The incomparable screen classic is a simple and heartfelt story of a charming
little Princess saved from the evil deeds of her wicked step-mother, the Queen,
by taking refuge in the forest in the house of a group of seven adorable Dwarfs.
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DOC
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HUNTSMAN
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CHIPMUNK
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DOPEY
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SNOW WHITE
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SQUIRRELS
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SLEEPY
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QUEEN/WITCH
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BIRDS
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GRUMPY
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MAGIC MIRROR
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RABBITS
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SNEEZY
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PRINCE
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HAPPY
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BASHFUL
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SCENE
QUEEN’S CHAMBER. PALACE.
NARRATOR:
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Once upon a time there lived a lovely little Princess named Snow
White. Her vain and wicked stepmother the Queen feared that someday Snow
White’s beauty would surpass her own. So she dressed the little Princess in
rags and forced her to work as a Scullery Maid. Each day the vain Queen consulted
her Magic Mirror, “Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of
all?”... And as long as the Mirror answered, “You are the fairest one of
all”, Snow White was safe from the Queen’s cruel jealousy.
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QUEEN:
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(ENTER)
Slave in the Magic Mirror,
Come from the farthest space.
Through wind and darkness I summon thee. (HOWLING
WIND)
Speak! (THUNDERCLAP) Let me see thy
face.
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MAGIC MIRROR:
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(FACE APPEARS) What wouldst thou know,
my queen?
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QUEEN:
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Magic Mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest one of all?
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MAGIC MIRROR:
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Famed is thy beauty, Majesty but hold, a lovely maid I see.
Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is far more fair than
thee.
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QUEEN:
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Alas for her! Reveal her name.
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MAGIC MIRROR:
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Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.
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QUEEN:
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(ANGRILY) Snow White! (STRIKES THE GONG)
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HUNTSMAN:
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(ENTER)
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QUEEN:
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Take her far into the forest. Find some secluded glade where she can
pick wild flowers.
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HUNTSMAN:
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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QUEEN:
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And there, my faithful huntsman, you will kill her!
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HUNTSMAN:
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But, Your Majesty, the little Princess!
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QUEEN:
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Silence! You know the penalty if you fail.
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HUNTSMAN:
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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QUEEN:
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But to make doubly sure you do not fail, bring back her heart in
this. (HOLDS OUT A BOX)
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SCENE
PALACE GROUNDS. A WELL.
ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW BIRDS FOR COMPANY.
SNOW WHITE:
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(HUMMING. SCRUBBING THE PALACE STAIRS. SIGHS.
WALKS OVER TO THE WELL. CONTINES HUMMING. DRAWS MORE WATER FROM THE WELL)
Want to know a secret?
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BIRDS:
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(NOD. COOING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Promise not to tell? (SIGHING) We are
standing by a wishing well.
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BIRDS:
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(PEER IN THE WELL)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SINGING)
Make a wish into the well
That’s all you have to do
And if you hear it echoing
Your wish will soon come true.
(SINGING)
I’m wishing (ECHO) I’m wishing
For the one I love
To find me (ECHO) To find me
Today (ECHO) Today.
I’m hoping (ECHO) I’m hoping
And I’m dreaming of
The nice things (ECHO) The nice things
He’ll say (ECHO) He’ll say.
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PRINCE:
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(ENTER ON A HORSE. WATCHES SNOW WHITE FROM A
HIDDEN PLACE)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SINGING)
I’m wishing (ECHO) I’m wishing
For the one I love
To find me (ECHO) To find me
Today...
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PRINCE:
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(COMPLETES THE ECHO) Today.
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh!
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PRINCE:
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Hello.
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh.
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PRINCE:
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Did I frighten you?
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SNOW WHITE:
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(RUNS INTO THE PALACE. EXIT)
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PRINCE:
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Wait! Wait, please. Don’t run away. (SINGING)
Now that I’ve found you
Hear what I have to say
One song, I have but one song
One song only for you
One heart tenderly beating
Ever entreating
Constant and true.
One love
That has possessed me
One love
Thrilling me through
One song
My heart keeps singing
Of one love
Only for you. (CURTAIN)
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SCENE
FOREST.
SNOW WHITE:
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(HUMMING. PICKING FLOWERS. THE SUN IS BEGINNING
TO SET. A LITTLE BIRD APPEARS) Hello there! What’s the matter? Where
are your mama and papa? Why, I believe you are lost.
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HUNTSMAN:
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(STANDING BY)
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BIRD:
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(CHIRPING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh, please don’t cry. (KNEELING BY THE BIRD)
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HUNTSMAN:
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(LOOKING AROUND SUSPICIOSLY)
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BIRD:
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(CHIRPING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(TALKING TO THE BIRD) Come on, perk
up. Won’t you smile for me? (LAUGHING) That’s
better. Your mama and papa can’t be far.
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BIRDS:
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(CHIRPING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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There they are! Can you fly? Good-bye. Good-bye!
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HUNTSMAN:
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(LOOMS MENACINGLY OVER SNOW WHITE WITH THE
DAGGER DRAWN IN HIS HAND)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SCREAMS)
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HUNTSMAN:
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I can’t do it, I can’t do it. (KNEELS AT HER
FEET) Forgive me. I beg of your highness, forgive me.
