Cinderella play Act Two

 Act Two

Scene 1

The scene is a market square. There are random stalls with people sitting behind them. In the center is a platform with a step going up to it. Cinderella, Blanche and Hazel enter. Cinderella is carrying a basket heaped with junk. The stepsisters are squabbling over a various items.

Hazel: (Holds up a chunky necklace) Oh look, mine!

Blanche: (Grabs at the necklace) I want that!

Hazel: (Holds the necklace up) I had it first! (Blanche claws at Hazel. Both start screaming)

Cinderella: (Looks pained) Sisters?

Stall tender: Mornin' Miss Ella.

Cinderella: Good Morning, Stephen.

Stall Tender #2: Mornin' sweetheart

Cinderella: Good Morning, Gaston.

Stall Tender #2: What are you beautiful sisters looking for today.

Stall Tender #3: You make me sick!

Stall Tender #1: I see only one beautiful lady, and that is my woman! (His wife looks up from her sewing)

Wife: What?

Stall Tender #1: Nothing! (A trumpet blasts)

Blanche: (Jumps) Eek! (The necklace snaps) Uh-oh! (Blanche shoves the necklace in Cinderella's hands) She broke it! (Runs off)

Stall Tender #2: (Frowns at Cinderella) You have to pay for it!

Cinderella: (Upset) But I- (Master Won and servants swagger onto the stage. Lead servant is carrying a trumpet)

Master Won: (Pompously) Hear ye, hear ye! (Unrolls scroll) His royal Highness Prince John, (Crowd cheers. Master Won holds up his free hand for silence) shall be hosting three royal balls in his honor. From the young and beautiful ladies that shall attend said balls, his highness shall chose a bride! (Trumpet blast)

Hazel: (Dramatically) Imagine, me a princess! (Minces around the square)

Blanche: (Pushes her and twirls past) No me! Me the most beauteous princess of them all!

Wife: (Snorts) You beauteous? HA! (Hazel starts pointing at Blanche and laughing)

Master Won: (Makes a disgusted face) I hope to see all of your ugly (coughs) lovely faces at the ball! (Another trumpet blast, then Master Won and company walk off)

Cinderella: (Pays for the necklace) Did he say the prince is having a ball?

Stall Tender 2#: It is so exciting! (Pushes back his hair) There will be so many beautiful girls there! (Smiles) The prince can only have one!

Cinderella: (Disinterested) I am sure it will be nice. (Turns to go. Hazel and Blanche grab her arms)

Blanche: Cindy, did you hear? (squeals) A ball! I shall be a princess! (squeezes Cinderella's arm and twirls her in a circle)

Hazel: (Huffs as Blanche twirls her and Cinderella) Slow down Ashes! Tell your ugly stepsister that I shall be the princess! (Hazel and Blanche drag Cinderella off stage, shouting and giggling)

Cinderella: (Shouting) Slow down you two!

Scene 2

Castle room. John, Jerome and Elise are standing in front of the queen. Master Won is overseeing the decorating of the ball room. Banners of curved swords and palm trees are the decorations.

John: (Groans) Mother, why palm trees.

Queen: (Looks at John) Son, are they not the perfect touch?

John: (Raises both eyebrows) Well-

Jerome: If we had about ten more we could make a tent!

Elise: (Snorts) That is so stupid!

Jerome: No it is not!

Elise: Is so!

Jerome: Is not!

Queen: (Clutches at her head) Enough!

John: (Concerned) Are you alright? (Takes a step closer to his mother)

Queen: (forces a smile) Of course. (King enters the room. He glances around. Stares at the decorations and coughs. He frowns)

John: (Fakes a cough) A-hem. Good morning father. (King turns around. Sees his family. He sits down on his throne)

King: (Pats queen's hand) Dear, I cannot make it to the second ball.

Queen: (Frowns and sits up straighter) I beg your pardon, my lord?

King: (Nervously) I have to go fight the pirates.

Jerome: We're having a pirate ball father!

King: I know.

