Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Author The Brothers Grimm Total scenes 11 Script Writer Shaun MacLoughlin Characters 18 Script Audio Sound effects for Snow White and the Seven Play duration 1+ hour Dwarfs Music & Opening theme music, A lullaby sung by good queen, Bad Queen's theme music, Sound effects Dwarfs' marching song, Dwarfs' marching feet, Funeral music, Loud crunching of apple and Wedding music Images English through Drama™ © 2018 All rights reserved. Page 1 of 10 Casting, Costumes, Props and Backdrops Unit CAST COSTUMES PROPS BACKDROPS s Good Queen 1 Snow-White's will be a red and white liquid in SCENERY / CUT- poor maid's dress. It will jugs OUTS /FURNITURE have laces. Narrator 1 - 2 2 see Huntsman's clothes Needle and thread and Chair in picture. material Bad Queen 1 A boar's or pig's mask White confetti or a mat or carpet to sleep cotton wool bits or on white feathers Looking Glass 1 6 false beards for 6 of Baby doll Snow White Cut-out of trees and the 7 dwarfs leaves to convey a forest Servant (non 1 A false pointed nose for large looking glass table speaking) bad queen carried by actor Cook (non 1 Rag clothes for bad small box for heart Cut-out of Model Speaking) queen House Prince 1 Snow White's wedding Huntsman's knife One bed made to look dress and crown like seven little beds Huntsman 1 The Prince's costume table a stretcher and frame on and crown top to look like glass coffin Actor dressed As 1 The Good Queen's dress plate, knife and fork Pig (non speaking) will be elegant but simple. Doc 1 The Bad queen's dress cooked heart maybe a will be magnificent heart shaped hamburger Grumpy 1 6 more plates, knives and forks and 6 mugs Happy 1 7 candles (can be torches with red lights) Sleepy 1 bundle of old clothes Bashful 1 some make-up Sneezy 1 a bowl with liquid in it Dopey 1 an apple, red on one side, white on the other Servants who 1 dress Snow White English through Drama™ © 2018 All rights reserved. Page 2 of 10 The Script Scene 1 Setting A ROOM IN THE PALACE Characters Narrator 1-2, Good Queen, Bad Queen, Looking glass, Snow White, Huntsman. A lullaby sung by good Queen, Bad Queen's theme music, Dwarfs' marching song, Sound Effects Dwarfs' marching feet, Funeral music, Loud crunching of apple and Wedding music, Sound Effect of Knocking and Sneezing, evil laugh of the Bad Queen Character Script (THE GOOD QUEEN IS SEWING AT A WINDOW. FALLING SNOW OUTSIDE THE WINDOW CAN BE CONVEYED BY FALLING WHITE CONFETTI, COTTON WOOL (WE CAN SEE CHILDREN THROWING IT) OR BY LIGHTING.) NARRATOR 1 In the middle of winter when snow was falling like white feathers, the Queen sat sewing at her window. NARRATOR 2 She pricked her finger with her needle. GOOD QUEEN Ouch! That hurt. NARRATOR 1 And a drop of red blood fell on the white snow. GOOD QUEEN I want to have a child as white as snow, as red as blood and as black as the wood of the window frame. (A SERVANT CAN BRING HER A BABY GIRL DOLL TO CUDDLE. THE GOOD QUEEN MAY SING HER A LULLABY) NARRATOR 2 Soon she had a little daughter, who was as white as snow, and had lips as red as blood, and her hair was as black as coal. NARRATOR 1 So she called her Snow White. (THE SERVANT TAKES THE DOLL FROM HER AND TAKES THE CHAIR AWAY AND THE QUEEN LIES DOWN.) NARRATOR 2 But when Snow White was born, the Queen died. (THE QUEEN GETS UP AND LEAVES AND ANOTHER QUEEN APPEARS ON STAGE.) NARRATOR 1 After a year the King married again. NARRATOR 2 She was a beautiful woman. NARRATOR 1 But very vain and very unkind. (AN ACTOR DRESSED AS A LOOKING GLASS WALKS ONTO THE STAGE) NARRATOR 2 She had a wonderful looking glass that could speak. BAD QUEEN Magic mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all? LOOKING You, oh Queen, are the most beautiful of all. GLASS (SNOW WHITE WALKS ONTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAGE. SHE SWEEPS THE FLOOR WITH A BROOM) NARRATOR 1 The new Queen was unkind to Snow White. She made her sweep the entire palace. NARRATOR 2 But Snow-white was growing up, and grew more and more beautiful; NARRATOR 1 And when she was seven, the new queen again asked the looking glass. BAD QUEEN Magic mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful of all? LOOKING You are beautiful oh Queen, but more beautiful still is Snow White. GLASS BAD QUEEN (SCREECHES) What! (SHE TURNS TO SNOW WHITE) Get