Act 1/Scene 2 Flashcards
Jean-Michel: Today I will be going alone to the castle to protest the corruption that riddles our government! You must come with me!
Madame: (offstage) Cinderella!
Jean-Michel: I shall shout to the prince! He will have no choice but to listen!
Madame: (offstage) Cinderella!
Jean-Michel: I have a vision for what the kingdom could be.
Madame: Cinderella! Help me with my parcels this instant!
Cinderella, lazy stepdaughter, help me with My package!
Careful! Careful! No one knows the extreme torture I am subjected to.
I’m ignoring that. Charlotte, Gabrielle, come daughters, come.
Charlotte: We are exhausted being as beautiful as we look.
Madame: Cinderella, idle girl, come help your stepsisters with their shrewd purchases. Into the house, daughters–the real ones.
Jean-Michel: And four days from now I would like to take you on a date. I’m organizing a soup kitchen. We need someone to stir. And ladle.
Madame: Gabrielle! Do not talk to that man. We are teetering precariously between upper-middle class and lower-upper class. We cannot be seen talking with a revolutionary. Into this house at once.
Ella: A book. It’s been so long since I owned something, just me.
Madame: Cinderella? Get in there and clean the kitchen.
Madame: …clean the kitchen.
Ella: I’ve just finished it.
Madame: Then prepare dinner.
Madame: Then prepare dinner.
Ella: It’s on the stove.
Madame: Then the bed must-
Madame: Then the bed must-
Ella: Beds are turned down and your bed clothing is all laid out.
Madame: Well,
Where’d you get that book?
Madame: Where’d you get that book?
Ella: Jean-Michel gave it to me.
Madame: So nice that people just give you gifts. Still Daddy’s little girl. (coat) And what’s this doing here?
Madame: (coat) And what’s this doing here?
Ella: That’s my fathers’ coat.
Madame: It’s rags.
Madame: It’s rags.
Ella: It’s all I have to remember him by.
Madame: (rips coat) It’s rags now. Clean the porch with these rags.
