FINAL SCRIPT, INTO THE WOODS, MUSICAL PLAY SCRIPT PDF

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Based on the "into the woods" musical play. A script from prologue to others scenes in the movie. CHARACTERS: Cinderella, LRRH, Witch, Jack, Jack mom, Baker, baker's wife, fox, stepmom, two stepdaughters...

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SCENE 1: PROLOGUE [NARRATOR, spoken] Once upon a time In a far-off kingdom There lay a small village At the edge of the woods [CINDERELLA] I wish [NARRATOR, spoken] And in this village [CINDERELLA] More than anything [NARRATOR, spoken] Lived a young maiden [CINDERELLA] More than life More than jewels [NARRATOR, spoken] A carefree young lad [JACK] I wish More than life [NARRATOR, spoken] And a childless baker [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] I wish [NARRATOR, spoken] With his wife [BAKER] More than anything [WIFE] More than the moon

[BAKER’S WIFE] I wish [CINDERELLA] The King is giving a Festival [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] More than life [JACK] I wish [CINDERELLA] I wish to go to the Festival [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] More than riches [CINDERELLA] And the ball [JACK] I wish my cow would Give us some milk [CINDERELLA & BAKER’S WIFE] More than anything [BAKER] I wish we had a child [JACK] Please, pal[BAKER’S WIFE] I want a child [JACK] Squeeze, pal [CINDERELLA] I wish to go to the Festival

[JACK] I wish you’d give us some Milk or even cheese I wish [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] I wish we might have a child I wish [STEPMOTHER] You wish to go to the Festival? [NARRATOR, spoken] The poor girl’s parents had died [STEPMOTHER] You, Cinderella, the Festival? You wish to go to the Festival? [FLORINDA] What, you, Cinderella, the Festival? The Festival?! [LUCINDA] What, you wish to go to the Festival? [ALL THREE] The Festival? The King’s Festival? [NARRATOR, spoken] And now she lived with her stepmother [STEPMOTHER, spoken] The Festival? Ha! [NARRATOR, spoken] Who had two daughters of her own [FLORINDA] Look at your nails!

[LUCINDA] Look at your dress! [STEPMOTHER] People would laugh at you [CINDERELLA] Nevertheless I still want to go to the Festival And dance before the Prince [STEPMOTHER & STEPSISTERS] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha [NARRATOR, spoken] All three were beautiful of face, but vile and black of heart The young lad had no father and his mother [JACK’S MOTHER] I wish [NARRATOR, spoken] Well, she was at her wit’s end [JACK’S MOTHER] I wish my son were not a fool I wish my house was not a mess I wish the cow was full of milk I wish the walls were full of gold I wish a lot of things (spoken) What in heaven’s name are you doing With the cow inside the house? [JACK, spoken] I thought if he got nice and warm He might produce some milk [JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] It’s a she How many times do I have to tell you Only she’s can give milk?

[NARRATOR, spoken] And then there was a hungry little girl Who always wore a red cape [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] I wish It’s not for me It’s for my Granny in the woods A loaf of bread, please To bring my poor old hungry Granny in the woods Just a loaf of bread, please [STEPMOTHER, spoken] Cinderella, if you can pick up these lentils And finish your chores in time Then you may go to the ball with us Come along ladies [STEPSISTERS, spoken] Yes, Mother [LUCINDA, spoken] Good luck [CINDERELLA] Come, little birds Down from the eaves And the leaves Over fields Out of castles and ponds [JACK] Now, squeeze, pal [CINDERELLA] Ahhhhhhhhhh Quick, little birds Flick through the ashes Pick and peck, but swiftly Sift through the ashes Into the pot

[JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] Now listen to me well, son Milky-White must be taken to market [JACK, spoken] But, mother, no he’s the best cow in the world [JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] Was She has been dry for weeks now With no food or money We’ve got no choice but to sell her Look at her [JACK, spoken] But, Milky-White’s my best friend [JACK’S MOTHER] Look at her There are bugs on her dugs There are flies in her eyes There’s a lump on her rump Big enough to be a hump [JACK, spoken] But [JACK’S MOTHER] We’ve no time to sit and dither While she wither’s wither with her And no one keeps a cow for a friend! (spoken) Sometimes I wonder what’s going on in that head of yours [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] Into the woods It’s time to go I hate to leave I have to go Into the woods It’s time, and so I must begin my journey