Queen: (Sniffs) Oh darling. (Sniffs again) You must be there, fore John's sake. (She dabs her eyes with a handkerchief)

John: (Gasps) But-

King: There, there. (Pats the queen's hand again) I can make it.

Queen: (Queen smiles)Oh good! (She gets up and leaves the room)

Jerome: Bye father. (Runs after Queen)

Elise: (Curtsies) Excuse me father. (Hurries after Queen and Jerome)

King: (Slouches in his throne) Blasted pirates!

John: (worried) Father, why are we having a pirate ball? Does mother know you hate them?

King: (Snorts) You telling her?

John: (Shoulders slump and shoves his hands in his belt) No!

King: (Angrily) My father was killed by pirates! Now I have to dress up as one of the rotten creatures!

John: We could call it a sea theme ball.

King: Same thing!

Queen: (Peers into the room) Is something wrong?

King and John: (in unison) No!

Scene 3

Outside Cinderella's house. It is a dimly lit stage. Cinderella comes onstage, wearing a long plain gown. She pauses and fixes her sleeve.

Cinderella: Gaston said all the men will be there as well as the girls. Surely John will be there. (Smiles)

Blanche: (Offstage) I can just see him now. Tall handsome- (Walks on stage in a turban and exaggerated gown), charming, young, witty. (Hazel and Lady Miranda follow her onto the stage)

Lady Miranda: (Simpers) Of course darlings. One of you will charm his ring onto your tiny delicate little finger. (Notices Cinderella) What is this?

Cinderella: (Clasps her hands) I want to see my friend John again, please stepmother.

Lady Miranda: (Angrily) And make a laughingstock out of me? (Slaps her stick into the palm of her hand)

Cinderella: (Winces) I will not even speak to the Prince!

Hazel: MOTHER?

Blanche: Her dress is not even desert themed.

Cinderella: (pleading) Oh please, stepmother.

Lady Miranda: (Angry) NO! Take off that ugly dress and get out of my sight.

Cinderella: (Hopefully) I can walk, and pretend I do not know you.

Blanche: (Grabs Cinderella's sleeve) In these rags! (Rips the sleeve) They will not even let you inside!

Hazel: (Yanks Cinderella's necklace off) You have no jewelry.

Lady Miranda: (Smiles coldly) I am afraid not! Anyone as ugly as you, has no business being near the palace.

Cinderella: (Gasps, then recoils) This was my mother's dress! (Sobs)

Lady Miranda: (Angry again) All the more reason to destroy!

Cinderella: (Sobs) Cruel! (Turns and runs to the corner of the stage and gets down in a heap on the floor)

Lady Miranda: (Smiles triumphantly) Come my sweet girls, we have a prince to ensnare! (They sweep out of the room)

Hazel: Did you see her! The dope was crying for that rotten mouse catcher.

Cinderella: (Still crying) Why? Why? What have I done? Oh mother. (Fairy Godmother bounds into the room, pauses, then leaves) I cannot do this anymore! Oh why can I never please them? Why are they so cruel? (Sobs some more)

Fairy (Offstage) Rise and shine ducky!

Cinderella: (Sits up and wipes her face) Who said that? (She looks around. Fairy enters, now dressed in a ragged cloak)

Fairy: Totters and tates my dearie, why are ye crying'? Do ye want to look all red an' puffy at the ball?

Cinderella: (Sniffs) I am not going. (Wipes her eyes)

Fairy: (Snorts) What rubbish is this? All the damsels, those in distress and those otherwise, have been invited.

Cinderella: (Looks down at her torn dress) My stepmother has forbidden me too go.

Fairy: (Cocks her head) Have ye failed to clean out the waist? Have ye failed to serve her tea? Have ye failed some important task?

Cinderella: (Sighs) No! But my dress is torn.

Fairy: No problem ducklin' I shall patch it up!

Cinderella: (Laughs) It is far to late for that! The ball will be starting soon. Besides the dress will never look nice again.

Fairy: (Mysteriously) With magic, anything is possible!

