Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Characters:
Snow White
Prince
Seven Dwarfs: Doc, Dopey, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy.
Queen
Mirror
Raven
Cat
Hunter
(animals, birds)
Prologue
Snow White: I’m so unhappy. M stepmother hates me. My father has forgotten me. Perhaps, some day a prince will come and take me away from the palace.
Scene I
Queen (in front of her magic mirror): How happy I am! I’ve married the King and I am the Queen now. How beautiful I am!
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?
Mirror: You are very beautiful, but Snow White is more beautiful.
Queen (angrily): Dirty glass. I’ll break you into pieces. Oh, my black raven! Oh, my black cat! What must I do?
Cat: Send her to the forest.
Raven: Let the hunter kill her, kill her, kill her.
Queen: That’s a good idea! Hunter! Hunter!
Hunter: (comes in): Yes, your Majesty?
Queen: Where is Snow White?
Hunter: She is in the garden.
Queen: Take this terrible girl away into the forest, kill her there, bring me her heart in a box and I’ll give a big bag of gold.
Hunter: Yes, your Majesty! (goes away)
Queen: He’ll kill the girl and I’ll be the most beautiful one forever, forever, forever.
Scene II
(In the forest)
Snow White: Birds are singing so sweetly in the forest. Flowers smell so nice. (Hunter wants to kill her but his hand fails him and gives a cry.)
Hunter: The Queen told me to kill you, but I can’t do it. You are so kind and beautiful. I’ll bring your stepmother a pig’s heart. And you must run away and hide yourself in the forest. (Snow White runs from him. Hunter goes away.)
Snow White: Oh, my! What shall I do! ( Animals appear) I’m so sorry, I didn’t want to frighten you. But I’m so unhappy. I can’t live here. I can’t sleep on the ground. (Animals lead her to a little cottage.) How nice it is here! The little cottage is like a toy. I like it very much. May I come in? (Come in.) Oh, dust everywhere. The plates are dirty. Just look. The chairs are so small. And the beds are small too. And what funny names! Dopey, Sneezy, Happy, Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy. I know. Seven little kids love here. And they have no mother. Poor things. But I’m so tired. I’ll just lie down on this little bed.
Scene III
(The dwarfs enter their cottage.)
Doc: Hush! There’s somebody in here.
Grumpy: It’s a burglar.
Sneezy: No, I don’t.
Dopey: It’s a monster.
Happy: I am afraid of it.
Bashful: So I am.
Sleepy: But we must know who is there.
Doc: Let Bashful go and see.
Bashful: But I don’t want to. I’m afraid.
(The dwarfs push him forward.)
Doc: Take heart.
Grumpy: We are with you kill it.
(Bashful tip-toes to the bed and starts smiling, the other dwarfs come up to bed slowly.)
Doc: Who can she be?
Happy: How beautiful she is!
Dopey: Her face is as white as snow.
Sleepy: Her hair is as dark as night.
Snow White (wakes up and gives a cry): Oh, my! So you are dwarfs. How are you? I’ll guess your names. You are Doc, Dopey, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy.
Dwarfs: And who are you?
Snow White: I’m Snow White. Don’t send me away or my stepmother will kill me.
Dwarfs: Poor thing.
Snow White: May I stay with you? I can keep house for you. I can do many things. I can cook tasty food, bake bread, clean the house and make dresses.
Dwarfs: Tasty food!
Doc: You are a very good girl! You can stay with us.
Snow White: Thank you, dear friends. I suppose you are hungry. Would you like meat soup, fish and potatoes, tea and cookies?
Dwarfs: Oh, meat soup, fish and potatoes, tea and cookies?
Snow White: I’ll cook supper and you’ll wash your hands and faces.
Dwarfs: But we don’t like to wash.
Snow White: Come on, come on. If you want to have supper. (She is laying the table.) Show me your hands. Shame on you. Even worse than I thought. I insist on your washing your hands once more. Come on. Come on. (They are leaving.)
Scene IV
Queen: Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of us all?
Mirror: With seven dwarfs in the wood still alive, the fairest in the land, Snow White. You are holding a pig’s heart in your hands.
Queen: Shut up. Shut up, dirty glass. So I was tricked. My black raven, my black cat, what must I do?
Raven: Kill her. Kill her.
Cat: Poison her. Poison her.
Queen: Give me my magic robe.
Raven: Here it is.
Queen: Give me my magic pot.
Cat: Here it is.
Queen: Give me a red apple.
Cat and Raven: Here it is.
(Queen practices witchcraft over the apple.)
Queen: How red it is! How juicy and delicious it looks! It is ready. (to Cat) Do you want it? (He runs away.) (to Raven) Do you want it? (He flies away.) Don’t be afraid of it. It’s not for you. I must hurry now. (Goes away.)
Scene V.
(Seven dwarfs go off to their mine.)
Grumpy (to the girl): Be careful. Don’t let anyone.
Doc: Don’t the door to anybody.
Snow White: I promise, my good friends.
Dwarfs: Good-bye, Snow White.
Snow White: Good-bye, and good luck. ( They go away.)
(Queen comes in.)
Queen: Hello. Are you alone? Look at this apple. It’s delicious. Take it. Take a bit. But I’m so thirsty. Can I have a glass of water?
Snow White: Here you are.
Queen: Thank you, my pretty. You are so kind. Have an apple. It’ll make your dreams come true. An old woman knows what a pretty young girl wants. Eat it or your wish will be lost.
(Snow White bites into the apple and falls on the flour.)
Queen: She’s dead. I’ve done it. (She goes away.)
(The dwarfs appear.)
Doc: The wicked queen’s done it.
Happy: Our dear Snow White is dead.
Sleepy: She is too beautiful to be buried in the cold earth.
Bashful: What shall we do?
(A handsome Prince comes to the cottage.)
Prince: Hello, my good men. Why are you crying?
Dwarfs: Our Snow White is dead.
Prince: Let me have a look at her. (He kneels beside Snow White and kisses her. She awakes.)
Snow White: Where am I?
Prince: You are safe with me. I cannot live without you. I love you.
Snow White: Oh, my Prince. I’m so happy.
Grumpy: Three cheers for Snow White and her Prince, hurrah!
Dwarfs: Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
(Snow White and Prince start waltzing.)
(Все актеры выходят под музыку и кланяются.)