Into the woods And through the trees To where I am Expected ma’am Into the woods To Grandmother’s house Into the woods To Grandmother’s house [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Now you’re certain of your way? [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] The way is clear The light is good I have no fear Nor no one should The woods are just trees The trees are just wood I sort of hate to ask it But do you have a basket? [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Yes, we do [BAKER, spoken] I don’t suppose you’re planning on buying any of these [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Oh, shhhh Now, don’t stray and be late, alright? [BAKER, spoken] You might save some of those sweets for Granny? Oh my [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Just, leave it [BAKER, spoken] She’s a thief! [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]

Into the woods And down the dell The path is straight I know it well Into the woods And who can tell What’s waiting on the journey? Into the woods To bring some bread To Granny who Is sick in bed Never can tell What lies ahead For all that I know She’s already dead But into the woods Into the woods Into the woods To Grandmother’s house And home before dark [FLORINDA, spoken] Cinderella! [LUCINDA, spoken] Get up here! [CINDERELLA] Fly, birds Back to the sky [FLORINDA, spoken] We’re waiting! [CINDERELLA] Back to the eaves And the leaves And the fields And the [FLORINDA] Hurry up and do my hair, Cinderella! Are you really wearing that?

[LUCINDA] Here, I found a little tear, Cinderella Can’t you hide it with a hat? [CINDERELLA] You look beautiful [FLORINDA] I know [LUCINDA] She means me [FLORINDA] No she didn’t [CINDERELLA] Mother said be good Father said be nice That was always their advice So be nice, Cinderella Good, Cinderella Nice good good nice [FLORINDA] Tighter! [CINDERELLA] What’s the good of being good If everyone is blind Always leaving you behind? Never mind, Cinderella Kind Cinderella Nice good nice kind good nice [FLORINDA, spoken] Ow! Not that tight! God! [BAKER, spoken] Who might that be?

[BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] We’ve sold our last loaf of bread! [BAKER, spoken] It’s the witch from next-door [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] We have no bread [WITCH, spoken] I don’t want your bread [BAKER, spoken] Then what is it you wish? [WITCH, spoken] It’s not what I wish It’s what you wish Nothing cooking in that belly now is there? And there will never be Unless you do exactly as I say In three days time a blue-moon will appear Only then can the curse be, undone [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] What curse? [WITCH, spoken] The one I placed on this house [BAKER, spoken] What are you talking about? [WITCH, spoken] In the past, when you were no more than a babe Your father brought his young wife And you to this cottage They were a lovely couple But not lovely neighbors You see Your mother was with child And she developed an unusual appetite She admired my beautiful garden

And she told your father that What she wanted more than anything In the world, was Greens, greens, nothing but greens: Parsley, peppers, cabbages and celery Asparagus and watercress and Fiddle ferns and lettuce He said, “All right,” But it wasn’t, quite Cause I caught him in the autumn In my garden one night! He was robbing me Raping me Rooting through my rutabaga Raiding my arugula and Ripping up the rampion My champion! My favorite! I should have laid a spell on him Right there I could have turned him into stone Or a dog… Or a chair… But I let him have the rampionI’d lots to spare In return, however I said, “Fair is fair: You can let me have the baby That your wife will bear And we’ll call it square.” [BAKER, spoken] I had a brother? [WITCH, spoken] No. But, you had a sister [BAKER, spoken] Where is she? [WITCH, spoken] She’s mine now! And you’ll never find her Small price to pay for what

Else your father stole from me It cost me my youth, my beauty My mother warned me She would punish me With the curse of ugliness If I ever lost any of them [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Lost what? [WITCH, spoken] The beans [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Beans? [WITCH, spoken] The special beans I’d let him go, I didn’t know He’d stolen my beans I was watching him crawl Back over the wall Then bang! Crash! A lightning flash! Well, that’s another story Never mindAnyway, at last The big day came And I made my claim “Oh, don’t take away the baby,” They shrieked and screeched But I did And I hid her Where she’ll never be reached And your father cried And your mother died When for extra measureI admit it was a pleasureI said, “Sorry I’m still not mollified.” And I laid a little spell on themYou, too, sonThat your family tree

