美女与野兽beauty_and_the_beast_英文剧本.doc

Once Upon a time, in a faraway land,, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter’s night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearance, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman’s ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast? Belle: Little town, it’s a quiet village Every day, like the one before Little town, full of little people Waking up to say Bonjour There goes the baker with his tray like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To his poor provincial town… Baker: Good morning, Belle! Belle: Morning monsieur! Baker: Where are you off to? Belle: The bookshop! I just finished the most wonderful story, about a beanstalk and an ogre and… Baker: That’s nice… Marie, the baguettes! Hurry up! Townsfolk: Look there she goes, that girl is strange no question Dazed and distracted, can’t you te