PRINCESS Beauty: (f) A spoiled princess who learns a lesson
HONOR: (f) Beauty's kind sister
NICK: (m) A young strong peasant who meets Beauty
FAIRY: (f) Beauty's fairy godmother
ANDRES: (m) A blind prince from a neighboring kingdom
*JANIE: (f) Nick's sister
SCRIBE: (m/f) A royal servant
KING (or QUEEN): (m/f) Beauty and Honor's father (or mother)
*TUTOR: (m/f) Beauty's tutor who has trouble tutoring her
*GUARD: (m/f) A guard who makes Beauty's life difficult
*NICK's brothers and sisters: PETER, PATTY, CINDY, JIMMY, SAM, and MANDY
*PEASANTS with speaking roles: JILL, MEG, MAY, MARY, SARAH, TIM, JO, MOLLY, JOHN, SALLY, LADY
There are also numerous non-speaking parts: GUARDS, PEASANTS, PARTYGOERS, SERVANTS, CHILDREN
*Parts that can be doubled. The following are some suggested ways of doubling parts:
Guard/Peter
Janie/Tutor
Jo/Joe/Jill/Lady
Sarah/Sally/Cindy
Mary/Meg/Patty
Peter/Tim/Mayor(May)/John
Sam/Jimmy/Bill
This play can be performed with as few as 15 actors or with as many as desired.
Time and Place
The Kingdom of Callentine
Once upon a time,
INTRODUCTION
(A single light comes up on the Fairy)
FAIRY: Now how is this story supposed to start. Let's see, Oh, yes. Once upon a time there was a princess named Beauty who was lovelier than anyone else in the entire kingdom. But wait, that's not really when the story started. It really started long ago, in a land far, far away, when Beauty was just a baby. Perhaps I should start by saying twice upon a time. Anyway, There was a royal family, the royal family of Callentine who had brought peace to their kingdom and led everyone out of the Dark Ages, by inventing the light bulb. Just kidding. They were kind and fair rulers who did what was best for the people. As a reward for their good deeds, I decided to make their newborn daughter the most beautiful person in the world. But...
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