Would always be a barren one [BAKER, spoken] How could you do that? [WITCH, spoken] And when your mother died Your father deserted you Your father was no father so why should you be? So there’s no more fuss And there’s no more scenes And my garden thrivesYou should see my nectarines! But I’m telling you the same I tell kings and queens: Don’t ever never ever Mess around with my greens! Especially the beans [JACK, spoken] Yeah, but why do we have to go to the next village? [JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] Because, everyone in this village Knows the cow hasn’t given a drop of milk in weeks [JACK, spoken] That’s cheating! [JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] We’re starving, Jack! Don’t you understand that? Now, you’re not to accept less than five pounds for her Are you listening to me? [JACK, spoken] Yes [JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] How much are you to ask? [JACK, spoken] No more than five pounds

[JACK’S MOTHER, spoken] Less than five! [JACK, spoken] Than five! [JACK’S MOTHER] Into the woods The time is now We have to live I don’t care how Into the woods to sell the cow You must begin the journey! Straight to the woods And don’t delay We have to face The marketplace Into the woods to journey’s end [JACK] Into the woods to sell a friend [WITCH, spoken] You wish to have The curse reversed? I’ll need a certain Potion first Go to the woods and bring me back One: the cow as white as milk Two: the cape as red as blood Three: the hair as yellow as corn Four: the slipper as pure as gold Bring me these Before the chime Of midnight In three day’s time Tis’ then the blue moon reappears Which comes but once each hundred years Just bring them and I guarantee A child as perfect As child can be

Go to the wood! [STEPMOTHER, spoken] Ladies Our carriage waits [CINDERELLA, spoken] Now may I go to the Festival? [STEPMOTHER] The Festival? (sung) Darling, those nails! Darling, those clothes! Lentils are one thing but Darling, with those You’d make us the fools of the Festival And mortify the Prince! [CINDERELLA, spoken] The Festival lasts three nights Surely, you could let me be there for one of them [STEPMOTHER, spoken] The King is trying to find his son a wife! Not a scullery maid! We must be gone! Go! [CINDERELLA] I wish [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Beans? These must be the witch’s beans! We’ll take them with us [BAKER, spoken] We? [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Yes!

[BAKER, spoken] We? You’re not coming It’s not safe out there [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] I can help you! [BAKER, spoken] No! I can do this on my own (sung) The spell is on my house Only I can lift the spell The spell is on my house [BAKER’S WIFE] No, no, the spell is on our house We must lift the spell together The spell is on our house! [BAKER, spoken] Now tell me what am I to return with? [BAKER’S WIFE, spoken] Ugh, You don’t remember? (sung) The cow as white as milk The cape as red as blood The hair as yellow as corn The slipper as pure as gold [BAKER] The cow as white as milk The cape as red as blood The hair as yellow as corn The slipper as pure as gold [CINDERELLA] I still wish to go to the Festival But how am I ever to get to the Festival? [BAKER]

The cow as white as milk The cape as red as blood The hair as yellow as corn [CINDERELLA] I know! I’ll visit Mother’s grave The grave at the willow tree And tell her I just want to Go to the King’s Festival [BAKER] The slipper as pure as gold The cow, the cape The slipper as pure as gold [BAKER’S WIFE] The hair! [CINDERELLA & BAKER] Into the woods It’s time to go It may be all In vain, you/I know Into the woodsBut even so I have to take the journey [CINDERELLA, BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] Into the woods The path is straight You know it well But who can tell [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] Into the woods to lift the spell [CINDERELLA] Into the woods to visit Mother [JACK’S MOM] Into the woods to sell the cow!

[JACK] To get the money! [CINDERELLA] To go to the Festival! [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] Into the woods to grandmother’s house! [ALL] The way is clear The light is good I have no fear Nor no one should The woods are just trees The trees are just wood No need to be afraid there [BAKER] There’s something in the glade there [ALL] Into the woods Without delay But careful not To lose the way Into the woods Who knows what may Be lurking on the journey? Into the woods To get the thing That makes it worth The journeying Into the woods [STEPMOTHER & STEPSISTERS] To see the King [JACK & JACK’S MOTHER] To sell the cow [BAKER & BAKER’S WIFE] To make the potion

[ALL] To see To sell To get To bring To make To lift To go to the Festival! Into the woods! Into the woods! Into the woods Then out of the woods And home before it’s dark!

