’t be ridiculous, Torquil, you can’t invite Palace officials to tea and not introduce your wifeand daughters. He would consider it most rude. Father Well, I suppose it wouldn’t harm to introduce you briefly.Mother That’s right Darling. (To off stage)Girls, tea will be in the drawing room.Enter ugly sistersHyacinth Well I should think so too. Imagine entertaining Mr Dandini in the kitchen.Rose What about the decorators Mummy? That Laurence Llewellyn Bowen is still working on the Drawing Room. Mother What? He’s been in there for three weeks.Rose Yes, (rubbing her hands)I’m still working on him. Hyacinth It’ll have to be Parlour then.father Oh no my train set is laid out in there.Mother You’ll be laid out in a minute. Laid out flat. Rose We could use the Conservatory.Mother Oh dear I’ve been flower arranging in there and there are petals everywhere. Well short of servingtea in the bedroom, we’d better tell Cinders to tidythe kitchen.Father My dearest Cinderella always keeps the kitchen tidy.Anyway she’s gone out. She said Buttons would beserving tea this afternoon.Hyacinth Tea in the kitchen!Rose Buttons serving! This is humiliating!Hyacinth I was so looking forward to it.Rose I have a headacheHyacinth I have indigestion.Both We’re going to bed!Exit ugly sisters sobbing.Enter Buttons with DandiniFather Mr Dandini, I’m so pleased to welcome you to my beautiful, er um humble home. Please sit down. MayI present my wife Clarissa.Mother I’m sor ry to say that my two daughters are ill disposed, or well just ill actually, and won’t beable to join us.Buttons Thank goodness. A blessing Sir I assure you. Dandini I’m sorry to hear that, but this is not a social call, I’m here on business. I believe y ou have a proposalfor me.Father Indeed I have Sir. I have discovered a talent for football.Dandini Right, we have quite a lot of players of your ..er..generation Sir. I was really looking for someoneyounger.Buttons (laughing)Not him, oh no, that’s funny. He can’t kicka ball!Father What my young protégé is trying to say, is that I am not speaking of my own talent but of his.Dandini Who you?Buttons has got a ball and is showing offButtons Yessir. I play non-stop and could score past fifty David Seamans, just give me a chance to show you. Dandini Careful, oh you’ve squashed my hat!Father I would be prepared to let you have him for five big ones!Dandini Five pounds you say, well we could perhaps give hima trial.Father Five thousand pounds I mean.Buttons squeals and spills the tea he was pouring, all over Dandini.Dandini Ow - what are trying to do? Five thousand pounds, are you mad?Mother Here let me just wipe that off.Dandini escapes as they all fuss after him.Father That didn’t go as well as I’d hoped.Mother I should think not!Buttons What were you thinking - £5000?Father What about you, pouring tea over him?Buttons Well that’s my career over.Father You’re right about that, you can pack your bags and leave this house tomorrow. Idiot.And that’s our holiday plans ruined.Mother You mean we needed that money for our trip to St Tropez.Father Of course, your daughters dresses have cleaned us out, we haven’t a penny to spare.Scene5 – At a bus stopButtons This is my last chance now th at I’ve ruined things with Dandini.Cinderella Oh Buttons, do you have to go all the way toManchester?Buttons Your father has fired me so I have nothing to keep me here!Cinderella Nothing? Buttons your friendship means everything to me, and I shall miss you so much.Buttons Cinderella, If there is more than friendship between us, I’ll stay here. Just say the word… you know I’dgive up any old football for your love.Cinderella Oh Buttons, you’re like a brother to me, but I can’t make myself feel what I don’t and your trial forManchester United is so important. I know it’s notHarrington Palace, but it’s the next best thing! Igot you these. (She gives him the football boots) Buttons Cinders these are great, how did you know? These are the best!Cinderella Oh someone helped me.Buttons Someone special?Cinderella Well, he was kind of amazing I have to admit, but I’ll probably never see him again so…Buttons I hope he’s good enough for you, if anyone ever hurt you I’d…Cinderella I