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Act I – Cinderella’s home
Once upon a time, there lived a fine handsome young prince who wished to find a wife. And so he issued a proclamation inviting all the most beautiful maidens in the land to a grand ball. Our story starts at the home where Cinderella and her stepmother and stepsisters live. Cinder-ella, called this because she was made to sleep by the hearth among the cinders, hoped she could go….but alas her ungrateful stepmother and stepsisters would allow nothing of the sort. Poor, sad Cinderella. If only she knew that a kindness she would soon show an old beggar woman, would bring her a fairy god mother and the fairies of the seasons, who would present her with marvelous gifts to wear at the ball, and transform her into the most beautiful maiden in the land.
Act II - The Palace Ball
And so Cinderella, dressed fit for a prince, left the rags and cinders behind and went to the ball. The 2 sisters were already at the ball, not knowing that their stepsister had stepped into beautiful gown and beautiful slippers and had also gone to the ball. Only Cinderella and an old beggar woman knew what was happening, and what would happen in a few hours, when the gown would change back to rags, in a few, very few hours, at 12 o’clock, at midnight!
Act III - The Prince’s Visit
The few hours had gone, midnight had struck and Cinderella had disappeared as mysteriously as she had appeared in the first place. The prince was without the most beautiful maiden he had ever seen, without joy, but not without hope, for as Cinderella departed, one of her slippers fell from her foot. And now as princes will, he proclaimed again that the entire kingdom be searched until they found the beautiful maiden whose foot the slipper would fit, so that he could make her his bride and princess. Among the familiar cinders, Cinderella awoke and was happy with the memory of what had just happened only in a dream. Or…..had it really happened?!!
