Beauty Is a Beast

Cast of Characters

PRINCESS Beauty: (f) A spoiled princess who learns a lesson

HONOR: (f) Beauty's kind sister

NICK: (m) A young strong peasant who meets Beauty

FAIRY: (f) Beauty's fairy godmother

ANDRES: (m) A blind prince from a neighboring kingdom

*JANIE: (f) Nick's sister

SCRIBE: (m/f) A royal servant

KING (or QUEEN): (m/f) Beauty and Honor's father (or mother)

*TUTOR: (m/f) Beauty's tutor who has trouble tutoring her

*GUARD: (m/f) A guard who makes Beauty's life difficult



*NICK's brothers and sisters: PETER, PATTY, CINDY, JIMMY, SAM, and MANDY



*PEASANTS with speaking roles: JILL, MEG, MAY, MARY, SARAH, TIM, JO, MOLLY, JOHN, SALLY, LADY



There are also numerous non-speaking parts: GUARDS, PEASANTS, PARTYGOERS, SERVANTS, CHILDREN



*Parts that can be doubled. The following are some suggested ways of doubling parts:

Guard/Peter

Janie/Tutor

Jo/Joe/Jill/Lady

Sarah/Sally/Cindy

Mary/Meg/Patty

Peter/Tim/Mayor(May)/John

Sam/Jimmy/Bill



This play can be performed with as few as 15 actors or with as many as desired.


Time and Place

The Kingdom of Callentine


Once upon a time,





INTRODUCTION



(A single light comes up on the Fairy)

FAIRY: Now how is this story supposed to start. Let's see, Oh, yes. Once upon a time there was a princess named Beauty who was lovelier than anyone else in the entire kingdom. But wait, that's not really when the story started. It really started long ago, in a land far, far away, when Beauty was just a baby. Perhaps I should start by saying twice upon a time. Anyway, There was a royal family, the royal family of Callentine who had brought peace to their kingdom and led everyone out of the Dark Ages, by inventing the light bulb. Just kidding. They were kind and fair rulers who did what was best for the people. As a reward for their good deeds, I decided to make their newborn daughter the most beautiful person in the world. But...