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SNOW WHITE:
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I don’t understand!
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HUNTSMAN:
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She’s mad, jealous of you! She’ll stop at nothing!
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SNOW WHITE:
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But, but who?
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HUNTSMAN:
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The queen.
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SNOW WHITE:
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The queen?
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HUNTSMAN:
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Now, quick, child, run. Run away, hide! In the woods! Anywhere! Never come back! Now go. Go! Go!
Run! Run! Hide!
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SNOW WHITE:
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(EXIT)
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HUNTSMAN:
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(EXIT. CURTAIN)
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SCENE
SCARY DARK WOODS.
OWL:
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(ENTER SCREECHING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(ENTER. RUNNING. SCARED BY THE OWL. SCREAMS)
Ahh!
(HER DRESS GETS CAUGHT IN THE BRANCHES)
Ahh!
(FALLS INTO A THORNY BUSH) Ahh!
(GASPS AT THE SIGHT OF A SCARY OLD TREE) Help!
(TRIPS AND FALLS DOWN SCREAMING. NEAR HER ARE
LOGS OF WOOD THAT LOOK LIKE CROCODILES. SCREAMS) Ahh!
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BATS:
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(ENTER. WIND HOWLS)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SCREAMING. FALLS TO THE GROUND SOBBING)
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LITTLE ANIMALS:
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(ENTER AND SURROUND HER)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh!
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ALL LITTLE ANIMALS:
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(SCAMPER AWAY)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Please don’t run away. I won’t hurt you.
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ANIMALS:
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(RE-APPEAR)
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SNOW WHITE:
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I’m awfully sorry. I didn’t mean to frighten you but you don’t know
what I’ve been through. All because I was afraid. I’m so ashamed of the fuss
I’ve made. What do you do when things go wrong?
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(CLAPS HER HANDS) Oh! You sing a song!
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(LAUGHING. SINGS)
With a smile and a song
Life is just like a bright, sunny day
Your cares fade away
And your heart is young
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SINGING)
With a smile and a song
All the world seems to waken anew
Rejoicing with you
As the song is sung
There’s no use in grumbling
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SINGING)
When raindrops come tumbling
Remember you’re the one
Who can fill the world with sunshine
When you smile and you sing
Everything is in tune and it’s spring
And life flows along
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SINGING)
With a smile and a song
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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ALL ANIMALS:
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(EXCITED AND HAPPY)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SINGING)
I really feel quite happy now
I’m sure I’ll get along somehow
Everything is going to be alright
But I do need a place to sleep at night.
(CHUCKILING)
(TO THE RABBITS) I can’t sleep in the
ground like you, (TO THE SQUIRRELS) or in a
tree the way you do. (TO THE BIRDS) And I’m
sure no nest would possibly be big enough for me. Maybe you know where I can
stay. In the woods somewhere?
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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You do?
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ANIMALS:
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(CHATTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Will you take me there?
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ANIMALS:
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(PART THE BRANCHES TO REVEAL A LITTLE
COTTAGE)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh, it’s adorable! Just like a doll’s house. I like it here. Peering
in through the glass. Ooh, it’s dark inside. (KNOCKS
ON THE DOOR) Guess there’s no one home. (DOOR
CREAKS OPEN) Hello? May I come in? (CURTAIN)
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SCENE
DWARFS COTTAGE.
SNOW WHITE:
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(ENTER)
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ANIMALS
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(ENTER)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Shhh!
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ALL:
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(TIP TOE INTO THE HOUSE)
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SNOW WHITE:
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What a cute little chair! Why there are seven little chairs! Must be
seven little children. And from the look of this table, seven untidy little children.
A pickaxe. A stocking, too! (LAUGHS. OPENING A POT)
And a shoe!
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BIRDS:
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(ASTONISHED WHISTLE)
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SNOW WHITE:
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And just look at that fireplace. It’s covered with dust. (BLOWS THE DUST)
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SQUIRRELS:
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(SNEEZE)
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SNOW WHITE:
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And look, cobwebs everywhere! My, my, my! What a pile of dirty
dishes!
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CHIPMUNKS:
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(WHISTLING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(GASPS) And just look at the broom!
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RABBITS:
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(TSKING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Why, they’ve never swept this room. You think their mother would... (GASPS) Maybe they have no mother. Then they’re
orphans. That’s too bad. I know! We’ll clean the house and surprise them.
Then maybe they’ll let me stay.
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(HANGS UP HER CLOAK. TO THE SQUIRRELS)
Now, you wash the dishes.
(TO THE RABBITS) You tidy up the room.
(TO THE CHIPMUNKS) You clean the
fireplace and I will use the broom. (SINGING)
Just whistle while you work
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BIRDS:
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(WHISTLING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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And cheerfully together
We can tidy up the place
So hum a merry tune (HUMMING)
It won’t take long when there’s a song
To help you set the pace
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ANIMALS:
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(DUSTING THE FURNITRE AND THE PLATES)
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SNOW WHITE:
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And as you sweep the room
Imagine that the broom
Is someone that you love and soon
You’ll find you’re dancing to the tune
(TO THE SQUIRRELS) Oh, no, no, no no!