know, I know…but not ev eryone has such exalted feelings about me, you know. Anyway, you’ll missyour bus.Buttons Then it’s goodbye. Can I have a hug?Enter PrinceCinderella hugs Buttons and kisses his cheek.Cinderella Take care, and come back soon my dear.Prince It’s her, and this must be Buttons. They’re obviously in love. Oh well, I’ll just have to trymy luck at the ball.Exit ButtonsCinderella notices the Prince and wipes her eyes.Cinderella Oh hello again.William Hello, I suppose that was Buttons.Cinderella Yes, but he’s leaving for Manchester. I’ll miss him so much.William Leaving? How could he leave you? You poor child, you need a shoulder to cry on, come here. There, there,don’t cry.He puts his arms round her. Both are smiling but without the other seeing.William I don’t even know your name.Cinderella I’m Cinderella.William I’m William, I live just outside town at the pa…by the woods.Cinderella How lovely, I like to walk there and see the Palace.Have you ever met any of the royal family? I saw theQueen on a walk about once.William Oh I see them around occasionally.Mother’s voice off stageMother Cinderella, where are you girl? Come here at once. Cinderella Oh I have to go, excuse me William.Exit CinderellaWilliam See you soon Cinderella. I hope.Scene 6 – At a football pitchDandini enters followed by 4 players in mismatched football strip Dandini Right you lot, we’ve an important match on Friday and we have some training to get in. Let me see youin pairs dribbling round these cones. No I meandribbling the ball!They bump into each other and the balls get mixed up.No.1 pass the ball to No. 2, no, not into the bushes.No 3 , can you watch where you’re going, careful,oh no.They fall in a heap.No 1 That was better than last week.No 2 Yes, we are showing improvement.No 3 Is it time for a break yet?Dandini No no no! No breaks until you can do it right! Start again.No 1 Did you see Brookside last night?Dandini This is not a time for chatter! You should be so out of breath you can’t talk!No 2 No, I missed it, I was taking Dolores to the Bingo. No 4 My missus loves bingo, wouldn’t miss it. I have to take her down so I stay on to keep her company. No 3 It’s grand for the ladies isn’t it. Mind you, I wona tenner last week.No 2 That’s nothing, I won a hundred in May, Legs Eleven is my lucky number.By now they are just standing chatting, Dandini is looking at his fixtures book.Dandini What is going on? This is supposed to be a training session, not a bingo anonymous meeting.No 1 Oh calm down Dandy, we’ll be fine on Friday. Dandini Fine? Like you were fine last week, or the week before that? And don’t call me Dandy! Oh no here comestrouble.Enter 2 scoutsScout 1 Hi you lot, are you training for the match?Scout 2 We were out last night. We ran 8 miles and put in 2 hours of skill work.Dandini 8 miles? This lot haven’t even walked 8 miles between them in the last year.Scout 1 Well I’m sure what you lack in fitness you make up for in experience.The scouts start to dribble the balls round the players, who huddle up as though they were prisoners.Scout 2 Yeah, our team are trembling in case your experience scores a goal.Scout 1 We’ve some experience of our own, we are unbeaten this season you know after 10 games.More Scouts join them and kneel along the front of the stage to sing“We’re riding along on the crest of awave”Player 1 Hey is this a pantomime or a gang show? We can sing too you know, (aside)it’s just football we haveproblems with. Why don’t we try out thisHarrington song. You’l l find it on the back of theprogrammes? (To audience)You can join in if you knowthe tune.All sing Harrington song.Scout 1 OK. We’ll see who can sing the best. We’ll take this side and you can have that lot. We’ll go first. Right side sing.Scout 1 That was fantastic. (Throws sweets to right side.) Player 1 Now it’s our turn.Left side sing.Player 1 Told you we’d be the best. ( Throws sweets to leftside)We’ll sing all together one more time.All sing. Scouts and players exit up the aisle throwing sweets to all. INTERVALScene 7 – In the kitchenFerocious barking heard off stage!Cinderella No Fluffy, no! Stop eating the postman!She collects a mangled, torn dripping envelope