Beauty and the Beast
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1 Beauty and the Beast Adapted by Katie Preisig Monday 3:35 Cast Updated September 24th 2 CAST LIST 1. Prince/Beast: Jackson 2. Renee (Belle’s Mom): Ellie 3. Belle: Emma 4. Gaston: Ian 5. Lumiere: Arabella 6. Mrs. Potts: Caroline 7. Cogsworth: Phinley 8. Chip: Reese 9. Feather Duster/Enchantress: Sajani 10. Angelique: Daphne 3 SCENE 1 WELCOME COGSWORTH Tick tock, tick tock! Welcome here! LUMIERE Is everybody happy? ANGELIQUE You all look beautiful! GASTON And handsome like me! CHIP We hope you feel comfy. MRS. POTTS Sit back, relax and be our guest! SONG Be Our Guest #1 Be our guest Be our guest Put our service to the test Tie your napkin round your neck my dear And we’ll do all the rest Be our guest Be our guest Yes and we will do our best To entertain you 4 And delight you With the story we love best We can dance We can sing Don’t you worry bout a thing And we hope that you all will be impressed It’s time to start the show And say come on, “Let’s Go!” Be our guest Be our guest Be our guest! 5 SCENE 2 PROLOGUE NARRATOR Once upon a time there was a very mean and selfish prince. One dark and stormy night an old woman came to the castle door and asked the prince to let her in from the bitter cold but the prince said… PRINCE No way. NARRATOR In return, she offered him a rose. But the unkind prince turned her away. The old woman warned him not to be deceived by appearances. ENCHANTRESS Beauty is found within. NARRATOR When the prince turned her away once again, the old woman’s appearance quickly changed into that of a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize. PRINCE Wait! I’m so sorry. ENCHANTRESS There is no love in your heart. NARRATOR As punishment, the enchantress turned the prince into a hideous beast. Then she placed a spell on the castle and all who lived there. If he could learn to love and be loved in return before the last petal of the rose falls off, the spell would be broken. If not, he would remain a 6 beast forever. As the years past, the beast fell into despair. BEAST Nobody could ever love me. I will never leave this castle again. NARRATOR And so it was for many years. But all of that would soon change when some unexpected guests show up at the castle. 7 SCENE 3 THE VILLAGE NARRATOR In a nearby village there lived a beautiful young woman named Belle. Belle, unlike other girls, cared only for her books. She always felt out of place. BELLE I wish we lived someplace else. Like the town in this book. RENEE But why? BELLE Because nothing ever happens here. NARRATOR Belle’s mother, Renee, loved books, too. Renee was an inventor and a genius but the rest of the townsfolk thought she was just another loony like Belle. GASTON Belle is even stranger than her mother. SONG Good Morning Belle There goes the baker with his tray like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this boring little town, good morning Belle. Look there she goes, that girl is so peculiar I wonder if she’s feeling well 8 With a dreamy far off look And her nose stuck in a book What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle Look, there she goes that girl is so peculiar I wonder if she’s feeling well Never part of any crowd Cause her head’s up in some cloud What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle NARRATOR Gaston, the most handsome man in town, wanted to make Belle his wife. Even if she was strange, she was the most beautiful girl in town. GASTON Her nose is always in a book but that will change when she meets me. NARRATOR But Belle turned him down again and again. Still, Gaston was determined to change her mind. SONG Gaston Right from the moment when he met her, saw her He said, “She’s gorgeous”, and he fell Here in town there’s only she Who’s as beautiful as he So he’s making plans to marry, marry Belle GASTON Hello Belle (he takes the book from her and looks inside) BELLE Can I have my book back please? 