Sleeping Beauty (Nicol)
Ron Nicol
Genre: Pantomime
Cast size: 24 + Chorus
Duration: Two Act
Ron Nicol | Pantomime | Full-length | 3m, 11f, 10m/f + Chorus
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King Pelinor and Queen Pelinor send messengers throughout the kingdom to invite the Seven Fairies of the Realm to Princess Mirabel’s christening. Grizabella the Black Fairy doesn’t receive an invitation, but arrives anyway, casting a spell so that on her sixteenth birthday the Princess will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. White Fairy Genevra intervenes, changing the spell so that Mirabel won’t die but will fall into a deep sleep from which she can only be woken by a Prince’s kiss, and King Pelinor orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom must be destroyed. Meanwhile, in another palace in another Kingdom, Queen Ermintrude urges Prince Marmaduke to marry, giving him six months to find a suitable bride.
On her sixteenth birthday Mirabel pricks her finger on a spinning wheel which has been hidden by Grizabella and her servants Catflap and Lumpkin, and falls into a deep sleep. Genevra casts a spell so that the whole court will also remain asleep while Nanny Bunion and Crumble are on a mission to find the necessary Prince, and creates an Enchanted Forest to surround the palace.
Grizabella sends Catflap and Lumpkin to prevent anyone finding the prince, but Bunion and Crumble have already encountered Marmaduke. They pass through the Enchanted Forest, where Catflap and Lumpkin pretend to be ghosts but frighten themselves instead. Eventually Bunion, Crumble and Marmaduke arrive at the palace, Genevra removes her spell, the court awakens, and Marmaduke wakes Mirabel with a kiss.
The less familiar ending is based on Charles Perrault’s version of the fairy tale. Grizabella encourages Queen Ermintrude to reveal her hidden ogrish tendencies, sending Ermintrude to eat Mirabel. This is prevented by Genevra, Grizabella is banished from the kingdom and all ends happily.
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