Put them in the tub.
When hearts are high the time will fly
So whistle while you work.
(TO THE RABBITS) UH-uh, uh-uh! Not under
the rug.
(HUMMING)
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CHIPMUNKS:
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(PULLING AT THE COBWEBS AND WRAPPING A FEW
LIKE A BALL OF YARN)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(HUMMING)
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BIRDS:
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(TWITTER. PUT FRESH FLOWERS IN A BOWL)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(HUMMING AND PICKING UP CLOTHES)
So whistle while you work.
Let’s see what’s behind this curtain. (DRAWS
OPEN THE PARTITION) Oh, what adorable little beds! And look, they have
their names carved on them. Doc, Happy, Sneezy, Dopey... (LAUGHING) What funny names for children! Grumpy,
Bashful and Sleepy. (YAWNING) I’m a little
sleepy myself. (LIES DOWN ON THE BEDS) Oh! Oh!
(FALLS ASLEEP)
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ALL ANIMALS:
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(TAKE A NAP. CURTAIN)
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SCENE
DIAMOND MINE.
ALL DWARFS:
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(SINGING)
We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig,
In our mine the whole day through
To dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig
Is what we do
It ain’t no trick to get rich quick
If ya dig, dig, dig
With a shovel or a pick
In a mine
(ECHO) In a mine
Where a million diamonds shine
(ECHO) Shine
We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig
From early morn till night
We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig
Up everything in sight.
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DOC:
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(GRADING THE DIAMONDS, RUBIES AND EMERALDS)
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ALL DWARFS:
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We dig up diamonds by the score
A thousand rubies, sometimes more
Though we don’t know what we dig’em for
We dig, dig, dig-a-dig, dig
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CUCKOO CLOCK:
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(RINGS)
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DOC:
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Heigh-ho!
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ALL:
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Heigh-ho! (STOP WORK. PICK-UP THEIR PICKS, A
SACK AND START MARCHING IN A ROW. SINGING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
Heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It’s home from work we go
(FLING THE SACKS INTO A STORE ROOM. SINGING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho!
Heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It’s home from work we go.
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DOPEY:
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(LAST IN LINE. LOCKS THE DOOR AND HANGS UP
THE KEY OUTSIDE)
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ALL:
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Heigh-ho, heigh-ho! Heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It’s home from work we go (EXIT)
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SCENE
FOREST.
DWARFS:
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(ENTER MARCHING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho! Heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It’s home from work we go
(WHISTLING)
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DOC:
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Look! Our house! The lit’s light... uh, the light’s lit.
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ALL DWARFS:
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Jiminy Crickets!
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DOC:
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The door is open.
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HAPPY:
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The chimney’s smoking.
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DOC:
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Something’s in there.
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SLEEPY:
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Maybe a ghost.
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GRUMPY:
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Or a goblin.
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SNEEZY:
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A demon.
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BASHFUL:
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Or a dragon.
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GRUMPY:
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Mark my words, there’s trouble a-brewin’. Felt it coming all day. My
corns hurt.
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DOC:
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Gosh!
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HAPPY:
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That’s a bad sign.
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ALL:
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What’ll we do?
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SLEEPY:
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Let’s sneak up on it.
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DOC:
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(CLEARING HIS THROAT) Yes. We’ll, uh,
squeak up... sneak up. Come on hen... uh, men. Follow me. (ALL SNEAK UP TO THE COTTAGE WINDOW AND PEER IN)
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GRUMPY:
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Psst! (SIGNALS THEM TOWARDS THE OPEN DOOR)
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SCENE
THE COTTAGE.
ALL:
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(SNEAK QUIETLY INTO THE HOUSE)
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DOPEY:
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(SLAMS SHUT THE DOOR)
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ALL:
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Shh!
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DOPEY:
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(TO THE DOOR) Shh!
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DOC:
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(WHISPERING) Careful men. Search every
cook and nanny... (STUTTERING) Hook and
granny... crooked fan... uh, search everywhere.
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ALL:
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Tip toe around the house.
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DOC:
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Look! The floor, it’s been swept!
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GRUMPY:
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Hah! Chair’s been dusted!
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HAPPY:
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Our window’s been washed.
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BASHFUL:
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Gosh, our cobwebs are missing.
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SLEEPY:
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Why, why, why, why, the whole place is clean!
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GRUMPY:
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There’s dirty work afoot.
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SNEEZY:
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Sink’s empty. Hey, someone stole our dishes!
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DOC:
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They ain’t stole. They’re hid in the cupboard.
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SLEEPY:
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My cup’s been washed. Sugar’s gone.
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DOPEY:
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(STANDING IN FRONT OF A POT)
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DOC:
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Something’s cooking. (SNIFFING)
Smell’s good! (REACHES FOR A LADLE)
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GRUMPY:
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Don’t touch it, you fools! Might be poison, a brew.
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DOC:
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Look what’s happened to our stable... uh, table.
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HAPPY:
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Flowers!
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SNEEZY:
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Huh?
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HAPPY:
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Look, Goldenrod.