from off stage.Cinderella What’s this? I can just about decipher it.I think it’s from the palace.Suddenly the ugly sisters enter with their mother close behind. Rose The palace you say?Hyacinth What does it say?Mother Give it to me girl, at once!Cinders hands over the slobbery document gladly and unnecessarily heavily into her stepmother’s hand.Mother Oh, er, thank you. Now let me see. “TheirHighnoses… sorry, Highnesses, the King and spleen,no.. Queen (blooming dog!) of Harrington aredelighted to invite all the eligible maidens of theKingdom to a ball in honour of Prince William.”Rose A ball.Hyacinth How wonderful!Mother (Looking critically at her daughters, preferably through a monocle!)There’s work to be done! Cinderella What shall I wear?Rose (Coming out of a trance?)You wear? It said eligible, you can’t go!Cinderella Oh yes I can!Sisters Oh no you can’t!Cinderella (urging the audience to support her)Oh yes Ican! etcHyacinthStop dreaming girl, you know you haven’t achance –Mother will fix it for you …to stay at home!!! MotherNow, now don’t be unkind. Cinderella, ifyou have finished all the Spring cleaning and I mean followingall Mrs Beeton’sinstructions about dusting behindpictures, polishing the underside of allfurniture,repainting all scruffy skirting boards etc.And if youcanfind something suitable to wear, then you are mostwelcome to come to theball!HyacinthSee. By the way Rose, mother said we haveto wear something suitable, that means as little of yourblotchy flesh showingas possible!RoseComing from you. No doubt yourimpression of suitable is to dress up in a tablecloth done up to the neck. HyacinthI assure you, I am very well acquaintedwith the appropriate costume for a ball. When we were atFinishing school inSwitzerland I attended thelessons while you were out every night with somelocalruffians.RoseOh yes. I had some unfinished businesswhen we finished at finishing school.MotherCome along, we’ll have to findsomething!Exit Mother and sistersCinderellaMrs Beeton. Mrs Beeton. Oh what I would doif I could lay hands on that Mrs Beeton. I ha ven’t got a dress,or a hope ofdoing this work… If only Buttons werehere. At least he would be able to help.Well I hopehe’s done well at the football trials.Scene 8 – astreetDandiniThis is dreadful. I’ve got to findsomeone who can play football.Prince This is awful. I’ve got to pick somegirl and the only one I want is deeply in love with someonecalled... TogetherButtons!PrinceWhat did yousay?DandiniButtons, he’s our lastchance!PrinceYou know him? He’s the luckiest manalive and a world class footballe r. You’d never get him to play forourteam.DandiniI think you’ve got him mixed up, he’smuddle head and an oaf, but he’s under fifty and keen so we’ll haveto give hima try! Oh good here comes his managernow.Hey there Stoneybroke.Enter Mother and Fatherladen with parcels from the shops. As they realise who this is hailing them,they bow and drop all the parcels.BaronOh dear. Your Highness, your …(ToDandini) Veryimportantness. Um, er. Oh dear. MotherPreparations for the ball you see. Mydaughters are so be autiful and dying to meet you…DandiniYes yes, but what aboutButtons?Mother and Fathertogether(confused)Buttons?DandiniWe need him for the football matchtomorrow. FatherBut, but…DandiniDon’t worry we’ll pay up, £5000if we win the match!!!!He’d better be worth it.Mother(Interrupts herhusband)Well that will be fine. He’ll be there and you won’t regret it.Exit Prince andDandiniFatherBut Clarissa, Buttonshas gone toManchesterfor trialsfor Manchester United, we’ll never get him back here by Friday. MotherO f course he’ll comeback. Everyone has romantic ideals about playing for the home team and Goodnessknows Buttons is a romantic.FatherWell, I hope you’re right.Scene 9 - thekitchenHyacinthLook what I’ve justgot RoseWhat?HyacinthIt’s a magic mirror.Look. Mirror, mirror on thewallWho is the fairest of themall?MirrorYou can’t ask that. It’s acrime! I’m in the wrongpantomime HyacinthYes, yes, don’t put up afight I am rather like SnowWhite.RoseNo you’re not, youfoolYou resemble more amule.HyacinthOh what do you knowJust let the mirrorshowRose(pushing Hyacinth out of theway) Mirror, mirror, on the wallWho