9 GASTON How can you read it. It has no pictures! RENEE Some people use their imaginations. GASTON Let’s talk about something that will make you smile. Let’s talk about me! RENEE What makes you so great, Gaston? SONG Gaston No one’s slick like Gaston No one’s quick like Gaston No one’s neck is incredibly thick like Gaston’s For there’s no one in town quite as brawny As you see, he’s got biceps to spare No one shoots like Gaston Makes those beauts like Gaston, Then goes stomping around in his boots like Gaston As a strong man, oh yes, he can scare you What a guy, Gaston! 10 SCENE 4 AT THE CASTLE NARRATOR One cold day, Renee and Belle set off into the night to show his latest invention at a faraway fair. But they became lost and came to a castle door to ask for help. CHIP Momma! There are girls in the castle! RENEE Hello? We need a place to stay for the night. ANGELIQUE Please come inside. LUMIERE Of course you are welcome here. MRS. POTTS How about some tea? FOOTSTOOL Put your feet up and relax! COGSWORTH Our master will not like this. ANGELIQUE Our master doesn’t like anything. 11 CHIP Can they really stay, Mom? MRS. POTTS Of course they can! BEAST Who are you and what are you doing here? COGSWORTH I tried to keep them out. ANGELIQUE You did no such thing, Cogsworth! FOOTSTOOL Master, they were freezing and lost. BELLE My name is Belle and this is my mother Renee. RENEE Thank you for letting us in from the cold. BEAST You will join me for dinner. BELLE 12 Thank you but we are both very tired. BEAST That wasn’t a question, it was an order! RENEE (Nudging BELLE) What a generous offer. FEATHERDUSTER What he means is, we want you to be our guests. SONG Be Our Guest #2 Be our guest, be our guest Put our service to the test Tie your napkin round your neck, my dears And we’ll do all the rest Soup du jour, Hot hors d'oeuvres Why we only live to serve Try the grey stuff, it’s delicious Don’t believe me? Ask the dishes They can sing, they can dance After all miss, this is France And our dinner here is never second best Go on unfold your menu, take a glance and then You’ll be our guest, be our guest, be our guest NARRATOR The servants in the castle wanted to help Belle and Renee. They made her feel comfortable even while the Beast made them feel scared. They decided to coach him on how best to not scare Belle and Renee away. 13 LUMIERE (To the BEAST) You must impress them with your wit. FEATHERDUSTER But be gentle. COGSWORTH Shower them with compliments! MRS. POTTS But be sincere. ANGELIQUE Show them what’s inside your heart. FOOTSTOOL And above all… ALL You must control your temper! NARRATOR The Beast listened to his friends and slowly, his demeanor started to change. 14 SCENE 5 SOMETHING THERE NARRATOR Soon after dinner, the Beast reveals a brand new bookcase full of adventure books that he put out just for Belle and Renee. RENEE I can’t believe it! BELLE I’ve never seen so many books in my life! BEAST It’s all yours. NARRATOR As the three of them began to explore the books, the servants were standing by, waiting to see how the Beast’s good deed would unfold. MRS. POTTS Would you look at that! LUMIERE I knew it would work. COGSWORTH This is very encouraging. FEATHERDUSTER 15 Isn’t this exciting! FOOTSTOOL Do you think it’s almost time? ANGELIQUE I have a very good feeling about this! CHIP What are you all talking about? LUMIERE Allow us to explain. SONG Something There He’s almost sweet, He’s almost kind, But he was mean and he was angry all the time He’s like a friend And doesn’t roar He didn’t used to be so nice like this before. She looked at him, And thought she saw She wasn’t frightened when she took him by the paw. She is the friend He’s waited for He wonders why he didn’t see it there before. CHIP What’s there Mama? MRS. POTTS 16 I’ll tell you when you’re older. 17 SCENE 6 THE TRANSFORMATION NARRATOR It wasn’t long after that the Beast realized something important. To be a good friend the Beast had to give Belle and Renee their freedom. BEAST I want you to go free. BELLE But we want to stay here with you, don’t we Mom? RENEE That’s right. Why would we ever leave such an enchanted castle? BEAST You want to stay even though I’m a beast? BELLE Beauty is on the inside, not the outside. NARRATOR Suddenly, something magical happened. The curse was broken and the beast turned back into a handsome prince.