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SNEEZY:
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Don’t do it. Take them away. My nose! My hay fever! You know I can’t
stand it. I can’t... I can’t... I...
oh. Ah... Ahhh (FOUR DWARFS BLOCK HIS NOSE. THE
SNEEZE PASSES. SIGHS) Thanks! (SNEEZING
LOUDLY)
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ALL:
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Shh!
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GRUMPY:
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Ya crazy fool! Fine time you picked to sneeze!
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SNEEZY:
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I couldn’t help it. I can’t tell. When you gotta, you gotta. I...
I... I gotta. It’s coming...
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GRUMPY:
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(GASPS)
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ALL:
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(JUMP ON SNEEZY)
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SNEEZY:
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Oh! Ah... ah... ah!
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HAPPY:
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No, tie him tight.
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BASHFUL:
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I’ll tie it.
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GRUMPY:
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Make a hard knot.
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SLEEPY:
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There, that will hold him.
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SNEEZY:
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Thanks!
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DOC:
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Shh!
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GRUMPY:
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Quiet, you fool! You want to get us all killed?
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SLEEPY:
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What’s that? Sounded close
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HAPPY:
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It’s in the room right now.
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BASHFUL:
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It’s behind the curtain.
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SNEEZY:
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Yeah. In our bedroom.
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DOC:
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(STUTTERING) One of us has to go out
and chase it in. (STUTTERING) In. Out.
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ALL:
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(LOOK AT DOPEY)
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DOC:
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(NERVOUSLY HOLDING UP A SMALL LIGHT IN HIS QUIVERING
HAND) Here, take it. Don’t be nervous.
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HAPPY:
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Don’t be afraid, we are right behind you.
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ALL:
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Yes! Right behind ya.
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DOPEY:
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(GULPS. DRAWS BACK THE CURTAIN SLIGHTLY.
QUIVERING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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(YAWNS AND SHIFTS UNDER THE COVERS)
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DOPEY:
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(SCREAMING, DROPS THE CURTAIN) Here it
comes!
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SNEEZY:
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It’s after us, don’t let it out.
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SLEEPY:
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Here it comes. Now’s our chance.
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HAPPY:
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Get it now!
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SNOW WHITE:
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(SCREAMS)
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DOC:
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What is it?
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BASHFUL:
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Why, it... it’s a girl!
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SLEEPY:
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She’s mighty purdy.
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SNEEZY:
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She’s beautiful, just like an Angel.
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GRUMPY:
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Angel, hah! She’s a female! And all female’s is poison! They’re full
of wicked wiles.
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BASHFUL:
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What are wicked wiles.
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GRUMPY:
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I don’t know. But I’m against’em.
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh, dear. I wonder if you are the children. Why, why, you’re little
men! How do you do?
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ALL:
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(STARE AT HER IN SILENCE)
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SNOW WHITE:
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I said, how do you do?
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GRUMPY:
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How do you do what? (FOLDS HIS ARMS
DEFIANTLY)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh, you can talk! I’m so glad! Now don’t tell me who you are, let me
guess. I know, you’re doc.
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DOC:
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(CHUCKLES) Why, why, why, yes. Yes!
That’s true.
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SNOW WHITE:
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And you are Bashful.
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BASHFUL:
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(BLUSHING) Oh, gosh!
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SLEEPY:
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(YAWNS)
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SNOW WHITE:
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And you, you’re sleepy.
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SLEEPY:
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(CHUCKLING) How’d you guess?
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SNOW WHITE:
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And you?
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SNEEZY:
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Ah.. Ah...
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HAPPY, DOPEY:
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(PLUG HIS NOSE. HAPPY CHUCKLES)
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SNOW WHITE:
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And you are Sneezy. Yes, you must be...
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HAPPY:
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Happy, ma’am. That’s me. (CHUCKLING)
And this is Dopey. He don’t talk none. (LAUGHING)
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SNOW WHITE:
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You mean he can’t talk?
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HAPPY:
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He don’t know. He never tried.
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DOPEY:
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(NODDING VIGOROUSLY)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh, that’s too bad.
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GRUMPY:
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(FOLDING HIS ARMS DEFIANTLY)
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh! (IN A GRUMPY VOICE) You must be Grumpy.
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DWARFS:
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(LAUGH)
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DOC:
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(SHOVING HIM WITH A FINGER) Oh, yes!
Yes!
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GRUMPY:
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Hah! We know who we are. Ask her who she is and what she’s a-doin’
here.
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DOC:
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Hmph! Yeah! What are you and who are you doin’? What are you... who
are you, me dear?
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SNOW WHITE:
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Oh, how silly of me. I’m Snow White.
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DOC:
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Snow White?
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ALL:
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The princess?
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SNOW WHITE:
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Yes.
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DOC:
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(CHUCKLES) Well... Well, my, my dear
Quincess... uh, Princess. We’re, uh, we’re honoured. Yes, we’re, uh, we’re...
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GRUMPY:
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Mad as hornets!
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DOC:
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Mad as hornets! No, no, we’re not. We’re bad as cornets... no, no, as
glad as... What was I saying?
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GRUMPY:
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Nothing! Just standing there sputtering like a doodlebug!
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DOC:
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(READY TO BOX GRUMPY) Who, who, who,
who’s buttering like a spoodledug?