Cinderella: (Smiles) Of course, but there is no such thing as magic!

Fairy: Nonsense! I have just enough magic in the tip of my toes to make you a dress!

Cinderella: (Laughing) And I shall have my own private ball here! Just you and me!

Fairy: (snorts) What? And not see your John?

Cinderella: He is not my- (Gasps) How do you know about him?

Fairy: Because I am your hairy dogfather! (Smiles happily)

Cinderella: (Confused) What?

Fairy: Oopsies! (Giggles) I mean fairy Godmother!

Cinderella: (Laughs) No you are not!

Fairy: (Annoyed) That is not a nice thing to say, my girl! I was told you were nice! Now I just suppose I know more about my profession then you would!

Cinderella: (Apologetically) I am so sorry. Are you talking differently?

Fairy: I guess non-believers must see to believe! (Throws wand in the air. Cinderella catches it)

Cinderella: What? (Fairy starts spinning. Her cloak falls off and her dress falls down) Oh my! You are my fairy godmother.

Fairy: (Takes wand from Cinderella) Of course! Well, I am anyone that needs me at the moment's fairy godmother. But that fits you right now.

Cinderella: (Laughs) Can you fix my dress, fairy godmother?

Fairy: (Nods) Of course. (Waves her wand and sings) Oh light shine and change, give what is deserved! (Points wand at Cinderella. The girl starts spinning. Fancier dress is revealed. She stops spinning)

Cinderella: (Gasps) Oh fairy Godmother, it is beautiful!

Fairy: (Nods) Now mind you, I would imagine a pair of glass slippers would have been just the touch.

Cinderella: (Shakes her head) No! (Lifts up her left foot) These will do just fine.

Fairy: (Sighs) Boring!

Cinderella: (Looks around) I suppose I should start walking-

Fairy: (Gasps) Walk? Not on your life. (Looks around) Ah, that pumpkin will do.

Cinderella: (Turns around) That pumpkin? (Points at a small orange pumpkin)

Fairy: (Twirls her wand) Of course! (Points wand at pumpkin) Light Shine and change, make a carriage bright. (Steps in front of the pumpkin, blocking the audience's view. When she steps back, the pumpkin is gone and there is a small miniature carriage) Ta da!

Cinderella: (Coughs) A-hem. It is a little small.

Fairy: (Looks at Cinderella) Don't wait for every thing to be perfect, dearie.

Cinderella: But-

Fairy: It will grow on you, child.

Cinderella: (Skeptical) Really? (Fairy frowns, then gives the carriage a push. It slides off stage)

Fairy: Even after seeing you refuse to believe. Go, my dear. (Cinderella starts to walk off stage, but jumps backwards in surprise)

Cinderella: Oh Heavens! (Looks at the Fairy)

Fairy: (Proudly) I told you that it would grow on you! (Smirks and taps her face with her wand)

Cinderella: Thank you! (Hugs fairy)

Fairy: (Surprised) My! (Pulls away and coughs) A-hem, that's alright.

Cinderella: (Suddenly concerned) But what about Lady Miranda and the girls? (Looks down at her dress) Her ladyship will send me home.

Fairy: (Scoffs) What total rubbish, my dear! (Waves her wand) Light Shine and change, hide what is real. (Taps Cinderella on the head)

Cinderella: (Gasps) Oh? What did you just do?

Fairy: (Proudly) No one at the ball will recognize you now, my dear. You are quite safe from her ladyship.

Cinderella: (Worried) What about John?

Fairy: (Frowns) John? The boy in the woods?

Cinderella: (Stares) You know him?

Fairy: (Grins) I know everyone you know, my dear. Your John has a sister, I just happen to be her Fairy Godmother too.

Cinderella: (Surprised) Oh!

Fairy: (Waves) Tootles! (Dances off stage)

Cinderella: (Waves back) Goodbye. (Gasps) Oh, fairy Godmother, what about John? (Looks around, but the fairy is gone) Oh well. (Walks off stage)