out of here, you horrid girl. (SNOW WHITE DROPS HER BROOM) SNOW WHITE Yes your Majesty! (SHE RUNS AWAY) English through Drama™ © 2018 All rights reserved. Page 3 of 10 NARRATOR 2 The Queen grew to hate Snow White more and more. (THE HUNTSMAN ENTERS) NARRATOR 1 One day she summoned her Huntsman. BAD QUEEN Take the child away into the forest; I will no longer have her in my sight. Kill her, and bring me back her heart. (THE QUEEN LEAVES THE STAGE. THE HUNTSMAN PRODUCES A SMALL BOX. HE THEN FETCHES SNOW WHITE. SHE HAS A DRESS WITH LACES.) Scene 2 Setting THE FOREST Characters Narrator 1-2, Snow White, Huntsman. A lullaby sung by good Queen, Bad Queen's theme music, Dwarfs' marching song, Sound Effects Dwarfs' marching feet, Funeral music, Loud crunching of apple and Wedding music, Sound Effect of Knocking and Sneezing, evil laugh of the Bad Queen (ENTER SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. STAGE HANDS CARRY ON SOME CUT OUTS OF TREES OR SOME BRANCHES AND LEAVES TO CONVEY THE FOREST) NARRATOR 1 The huntsman obeyed, and took her away; (HE DRAWS HIS KNIFE) NARRATOR 2 But when he had drawn his knife, and was about to pierce Snow-White's innocent heart, she began to weep. SNOW WHITE (CRYING) Dear huntsman, leave me my life! I will run away into the wild forest, and never come home again. (HE PUTS AWAY HIS KNIFE. HE KNEELS BEFORE HER.) HUNTSMAN Please forgive me. SNOW WHITE Of course I forgive you. (HE GETS UP) HUNTSMAN Run away, then, you poor child. SNOW WHITE Thank you, dear Huntsman. (SHE RUNS AWAY) HUNTSMAN (TO HIMSELF) The wild beasts will soon eat her. (AN ACTOR DRESSED AS A WILD BOAR APPEARS. THE HUNTSMAN PRETENDS TO STAB IT WITH HIS KNIFE, TAKES OUT ITS HEART AND PUTS IT IN HIS BOX.) HUNTSMAN The Queen will think this is Snow-white's heart. Scene 3 Setting A ROOM IN THE PALACE Characters Narrator 1-2, Bad Queen, Huntsman, Cook. Sound Effects (THE HUNTSMAN AND THE COOK APPEAR. THE HUNTSMAN TAKES THE HEART OUT OF THE BOX AND GIVES IT TO HER.) HUNTSMAN Take this and give it to the Queen. (AS THIS HAPPENS STAGE HANDS BRING ON A TABLE AND CHAIR WITH A KNIFE AND FORK AND THE BAD QUEEN SITS AT IT.) NARRATOR 1 The cook cooked and salted the heart. (SHE TAKES IT ON A PLATE TO THE QUEEN. (IT COULD BE A REAL, SMALL HAMBURGER IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART). THE QUEEN EATS IT) English through Drama™ © 2018 All rights reserved. Page 4 of 10 BAD QUEEN Delicious! NARRATOR 2 The bad Queen ate it all, thinking she was eating Snow-white's heart. (THE QUEEN LEAVES. S Scene 4 Setting FOREST AND THE DWARF'S COTTAGE Characters Narrator 1-2, Snow White, Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey. Sound Effects Dwarfs' marching song, Dwarfs' marching feet, Knocking and Sneezing. SNOW WHITE APPEARS AGAIN AND WANDERS IN THE FOREST. THE STAGE HANDS BRING ON A CUT-OUT OF A MODEL HOUSE.) SNOW WHITE It looks like a doll's house. I wonder if I can sleep there. Let's have a look inside. (THE STAGE HANDS REMOVE THE MODEL. IF POSSIBLE HAVE A DOOR HERE THROUGH WHICH SNOW WHITE AND LATER THE SEVEN DWARFS WILL ENTER. THE STAGE HANDS CAN BRING THIS ON. THEY ALSO CARRY THE TABLE AND CHAIR ACROSS THE STAGE AND BRING ON 7 PLATES WITH SOME FOOD AND 7 MUGS WITH SOME DRINK.) SNOW WHITE I am so hungry. I hope they won't mind. (SHE EATS) SNOW WHITE And thirsty. (SHE DRINKS. THE STAGE HANDS ALSO BRING ON ONE BED MADE TO LOOK LIKE SEVEN LITTLE BEDS.) SNOW WHITE And tired. (SNOW WHITE LIES DOWN LENGTHWISE ACROSS THE SEVEN BEDS AND GOES STRAIGHT TO SLEEP. THEN OFF STAGE WE HEAR THE MARCHING SONG OF THE DWARFS APPROACHING.) SEVEN DWARFS Heigh ho, heigh ho It's off from work we go Heigh ho, heigh ho It's off from work we go (THE 7 DWARFS ENTER. THEY DON'T YET SEE SNOW-WHITE. ALL EXCEPT FOR DOPEY HAVE BEARDS) NARRATOR 1 When it was quite dark the owners of the cottage came back. NARRATOR 2 They were seven dwarfs who dug in the mountains for metals. NARRATOR 1 They were called Doc. DOC (TO THE AUDIENCE) Hello NARRATOR 2 And Grumpy. GRUMPY (TO THE AUDIENCE) What are you doing in my house? NARRATOR 1 And Happy. HAPPY (TO THE AUDIENCE) I'm pleased to see you. Welcome! NARRATOR 2 Sleepy SLEEPY (HE YAWNS. TO THE AUDIENCE) Sorry. Good night. (HE YAWNS AGAIN) Sorry. I mean hello. NARRATOR 1 Bashful. (BASHFUL TRIES TO HIDE HIMSELF, BUT THEN HE TURNS TO THE AUDIENCE) BASHFUL I'm shy.