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GRUMPY:
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Aw, shut up and tell her to get out!
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SNOW WHITE:
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(CLASPING HER HANDS TOGETHER. PLEADINGLY)
Please don’t send me away! If you do, she’ll kill me.
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ALL:
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Kill you?
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HAPPY:
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Who will?
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DOC:
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Yes, who?
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SNOW WHITE:
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My stepmother the queen.
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ALL:
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The Queen? She’s wicked! She’s bad! She’s mighty mean!
|
GRUMPY:
|
She’s a witch! I’m warnin’ya. If the queen finds her here, she’ll
swoop down and wreak her vengeance on us!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Bt she doesn’t know where I am!
|
GRUMPY:
|
She don’t, eh? She knows everything. She’s full of black magic. She
can even make herself invisible. Pffft! Might be in this room right now.
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ALL:
|
(SCARED. LOOK AROUND SUSPICIOSLY)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh, she’ll never find me here. If you let me stay, I’ll keep house
for you. I’ll wash and sweep and sew and cook and...
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ALL:
|
Cook?
|
DOC:
|
Can you make dapple lumpkins... uh, lumple dapplins?
|
SLEEPY, SNEEZY:
|
Apple dumplings!
|
DOC:
|
Eh, yes! Crapple dumpkins.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Yes, and plum pudding and gooseberry pie...
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ALL:
|
Gooseberry pie? Hooray! She stays!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(STIRRING THE POT)
|
ALL:
|
(SNIFFING) Ah!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Soup!
|
ALL:
|
Hooray! (CHATTERING. ALL SIT AT THE TABLE.
ARGUING)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Uh-uh, uh-uh! Just a minute. Supper’s not quite ready. You’ll just
have time to wash.
|
ALL:
|
Wash? Wash?
|
GRUMPY:
|
Wash? Hah! I knew there was a catch to it.
|
SLEEPY:
|
Why wash?
|
BASHFUL:
|
What for? We ain’t goin’ nowhere.
|
SNEEZY:
|
It ain’t New Year’s.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh, perhaps you have washed.
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DOC:
|
Perhaps we... yes! Perhaps we have.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
But when?
|
DOC:
|
When? When. Uh, you said when... (STUTTERING)
Why, last week. Why, recently!
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ALL:
|
Yes, recently!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh, recently! Let me see your hands.
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ALL:
|
(TUCK THEIR HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACK)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Let me see your hands.
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DOC:
|
(STICKING OUT HIS HANDS FOR INSPECTION)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Why, Doc, I’m surprised!
|
ALL:
|
(NERVOUS CHUCKLING)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(TO BASHFUL) Come on, let’s see them.
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BASHFUL
|
Oh, Bashful, my, my, my!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(TO HAPPY) And you? (TSKING)
|
SNEEZY:
|
(STICKS OUT HIS HANDS)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(GASPING) Worse than I thought!
|
DOPEY:
|
(STICKS OUT HIS HANDS)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh!
|
HAPPY:
|
(STICKS OUT HIS HANDS)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(GASPS) How shocking!
|
SLEEPY:
|
(STICKS OUT HIS HANDS)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(TSKING)
|
GRUMPY:
|
(FOLDING HIS ARMS IN DEFIANCE)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Goodness me, this will never do. March straight outside and wash or
you’ll not get a bite to eat.
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ALL DWARFS:
|
March out of the house. (EXIT)
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GRUMPY:
|
Huh!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Well, aren’t you going to wash?
|
GRUMPY:
|
(TURNS HIS BACK ON SNOW WHITE)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?
|
GRUMPY:
|
(STICKS OUT A TONGUE AT SNOW WHITE. EXIT)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(LAUGHS. CURTAIN)
|
SCENE
WATER TROUGH. OUTSIDE THE
COTTAGE.
GRUMPY:
|
(SITS ON A BARREL OUTSIDE
THE COTTAGE) Hah, women!
|
DOC:
|
Courage, men, courage. Don’t be nervous.
|
ALL:
|
(STEPPING UP TO THE TROUGH)
|
HAPPY:
|
(STICKS IN A FINGER)
Gosh, it’s wet!
|
SNEEZY:
|
(STICKS IN HIS FINGER. SPUTTERS)
It’s cold too!
|
SLEEPY:
|
We ain’t gonna do it, are we?
|
DOC:
|
Well, it’ll please the Princess.
|
BASHFUL:
|
I’ll take a chance for her!
|
ALL:
|
Me too!
|
GRUMPY:
|
Hah! Her wiles are beginning to work. Bt I’m
warning ya, you give’em an inch and they’ll walk all over ya!
|
DOC:
|
Don’t listen to that old warthog. Come on now,
men.
|
SNEEZY:
|
How hard do ya scrub?
|
SLEEPY:
|
Will or whiskers shrink?
|
HAPPY:
|
Do ya get in the tub?
|
BASHFUL:
|
Do ya have to wash where it doesn’t show?
|
DOC:
|
Now, now, now, don’t get excited. Here we go.
(SINGING)
Step up to the tub
‘Taint no disgrace
Just pull up your sleeves and get them in place
Then scoop up the water
And rub it on your face and go...
