Into the Woods (movie tie-in edition) by Stephen Sondheim

Author:Stephen Sondheim [Lapine, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781559368162
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group

Scene 6

Music under; the Mysterious Man removes elements of his costume, revealing that he is also the Narrator. He tosses the Mysterious Man’s clothing away.

NARRATOR:And so the mysterious man died, having helped end the curse on his house. For the baker, there would be no reunion with his father, and he and his wife, bewildered, returned home. The witch, who had been punished with age and ugliness that night when her beans had been stolen and the lightning flashed, was now returned to her former state of youth and beauty. And Milky-White, after a night of severe indigestion, was reunited with the now wealthy Jack. As for the Prince, he began his search for the foot to fit the golden slipper.

Fanfare; Cinderella’s Prince and Steward enter on horseback.

When he came to Cinderella’s house, Cinderella’s stepmother took the slipper into Florinda’s room.

Florinda tries on shoe; Stepmother struggles to help her.

FLORINDA:

Careful, my toe—!

STEPMOTHER:

Darling, I know—

FLORINDA:

What’ll we do?

STEPMOTHER:

It’ll have to go—

Florinda reacts as Stepmother suddenly brandishes a knife.

But when you’re his bride

You can sit or ride.

You’ll never need to walk!

Stepmother looks at her encouragingly and cuts off toe.

NARRATOR:The girl obeyed, swallowing the pain, and joined the Prince on his horse, riding off to become his bride.

Prince puts Florinda on the back of his horse; they arrive at the grave of Cinderella’s Mother; birds cry from the tree.

CINDERELLA’S MOTHER:

Look at the blood within the shoe;

This one is not the bride that’s true.

Search for the foot that fits.

Prince looks at Florinda’s foot and sees blood trickling from the shoe. They return to Cinderella’s home.

NARRATOR:The Prince returned the false bride, and asked the other sister to put on the shoe.

Stepmother tries forcing shoe onto Lucinda’s foot.

LUCINDA:

Why won’t it fit?

STEPMOTHER (Holding the knife):

Darling, be still.

Cut off a bit

Of the heel and it will.

And when you’re his wife

You’ll have such a life,

You’ll never need to walk!

Stepmother looks at her encouragingly and cuts off heel.

NARRATOR:The girl obeyed and swallowed her pain. But as she was helped on the back of the horse by the Prince, he noticed blood trickling from the shoe.

Prince takes shoe off, pours blood from it and, ashen, returns it to Stepmother.

CINDERELLA’S PRINCE:Have you no other daughters?

NARRATOR:To which the woman replied:

STEPMOTHER:No, only a little stunted kitchen wench which his late wife left behind, but she is much too dirty; she cannot present herself.

CINDERELLA’S PRINCE:I insist.

Cinderella appears.

NARRATOR:And when Cinderella presented herself and tried on the blood-soaked slipper, it fit like a glove.

CINDERELLA’S PRINCE:This is the true bride!

CINDERELLA’S FATHER:I always wanted a son!

Cinderella’s Father is admonished by Stepmother and stepsisters; fanfare.

NARRATOR:And much to the dismay of the stepmother and her daughters, he took Cinderella on his horse and rode off.

Cinderella’s Prince and Cinderella ride up to the grave.

CINDERELLA’S MOTHER:

No blood at all within the shoe;

This is the proper bride for you,

Fit to attend a Prince.

Rapunzel, with babies, enters. Rapunzel’s Prince falls into her arms; his sight is restored.

NARRATOR:And finally, as for Rapunzel, she bore twins, and lived impoverished in the desert until the day her Prince, wandering aimlessly, heard a voice so familiar that he went towards it.

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