Purchase Cinderella
A Musical Fairy Tale Script for Children
by Charles Robertson
Music and Lyrics by
Michael K Myers
Performed across Ontario to thousands of people.
Cinderella is the rags to riches story of a young girl kept in servitude by her mean step mother and step sisters. Cinderella is also kept in servitude by her promise to her dying father to look after her step mother and step sisters until she is married. The chances of getting married seem to grow dimmer by the day. Dressed in rags and forced to sleep on the floor by the fireplace, Cinderella does not give in to anger or depair. She is kind and graceful and dreams of another life, a happier life. Her only friend is a mouse whom she names Hubert.
Meanwhile at the palace, Prince Charming is having problems of his own. He goes to see Doctor Doc, the family physician about being a nerd. The prince is a dreamer, reading books about life instead of living it. The Doctor suggests that the cure would be that the prince should fall in love.
The Prince decides he will throw a palace ball in hopes of meeting the girl of his dreams. Cinderella's Step mother and step sisters are excited that evryone in the kingdom will be invited to the ball. When Cinderella asks about going her step mother says that everyone is invited but her. After her stepmother and step sisters dress up in gawdy costumes and head off to the ball, Cinderella cries herself to sleep.
As she sleeps, Cinderella's fairy godmother sneaks in and wakes her. Cinderella learns that her fairy godmother has been watching over her, her whole life. Her fairy godmother uses magic to change a pumpkin into a fancy coach, Hunbert the mouse into a talking horse, Ed the rat into a coach man and her rags into a beautiful ball gown. As the final touch, she turns an old pair of shoes into glass slippers. She is ready to go to the palace ball. But there is a catch. The magic will only hold til midnight, when everything will go back to the way it was before.
Meanwhile at the dance, a lounge singer is singing a bad lounge-lizard song before breaking out into a big rock n roll number. The step sisters frighten the prince by man handling him on the dance floor. When Cinderella enters the palace, the prince collapses on the floor in front of her. He realizes he has fallen in love.
Great songs like Scrub Scrub Scrub from the step sisters, The Prince's Rap and This is your Night from the fairy godmother. Cinderella herself has a sweet ballad; Everyone will be my friend.
A wonderful hour of live theatre for the whole family.
