THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
CHARACTERS:
NARRATOR
PRINCE
EDWARD
GUARD 1
GUARD 2
TOM
GENERAL
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR: Once upon a time in London,
there was a young Prince called Edward.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I wish I
could go outside those gates by myself, but I know that the guards won´t let
me.
NARRATOR: So he called the guards.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Guards!.
GUARD
1 AND 2: What can
we do for you?.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I want to
go the city… by myself.
GUARD
1: You know that is
not possible.
GUARD
2: We have strict
orders not to leave you alone.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I know
that, but I also know that last week when you took me for a ride you stopped at
a shop and sold the…
GUARD
1: Please stop,
don´t mention that.
PRINCE
EDWARD: So, are you
going to leave me alone or should I tell my father about the …
GUARD
2: No, please!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Chandelier
that is missing from the …
GUARD
2: Very well, we
will take you to the village.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Let´s go
then.
NARRATOR: After a short drive they
arrived to the city.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Leave me
here, I’llwalk alone.
GUARDS: We will come and get you in
about an hour.
NARRATOR: When the guards left him, he
started to walk through the city streets, but he got lost.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I have
never been to this part of the city. All the houses look so old!.
NARRATOR: Then he was astonished for what
he saw just in front of him.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Well, well,
well!. What a coincidence. We look exactly alike.
TOM: You´re right!. But
I am poor, and my clothes are old and dirt.
PRINCE
EDWARD: And I am
dressed in silk and satin.
TOM: Oh, I would be happy if I could
dress like you, at least for just a moment.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Well, that
is not a problem…take my clothes…
TOM: What for?.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Hurry up!.
NARRATOR: So they exchanged their
clothes.
PRINCE
EDWARD: You look
exactly like me!. Take the crown also.
NARRATOR: At that moment the guards came
looking for him.
GUARD
1: We have to go.
GUARD
2: The king must be
worried.
TOM: But, I am not…
GUARD
1: Don´t tell us
that you are not ready yet.
GUARD
2: Get in the
carriage!.
NARRATOR: So they threw Tom inside the
carriage, instead of the real Prince Edward.
GUARD
1: And as to
you…stay away from the Prince!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: You are
making a terrible mistake!.
GUARD
2: Let´s go!.
NARRATOR: And they left leaving Prince
Edward in the middle of the street, dressed as a poor beggar.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Stop!.
Stop!. You are making a terrible mistake!. Please, come back!.
NARRATOR: But it was too late. They
had already left.
PRINCE
EDWARD: What am I
going to do now?. Nobody will believe my story!.
NARRATOR: He started walking telling
every person in the street who he was, but nobody believed him. Then he finally
sat in a corner thinking what to do.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I am
hungry, and I don´t have any money. I need to work.
NARRATOR: So he started to work in
everything he could, until one day his country went to war.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I will
enroll in the army, I have to fight for my country.
NARRATOR: And while he was fighting in
battle for the love of his country, Tom, the false prince was having a good
life in the castle.
TOM: Now I have everything I always
wanted! Everybody obeys my orders… life is being fair to me now.
NARRATOR: One day the king got seriously
ill.
KING: My dear son… I don´t have much
time… I leave you my kingdom.
TOM: I will take good care of it… I promise
you.
NARRATOR: The king died that same night,
and Tom became the new king.
TOM: Things will be different from
now on. I promised the old man I would take good care of … me… of
course!.
NARRATOR: He raised taxes, lowered
salaries, extended working hours, and became richer and richer. All at
the expense of his people. Meanwhile, Prince Edward was still in battle.
PRINCE
EDWARD: This war is
taking us nowhere. I have to talk to the general.
NARRATOR: And he did.
GENERAL: What is so important that
couldn’t wait until tomorrow.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Well, I
have a plan to win this war.
GENERAL: And what is your plan?.
NARRATOR: He explained his strategy to
win the war.
GENERAL: How do you know it will work?.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Because I know
that is what our late king would have done.
GENERAL: And how do you know that?.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Because he
taught me everything I know. He was my father.
GENERAL: That is nonsense. But
your plan sounds good… let´s do it.
NARRATOR: The general followed Prince
Edward´s advice, and the war was won.
GENERAL: Tom, you are a great soldier!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: Our country
deserves good soldiers, like you .
GENERAL: Let´s go to the river, we need
a good bath before going back to the city.
NARRATOR: When Prince Edward took off his
shirt, the general was surprised.
GENERAL: Tom, those marks you have in
your neck.
PRINCE
EDWARD: What about
them?.
GENERAL: I have seen them before.
I saw them in the prince when he was born. You are really Prince Edward!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I know it
was hard to believe in someone like me, but I was telling you the truth.
GENERAL: We have to go to the
city!. The people must know that they are being ruled by a false king.
NARRATOR: When they told the people about
the false king, they went to the palace, forced the entrance gates, and went
straight to the throne.
TOM: Guards!. Guards!.
GUARDS: We are sorry, your highness,
but we couldn´t stop them!.
TOM: How do you dare enter my palace
like that!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: This is not
your palace anymore!.
TOM: What is this beggar doing
here?. Guards!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: You well
know I am not a beggar.
GENERAL: We know the truth!.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I order you
to give me my clothes and my crown.
TOM: But…
GENERAL: Do it now!.
TOM: He is lying!.
GENERAL: It´s useless. Guards,
please, get him out of the castle.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I forgive
you for what you did. Your punishment will be to go back to your old life
and work hard.
NARRATOR: So he was thrown out of the
castle.
PRINCE
EDWARD: I
have suffered with and for my people and my country… and now I can be a good
king.
THE
END
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