is the fairest of themall? MirrorSorry to say, I haven’t aclueBut I’d hazard a guess: it’snot you. Hyacinth(pushing Roseaside)I knew it, yes its meThat’s the only answer thatcan be MirrorNo, no, no, it’s nottrueI know its notyou.HyacinthI will ignore all you’vesaid Now tell us who the Princewill wed MirrorThe answer is notRoseJust look at thatnose!HyacinthPoor Rose. NevermindThe truth is not alwayskindMirrorHyacinth will find it hard to find afellaThe fairest of them all isCinderellaHyacinthBah, what nonsense!RoseWhat do you expect? Downloading magicfor mirrors from the internet indeed! Get a grip!Rose and Hyacinth storm offMirrorYes, Cinderella- its quite a task we’veset herOh and what a part to giveour Rector!Scene9aJonesThis is the ball room Madam. Willthat be all? JoanneErm, yes thank you, I think we’llmanage.Jones exits leftJulieIs this it? It doesn’t look like anight club.Chris tineIt’s not a night club, it’s apalace.JulieWhat are we doing in apalace?JoanneWe got a gig!(Jumping up and downwith excitement)This is our big break, girls. If we get noticed here,it’llbe the big time for us, just you wait and see! ChristineWell, we were really rich and famous afterwe won that TV competition –“Pop Groups”.JulieYeah but that was months ago andafter two hit singles we sank without a trace. Poor Joanne even applied to goonBig Brother, but they hadn’t heard of her so shedidn’t make it on to CelebrityBig Brother and nobodywatches the other one so it didn’thelp.Joanne(To Christine) Then there yoursolo career. You lost 15 stones and sang your heart out, but all thepaperstalked about was your affair with thatfootball manager.ChristineAt least the papers talked about me.JulieWell I gave the ultimate sacrificeand tried getting pregnant, but I still didn’t get famous and nowI’ve got topay the child minder every time we geta gig.JoanneWell that doesn’t happen very often, soquit complaining.JulieYou’re one to talk about complaining. You moaned for months when you werebanned from the Galloping Horsefor that Karaoke singing.JoanneWell, it was embarrassing. They saidI’d ruined a good song, but it was our song! Anyway, at least Ihaven’tbeen banned from Ashcrofts yet.JulieThat was completely unjustified. Iwas not loud and tuneless every time I went in there, it was the baby crying.That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! ChristineThis posh palace do, what is it anyway, aroyal ball? JoanneThat’s right so we need to be a bitclassy. ChristineYeah, just like those girls, AtomicKitten.JulieSo what are wecalled?ChristineHmm, what about AtomicPuppy?JulieNice idea, but it lacksoriginality, what about Nuclear Hamster?JoanneWe want to achieve that s assy, sort of “we could have been brain surgeonsbut we chose this because our talent was irrepressible”. Do you like “ElectronicGoldfish”? ChristineSounds like an advert for Duracell. Ithink we should try a different train of thought, what about“HerbGirls”?JulieWell, “Herb Girls”. I like it, sortof Jane Asher meets Siouxie and the Banshees.JoanneOk We’re the Herb Girls and now we needto practise our routine.They sing and dance.Scene 10- in thekitchenCinderella is alone with the mice scrubbing theunderside of a table.CinderellaIt’s hard to be happy and pretty when your only chance of escape fromendless tyranny is barred by the underside of a kitchen table! They’ve all goneand of course I have nothing to wear so here I am!I should be singing somechirpy song about anightingale or something but in actual fact I don’tthinkI’m allowed to say the words I’m thinking ina church hall.At least nothing can make mefeel worse. And I’vealways got the knowledge that Buttons loves me. Thatis acomfort.Enter Buttons with a beautiful girl. Mice hide.ButtonsHey Cinderella. What’s up?Cinderella Oh Buttons I’mso unha…ButtonsThat’s great Cinders (not listeningto a word she said) May I introduce Rapunzel. I met her in a towersomewhereand it was love at first sight. (The loversgaze sickeningly at eachother).CinderellaGreat. But why are you here? What about yourtrial inManchester?ButtonsOh didn’t you hear? I’m playing for the palace team tomorrow. Dandinisays he’ll pay your father £5000 if we can beat the scouts.。