Sputter, sputter, sputter (SPUTTERING ACTION)
Pick up the soap and don’t try to bluff
Work up a lather and when you got enough
Get your hands full of water
And you snort and you snuff and go...
Sputter, sputter, sputter (SPUTTERING ACTION)
You douse and souse
Rub and you scrub
You sputter and splash all over the tub
You may be cold
And wet when you’re done
But you gotta admit
It’s good and clean fun
So splash all you like
‘Taint any trick
As soon as you’re through
You’ll feel mighty slick.
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GRUMPY:
|
Bunch of old nanny goats.
Ya, make me sick going... Sputter, sputter, sputter
(SPUTTERING ACTION) Hah! Next thing you know
she’ll be tyin’ your beards up in pink ribbons and smellin’ ya up with stuff
called ‘parfoom’. Hah! (SPITTING)
|
ALL:
|
(DRYING OFF)
|
GRUMPY:
|
A fine bunch of water lilies you turned out to
be. I’d like to see anybody make me wash if I didn’t wanna.
|
DOC:
|
(CLEARS THROAT. WHISPERING
TOGETHER. CHUCKILING. WHISTLE AND MARCH OVER TO GRUMPY)
|
ALL:
|
Get him! (POUNCE ON GRUMPY)
|
GRUMPY:
|
Hey, let go of me!
|
DOC:
|
Get him over to the tub. Get him over to the tub.
|
GRUMPY:
|
Let me loose you fools! Let me loose!
|
DOC:
|
Get him up on the tub. Get him up! Hang on to
him! Bang him! Pound him! Get him up on the tub! On the tub. That’s the tub.
That’s the tub. Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t get excited! Get the soap!
|
DOPEY:
|
(NODS)
|
DOC:
|
Hey, steady, men. We’ll get him there. We’ll get
him.
|
HAPPY:
|
Never say die. Never say die.
|
GRUMPY:
|
You don’t...
|
ALL:
|
(PLACE HIM IN THE TUB AND
SCRUB HIM WITH SOAP AND A BRUSH)
|
DOC:
|
Now, scrub good and hard
It can’t be denied
That’ll he look mighty cute as soon as he’s dried
|
ALL:
|
Well, it’s good for the soul
And it’s good for the hide to go... (DRYING GRUMPY)
|
BASHFUL:
|
Ain’t he sweet? (SNIFFING
GRUMPY) Smells like a petunia.
|
ALL:
|
(LAUGHING)
|
HAPPY:
|
He sure is cute!
|
GRUMPY:
|
You’ll pay dearly for this!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(VOICE HEARD) Supper!
(CLANKING)
|
DOC:
|
Supper!
|
ALL:
|
Food. Hooray! (CURTAIN)
|
SCENE
QUEEN’S CHAMBERS.
QUEEN:
|
Magic mirror on the wall, who now is the fairest one of all?
|
MAGIC MIRROR:
|
Over the seven jewelled hills
Beyond the seventh fall,
In the cottage of the seven dwarfs
Dwells Snow White, the fairest one of all.
|
QUEEN:
|
Snow White lies dead in the forest. The huntsman has brought me
proof. Behold her heart!
|
MAGIC MIRROR;
|
Snow White still lives,
The fairest in the land.
‘Tis the heart of a pig,
You hold in your hand.
|
QUEEN:
|
The heart of a pig! Then I’ve been tricked! (STORMS
OUT. EXIT)
|
SCENE
DUNGEON.
QUEEN:
|
The heart of a pig! Blundering fool! I’ll go to the dwarf’s cottage
in a disguise so complete no one will ever suspect. Now a formula to
transform my beauty into ugliness, change my queenly raiment to a peddler’s
cloak. (READING FROM THE SPELL BOOK)
Mummy dust to make me old. (ADDS TO THE BREW)
To shroud my clothes, the black of night. (ADDS
TO THE BREW)
To age my voice, an old hag’s cackle. (ADDS
TO THE BREW)
To whiten my hair, a scream of fright. (ADDS
TO THE BREW)
A blast of wind to fan my hate! (ADDS TO THE
BREW)
A thunderbolt (THUNDER RUMBLING) to
mix it well. Now, begin thy magic spell. (DRINKS THE
POTION. CHOKES. GASPS. MOANS. THUNDER CRACKING. WIND HOWLING) Look. My
hands! (IN A RASPY VOICE) My voice! My voice. (CACKLING. CHANGES INTO AN OLD LADY) A perfect
disguise. (CACKLING) And now... a special sort
of death for one so fair. What shall
it be? Ah! A poisoned apple! (READING IN THE SPELL
BOOK) Sleeping Death. (CACKLING. READS)
One taste of the Poisoned Apple and the victim’s eyes will close forever in
the Sleeping Death... (TAKES AN APPLE) dip the
apple in the brew. Let the sleeping death seep through! Look! On the skin!
The symbol of what lies within. (PULLS A BLACK SKULL
SHAPED APPLE OUT OF THE STEW) Now, turn red to tempt Snow White. (PULLS OUT A RED APPLE) To make her hunger for a
bite. (CACKLING) When she breaks the tender
peel to taste the apple in my hand, her breath will still, her blood congeal.
