ALADDIN Script Example
ALADDIN Script Example
Aladdin
: (sings) Im Aladdin, yes I am! And this is Alakazam. At your service! At your service! At your service, maam! (spoken.) Aladdin! (Another bow.)
Princess Jasmine
: (to audience.) Hes quite sure of himself. I like that quality. His eyes are bright and steady. He makes me smile.
: (from offstage left.) Once she is found, shes to be kept under lock and key!
Sultans voice
Princess Jasmine
: Quick, Aladdin! You must hide. (Aladdin doesnt wait for an explanation. The urgency of Princess Jasmines words tell him its danger time.)
Aladdin : lets go Alakazam! (Aladdin runs out, down left and Alakazam follows, pausing only long enough to snatch away the scraft from the princess.) Girls : oh! (Grunting and hooting, Alakazam exist after his master. Queen Sultana thunders in from left. Shes a commanding lady. Her word is law and almost everyone is afraid of her.) Queen Sultana : There you are, Jasmine, daughter. Arent you ashamed of yourself? Bad princess. Running off from the Royal Procession. (points to Zara and Sheba.) As for you two, its the palace dungeon. Zara/Sheba : Oh! Oh! Princess Jasmine : You misunderstand, Mother. Zara and Sheba ran after me to take me back. Theyre completely innocent. I only ran off to
Ms 14 & 15
Zara : The monkey stole Princess Jasmines scarf. Queen Sultana Ali Bubbas voice : What does one scarf matter? : (from offstage left.) But, Uncle, cousin Queen Sultana says Im to marry Princess Jasmine. Sultans voice : (from offstage left.) Maybe yes, maybe no. Depends. (the Sultan enters, left. Women bow. The Sultan is dressed regally. Hes an intelligent man who fears only one thing: his wife. Walking behind him, holding a large umbrella over the Sultans head, i a distant in-law Ali Bubba. Hes a dolt, wearing an enormous turban. Extras can be added to fill out the Royal Procession.) Sultan : Ah, there you are, daughter. : I found her. No thanks to you, husband.
Queen Sultana
(Sultan winces. As the conversation plays, Aladdin, curious, returns. He either stands out of sight, down left, or hides behind one of the large baskets.) Ali Bubba : Cousin Queen Sultana. : (sweetly) What is it, Ali Bubba?
: Am I not to marry Princess Jasmine? : I told you that depends. : Dont interrupt, husband! (Sultan winces)
Queen Sultana
Princess Jasmine : (to Sheba and Zara) I dont want to marry Ali Bubba. (Princess Jasmine, Sheba and Zara step right as if to get far away from Ali Bubba as possible) Queen Sultana Ali Bubba : I think it would be a splendid match.
: (flat) Oh, good. : After all, you are my third cousin twice removed. And I have
Queen Sultana
Ms 14 & 15
always been most fond of your mother who is, of course, my second twice removed. (thinks) Or is she my first cousin thrice removed? Or, maybe shes my third cousin who never moved. It always confuses me. Sultan : You know the law of the land, wife. Anyone who wishes can petition for the hand of Princess Jasmine. Queen Sultana : They can petition, but that doesnt mean they stand a chance. Right? Sultan : You know best. : Chop-chop! (immediately, Chop-chop runs in from right)
: It shall be so. (Chop-chop does a right-face and marches off right.) Inside! Inside! Shut the doors and bar the windows. It is forbidden to look upon the face of the Princess Jasmine! (Zara and Sheba walk behind Chop-chop. Sultan steps to Princess Jasmine. Queen Sultana takes her husbands place under the umbrella. She and Ali Bubba exit right in haughty fashion.)
Sultan
: Come along, daughter. Time to return to the palace. : Father, I dont want to marry Ali Bubba. Hes stupid and hes vain. All he wants to do is sit on cushion and eat figs.
Princess Jasmine
Sultan
: Is that what you dislike about him? : That. And his turban.
Princess Jasmine