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Based on a French folktale, this play won the 2000 Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Award, Grades 4-6 category. It was produced by the Metropolitan Youth Theatre in August 2002, as part of the Midtown Theatre Festival, directed by Jack Dyville.
Queen Odette meets the Bad Fairy, who tricks her into giving up her only child, Princess Leonie. Bad Fairy raises Princess Leonie, but keeps her locked up in a tower. Prince Mortimer helps Princess Leonie try to escape, but Dulcimer Dragon eats him. In her rage, the Bad Fairy changes Princess Leonie into a White Cat. The only way to break the spell is for Princess Leonie to have someone who looks just like Prince Mortimer fall in love with her.
In a nearby kingdom, King Bertrand is trying to decide which of his three sons (Prince Lambert, Prince Vachel and Prince Jeffrey) should inherit his kingdom. He sends his sons off on a quest to find the most beautiful dog in the world. Prince Jeffrey becomes lost in the wood, and finds a castle inhabited by the White Cat. When it’s time to return home, she gives him an acorn. It contains a tiny dog that talks and dances, which the King declares his favorite. The King then sends the princes out to find the most precious thing in the kingdom. Prince Jeffrey brings the White Cat because she is the most precious thing in the kingdom to him. When Jeffrey tells his father how much he cares for the Cat, Princess Leonie regains her human form. She gives each of the three Princes one of her six kingdoms, and they all live happily ever after.
This play is written to be performed in Story Theatre style. The actors that are not speaking characters in any given scene play dogs, trees, etc.
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It is published by Dramasource.com.
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