Then I’ll be fairest in the land! (CACKLING)
But wait! There may be an antidote. Nothing must be overlooked. Oh, here it
is! (READING FOM THE SPELL BOOK) Poison Apple
Antidote. The victim of the sleeping death can be revived only by Love’s
First Kiss... Love’s First Kiss, no fear of that. The Dwarfs will think she’s
dead. She’ll be buried alive! (PLACES THE APPLE IN A
BASKET OF APPLES) Buried alive! The little men will be away and she’ll
be all alone with a harmless old peddler woman. A harmless old peddler woman!
(CACKLING. CURTAIN)
|
SCENE
DWARFS COTTAGE. YODELLING AND DANCING.
SNOW WHITE:
|
(WATCHING THE DWARFS DANCE. CLAPPING)
|
DOC:
|
(SINGING) I’d like to dance
And tap my feet
Bt they won’t keep in rhythm
You see I washed them both today
And I can’t do nothin’ with’em
|
ALL:
|
Ho-hum, the tune is dumb
The words don’t mean a thing
Isn’t this a silly song for anyone to sing?
|
DWARFS:
|
(LAUGHING)
|
BASHFUL:
|
(SINGING) I (BLUSHING)
Oh, gosh!
I chased a polecat up a tree
Way out upon a limb
And when he got the best of me
I got the worst of him (LAUGHING BURIES HIS
FACE IN HIS BEARD)
|
ALL:
|
Ho-hum, the tune is dumb
The words don’t mean a thing
Isn’t this a silly song for anyone to sing?
(YODELLING. DANCING. MUSIC STOPS. ALL CHEER)
|
SLEEPY:
|
(YAWNING)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(LAUGHING) That was fun!
|
DOC:
|
Now you do something.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Well, what shall I do?
|
SNEEZY:
|
Tell s a story.
|
ALL:
|
Yes, tell us a story.
|
DOC:
|
A true story.
|
HAPPY:
|
A love story.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Well, once there was a princess.
|
DOC:
|
Was the princess you?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(NODS) And she fell in love.
|
SNEEZY:
|
Was it hard to do?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(CHUCKLES) Oh, it was very easy.
Anyone could see that the Prince was charming. The only one for me.
|
BASHFUL:
|
Was he strong and handsome?
|
SLEEPY:
|
Was he big and tall?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
There’s nobody like him anywhere at all.
|
BASHFUL:
|
Did he say he loved ya?
|
SLEEPY:
|
Did he steal a kiss?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(SINGING) He was so romantic I could
not resist
Someday my prince will come
Someday we’ll meet again
And away to his castle we’ll go
To be happy forever
I know
|
GRUMPY:
|
Hah! Mush!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Someday when spring is here
We’ll find or love anew
And the birds will sing
And wedding bells will ring
Some day when my dreams
Come true
|
ALL:
|
(SIGHING)
|
CLOCK:
|
(CHIMES)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh, my goodness! It’s past bedtime. Go right to bed.
|
DOC:
|
Wait! Hold on there, men! The Princess will sleep in our beds.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
But where will you sleep?
|
DOC:
|
Oh, we’ll be quite comfortable out here.
|
GRUMPY
|
In a pig’s eye!
|
DOC:
|
In a pig’s eye... sty. No, no! I mean... we’ll be comfortable, won’t
we, men?
|
ALL:
|
Oh, yes. Mighty comfortable.
|
DOC:
|
Now don’t you worry about us.
|
HAPPY:
|
We’ll be alright, ma’am.
|
DOC:
|
Go right on to bed now, my dear.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Well, if you insist. Good night.
|
ALL:
|
Goodnight, Princess.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
You’re sure you’ll be comfortable?
|
ALL:
|
Oh, yes. Very comfortable.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Well, pleasant dreams. (DRAWS THE CURTAIN)
|
ALL:
|
Pleasant dreams. (CURTAIN)
|
SCENE
FOREST. OUTSIDE THE COTTAGE.
DOC:
|
Now, don’t forget, my dear. The... the old queen’s a sly one, full of
witch craft. So beware of strangers.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Don’t worry, I’ll be alright. See you tonight.
|
BASHFUL:
|
Be awful careful ‘cause if anything’d happen to you, I, I...
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(KISSING HIM ON THE FOREHEAD)
Good-bye.
|
BASHFUL:
|
Oh, gosh!
|
GRUMPY:
|
Hah! Disgustin’!
|
HAPPY:
|
And be sure to watch out... (KISSES HIM)
|
DOPEY:
|
(GETS A KISS)
|
DWARFS:
|
(SINGING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It’s off to work we go
(WHISTLING)
|
GRUMPY:
|
(TO SNOW) Now I’m warnin’ ya. Don’t
let nobody or nothin’ in the house.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Why, Grumpy, you do care. (KISSES HIS
FOREHEAD) Good-bye Grumpy.
|
ALL DWARFS:
|
(EXIT. SINGING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It’s off to work we go
|
QUEEN:
|
(ENTER. SINISTER CHUCKLING) All alone,
my pet?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Why, why, yes, I am. But...
|
QUEEN:
|
The little men are not here?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
No, they’re not, but...
|
QUEEN:
|
Mmm-hmm. (SNIFFING) Making pies?
