“Cinderella “
( in a modern style)
Characters:
Scene 1
Cinderella is washing the floor. Her stepsisters are sitting in the arm-chairs. One sister is listening to music. Another one is taking care of her finger nails. Their mother is talking over her mobile phone.
Stepmother (to her daughters). There will be a disco in the Queen’s palace. The Queen invites all young ladies to come.
First stepsister. Cinderella, give me my new dress.
Cinderella. Here you are!
Second stepsister. Cinderella, bring me my mirror!
Cinderella. Here you are!
Stepmother. Cinderella, bring me my fan!
(Cinderella gives her the fan)
First stepsister. Tell me Cinderella, do you want to go to the disco?
Cinderella. Don’t laugh at me! Nobody will let me in.
Second stepsister. You are too dirty to go there!
They leave the room. Cinderella is crying. Fairy, her god-mother appears.
Fairy. Why are you crying my child?
Cinderella. I want to go to the Queen’s disco. But I have neither new and modern clothes nor trainers.
Fairy. My dear, I can help you. Here is a plastic bag with your clothes and trainers. But remember, you must go home at 12 o’clock.
Cinderella. (kissing Fairy). Thank you very much!
Scene 2
At the Queen’s palace. The guests are dancing at the disco. The Prince comes up to Cinderella’s stepsisters. He is disappointed. But suddenly, seeing Cinderella he begins to dance with her.
Queen (two GUARDS behind her notices her son dancing with a young lady). She is very pleased:
Who is that beautiful girl?
Suddenly the clock strikes twelve.
Cinderella. Oh, it’s twelve o‘clock. I’m sorry, but I must go now.
Good-bye.
She runs away and loses one of her trainers.
Scene 3
Cinderella is cleaning the pan, her stepsisters are talking about the disco.
First stepsister. You know, Cinderella, there was a beautiful lady at the Queen’s disco.
Stepmother. She ran home and lost her trainer.
Second stepsister. The Prince is looking for her. He wants to marry that young beautiful lady.
The Prince and two guards behind him enter the room.
First guard ( to the first stepsister). Try on this trainer, please.
First stepsister. It’s too small for me!
Second stepsister. Let me try it on! Oh, it’s so small!
Prince. (coming up to Cinderella). Who is that girl?
Stepmother. Oh, it’s our Cinderella. She hasn’t been to a disco.
Cinderella. But I want to try it on! (She shows another trainer of the pair).
Prince. Oh, it’s you, my dear! At last I’ve found you. Be my Sweetheart. I want to marry you!
First and second stepsisters. Oh, Cinderella, we beg your pardon.
Cinderella. I pardon you. Good-bye. Come to our marriage party.
Reciting poems
Poem “Flowers for mother”
By Clara Rader
I never have a special day
To give flowers to my mother
I give them to her every day
To show how much I love her.
When I sweep the kitchen floor,
Or care for baby brother,
Run on errands or make the beds,
I’m giving flowers to Mother.
It’s lots of fun pretending
And to hear my mother says,
“Thank you, dear, for all the flowers
You’ve given me today”.
Song “what a wonderful world”
by Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green,
Red roses too.
I see them bloom for me and you,
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white,
The bright sunny day
And the dark starry night,
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.
Brother
By Mary Ann Hoberman
I had a little brother
And I brought him to my mother
And I said I want another
Little brother for a change.
But she said, “Don’t be a brother.”
So I took him to my father
And I said this little brother
Of a brother’s very strange.
But he said, “One little brother
Is exactly like another
And every little brother
Misbehaves a bit,” he said.
So I took the little brother
From my mother and my father
And I put the little brother
Of a brother back to bed.