Fairy Tale Reader’s Theater: Cinderella

Reader Roles: Narrator, Onderella, Stepsister 1, Stepsister 2, Fairy

godmother, Guest 1,

Guest 2, Prince

Scene 1 (at Cinderella home)

Narrator: In a village, there lived a happy family consisting of father,

mother, and a girl named Cinderella. One day, something sad happened
to the family, where Cinderella’s mother died, and finally her father
remarried to a widow who already had two daughters.

Cinderella’s father works outside the village and always leaves Cinderella
with her stepmother and stepsister. Stepmother and stepsister being
treated like a slave. Cinderella very sad and hope her father soon go
home.

Stepsister 1: Did you clean the kitchen?

Cinderella: Yes, I did.

Stepsister 2: Did you polish my shoes?

Cinderella: Yes, I did.

Stepsister 1: Did you iron my clothes?

Cinderella: Yes, I did.

Stepsister 2: And...did you make breakfast.

Ginderella: Yes, breakfast is ready.

Narrator : The evil stepsisters made Cinderella do all the hard work.

One day, the court officials announcement that the palace prince was
doing a contest looking for the empress. So, all the girls were invited to
come to the palace.

Cinderella: (calling out) Stepsisters! A letter from the royal palace has
arrived for you.

Stepsistar 1: fighting) Give it to me! I want to open it.

Stepsister 2: (fighting) No! I want to open it.

Stepsister 1: (looking at the invitation card) Look! We are invited to the

Prince’s ball at the royal palace.

Cinderella’s stepsister was busy decorating herself with fancy dresses and
jewelry to go to the party.

Cinderella: I wish I could go, too...It sounds magicall

Narrator : The night of the ball arrived.

Stepsister 1 laughing) Ha, ha We are going to have a great time at the

ball.

Stepsister 2: (laughing) Have a great night working, Cinderella.

Narator: Cinderella is sad because she was not allowed to come, and she
doesn’t have a good clothes. But it turns out Cinderella’s sadness is
known to the fairy mother, finally the fairy mother bewitching Cinderella’s
tattered clothes into a beautiful dress.After the evil stepsisters had left,
suddenly, a fairy appeared.

Cinderella: Oh my! Who are you?

Fairy godmother: I’m your fairy godmother, beautiful Cinderella. I am here

to help you go to the ball tonight.

Narrator: The fairy godmother waved her magic wand. Cinderella’s rags
turned into a beautiful dress. On her feet were sparkling glass slippers.

Cinderella: Oh, I feel so beautifull

Narator: And also the mice became bodyguards while the pumpkin in
Cinderella’s kitchen turned into a chariot. But the fairy advised that the
magic power would disappear at exactly 12 o’clock at night. The fairy
godmother turned a pumpkin into an amazing coach and some mice into
horses.

Cinderella: What a lovely coach and handsome horses.

Fairy godmother : You are ready now, my dear. Have fun tonight, but be
back by midnight, or else!

Cinderella: Okay, fairy godmother! Thank you.

Scene 2 (at the ball)

Arriving at the palace all the girls looked at Cinderella’s envy because
they were beautiful and graceful, the prince invited Cinderella to dance.
Until Cinderella forgot that it was almost 12.00, finally the palace clock
chimed and Cinderella was shocked and ran from before the prince, but
the glass shoes were released one. And right, all returned to the
beginning, except for the glass shoes that the prince and cinderella still
held.

Guest 1: Who is that beautiful princess?

Guest 2: I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman in my life!

Stepsister 1: Oh no! The Prince is going to dance with her.

Stepsister 2: This is not fair! He was meant to dance with me.

Prince: Would you like to dance with me?

Cinderella: Oh, yes, your highness,

Narrator: The Prince danced every dance with her. Suddenly, the clock.

Narator :Began to strike twelve.

Cinderella: I must go! Thank you for the dance.

Prince: Please stay! (shouting) What is your name?

Narator :Cinderella did not answer and ran back to the coach, but she

Lost one of her glass slippers on the way. Then, the coach and horses
disappeared. Cinderella’s beautiful dress turned back to rags.

Cinderella: Oh no! Everything’s gone. My beautiful dress and my

Sparkling slippers, where are they? Was it a dream?

Scene 3 (at Cinderella’s home)

Narrator The next day, the Prince set out to find Cinderella again.

Finally, the prince is looking for the girl who dances with him, and
searches for every house that has a daughter, until he comes to
Cinderella’s house, even though her stepmother tells Cinderella to hide
but the prince finds out.

Prince: I want every girl in the kingdom to try on this lost glass slipper. I
must find my princess.

Narrator: But the glass slipper didn’t fit anyone. The Prince then arrived At
Cinderella’s house.

Stepsister 1: Good morning Prince. I am so happy that you found my

slipper.

Stepsister 2: It is my slipper. I am the princess you are looking for.

Narrator: The ugly sisters tried to fit into the slipper.

Stepsister 1. Lat me try first! Stepsister 2: No. Your feet are much too big.
Give it to me!

narator: Their feet were much too big. Then the Prince saw

Cinderella.

Prince: Let this girl try.

Stepsister 1: But that’s only Cinderella.

Stepsister 2: She didn’t go to the ball. The slipper won’t fit her!

Narrator: Cinderella sat down and tried on the slipper.

Prince: It fits!

Cinderella: It fits!

Stepsister 1 & 2: (surprised) it fits?

Prince: (smiling) You are the one I’ve been looking for! What is your

Name?

Cinderella: (smiling) My name is Cinderella.

Narrator: The Prince had found his princess and Finally Cinderella marries
the prince and lives in the palace, they lived happily ever after! THE END