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Yes, gooseberry pies.
|
QUEEN:
|
Its apple pies that make the menfolks’ mouths water. Pies made from
apples like these. (CHUCKLING)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh, they do look delicious.
|
QUEEN:
|
Yes! But wait till you taste one, dearie. (SINISTER
CHUCKLING) Like to try one? Hmm. Go on. Go on, have a bite.
|
BIRDS:
|
(ATTACK THE WITCH. SHE DROPS THE APPLE)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Stop it! Stop it! Go away! Go away! Shame on you, frightening a poor
old lady.
|
QUEEN:
|
Oh, I thought I’d lost it. (PICKING IT UP)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
There, there. I’m sorry. (GIVING HER A CHAIR
TO SIT)
|
QUEEN:
|
Oh! My heart! Oh, my... My poor heart. A drink of water, please.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(RETURNS WITH A GLASS OF WATER)
|
QUEEN:
|
And because you have been so good to poor old granny, I’ll share a
secret with you. This is no ordinary apple. It’s a magic wishing apple.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
A wishing apple?
|
QUEEN:
|
Yes! One bite and all your dreams will come true.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Really?
|
QUEEN:
|
Yes, girlie. Now make a wish and take a bite. There must be something
your little heart desires. Perhaps there’s someone you love.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Well, there is someone.
|
QUEEN:
|
I thought so, I thought so! (LAGHHING)
Old granny knows a young girls heart. Now, take the apple, dearie, and make a
wish.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
I wish... I wish...
|
QUEEN:
|
That’s it, go on! Go on.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
And that he will carry me away to his castle where we will live
happily ever after.
|
QUEEN:
|
Fine! Fine! Now take a bite. Don’t let the wish grow cold!
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(TAKES A BITE) Oh, I feel strange.
|
QUEEN:
|
Her breath will still.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh. Oh.
|
QUEEN:
|
Her blood congeals.
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
Oh. (FALLS TO THE GROUND)
|
QUEEN:
|
(CACKLING. THUNDER CLAP) Now I’ll be
fairest in the land! (CACKLING. CURTAIN)
|
SCENE
FOREST. DWARFS WALKING TO WORK.
DWARFS:
|
(SINGING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, heigh-o
It’s off to work we go
(WHISTLING)
Heigh-ho, heigh-o...
|
ANIMALS:
|
(ENTER)
|
DOC:
|
Hey, look!
|
ANIMALS:
|
(PULLING AT THEIR CLOTHES)
|
SNEEZY:
|
Stop that!
|
SLEEPY:
|
Get away, boy. Get away!
|
BASHFUL:
|
Go on, shoo!
|
GRUMPY:
|
Go on! Get out of here!
|
HAPPY:
|
What ails these crazy birds?
|
DOC:
|
They’ve gone plumb daffy.
|
SNEEZY:
|
Yeah, they’ve... (GASPING AS HIS BEARD IS PULLED.
SNEEZES)
|
SLEEPY:
|
Go on, get!
|
BASHFUL:
|
These pesky critters won’t stop.
|
HAPPY:
|
‘Taint natural.
|
DOC:
|
There’s something wrong.
|
GRUMPY:
|
They ain’t actin’ this way for nothin’.
|
SLEEPY:
|
Maybe the old queen’s got Snow White.
|
DOC:
|
The queen!
|
ALL:
|
Snow White!
|
GRUMPY:
|
The queen will kill her! We gotta save her!
|
DOC:
|
Yes! Yes! We, we, we gotta save her!
|
HAPPY
|
She’ll kill her.
|
BASHFUL:
|
What’ll we do?
|
DOC:
|
Yes, yes, what’ll we do?
|
GRUMPY:
|
Come on! Giddap!
|
ALL:
|
(EXIT IN A RUSH)
|
SCENE
FOREST OUTSIDE THE COTTAGE. SNOW WHITE LAYS IN A COFFIN.
DWARFS:
|
(SURROUND HER SOBBING)
|
ANIMALS:
|
(ALL GATHERED AND SAD)
|
NARRATOR:
|
... So beautiful even in death, that the dwarfs could not find it in
their hearts to bury her, they fashioned a coffin of glass and gold and kept
eternal vigil at her side. The Prince, who had searched far and wide, heard
of the maiden who slept in the glass coffin.
|
PRINCE:
|
(ENTER. SINGING)
One song
I have but one song
One song, one song
Only for you
One heart
Tenderly beating, ever entreating
Constant and true
So true
One heart
That has possessed me
One love
Thrilling me through
So true
One song
My heart keeps singing
Keeps singing
Of one love
Only for you... (KISSES SNOW WHITE)
|
SNOW WHITE:
|
(BLINKS. OPENS HER EYES. YAWNS)
|
ALL:
|
(REJOICE. SINGING)
Someday when spring is here
We’ll find or love anew
And the birds will sing
And wedding bells ring
|
NARRATOR:
|
And they lived happily ever after. (BELLS
CLANGING)
|
ALL:
|
(SINGING)
Some day when my dreams
Come true!
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