SCENE 2-CINDERELLA IN THE GRAVEYARD [NARRATOR, spoken] Cinderella had planted a branch at the grave of her mother, and her many tears watered until it had become a handsome tree [CINDERELLA] I've been good and I've been kind, Mother Doing only what I learned from you Why, then, am I left behind, Mother Is there something more that I should do? What is wrong with me Mother? Something must be wrong! I wish.. [CINDERELLA'S MOTHER] Do you know what you wish? Are you certain what you wish is what you want? If you know what you want, then make a wish Ask the tree And you shall have your wish [CINDERELLA] Shiver and quiver, little tree Silver and gold throw down on me I'm off to get my wish!

SCENE 3-HELLO, LITTLE GIRL [NARRATOR, spoken] Meanwhile, LRRH found herself crossing paths with a hungry wolf. Searching for the woods with something…or someone to eat. [WOLF] Look at that flesh, pink and plump Hello, little girl... Tender and fresh, not one lump Hello, little girl... This one's especially lush Delicious... Mmmh... Hello, little girl, what's your rush? You're missing all the flowers The sun won't set for hours Take your time [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] Mother said, "Straight ahead," Not to delay or be misled [WOLF] But slow, little girl, hark! And hush-The birds are singing sweetly You'll miss the birds completely You're traveling so fleetly Grandmother first, then Miss Plump... What a delectable couple: Utter perfection, one brittle, one supple-One moment, my dear--! [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] Mother said, "Come what may Follow the path and never stray." [WOLF] Just so, little girl-- any path So many worth exploring Just one would be so boring And look what you're ignoring...

Think of those crisp, aging bones Then something fresh on the palate Think of that scrumptious carnality twice in one day--! There's no possible way to describe what you feel When you're talking to your meal! [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] Mother said not to stray Still, I suppose, a small delay... Granny might like a fresh bouquet...

SCENE 4- I GUESS THIS IS GOODBYE/ MAYBE THEY’RE MAGIC

[NARRATOR] While the little girl continued her way to her grandmother’s house, the baker and his wife came across Jack in the woods and succeeded in securing the first item. The baker gave Jack five beans in exchange with a cow as white as milk. [JACK] I guess this is goodbye, old pal You've been a perfect friend I hate to see us part, old pal Someday I'll buy you back I'll see you soon again I hope that when I do It won't be on a plate

[BAKER] Take the cow and go home

[WIFE] I was trying to be helpful

[BAKER] Magic beans? We’ve no reason to believe that they’re magic. Are we to dispell this curse through deceit?

[WIFE] No one would have given him more for that creature. We did him a favor, at least they’ll have some food [BAKER] Five beans [WIFE] If you know what you want Then you go and you find it And you get it-[BAKER (pointing off)] Home [WIFE, spoken] Do we want a child, or not? (sung) --And you give and you take And you bid and you bargain Or you live to regret it [BAKER, spoken] Will you please go home? [WIFE] There are rights and wrongs and in-betweens No one waits when fortune intervenes And maybe they're really magic Who knows? Why, you do what you do That's the point All the rest of it is chatter [BAKER, spoken (about Milky-White)] Look at her, she's crying [WIFE] If the thing you do is pure in intent

If it's meant, and it's just a little bent Does it matter? [BAKER, spoken] Yes [WIFE] No, what matters is that everyone tells tiny lies What's important, really, is the size Only three more tries, and we'll have our prize When the end's in sight, you'll realize: If the end is right, it justifies The beans!

SCENE 5- I KNOW THINGS NOW [NARRATOR] Little red arrived at her grandmother’s house and was surprised to find the door standing open. When inside, the wolf devoured her and her grandmother. And they were rescued by the baker who was passing by which he heard the snores of the wolf. [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] Mother said, 'straight ahead' Not to delay, or be misled I should have heeded her advice But he seemed so nice And he showed me things, many beautiful things That I hadn't thought to explore They were off my path, so I never had dared I had been so careful, I never had cared And he made me feel excited… Well, excited and scared When he said, 'Come in,' with that sickening grin How could I know what was in store? Once his teeth were bared, though, I really got scared Well, excited and scared… But he drew me close, and he swallowed me down Down a dark, slimy path Where lie secrets that I never want to know And when everything familiar seemed to disappear forever At the end of the path was Granny once again

So we wait in the dark, until someone sets us free And we're brought into the light And we're back at the start And I know things now, many valuable things That I hadn't known before Do not put your faith in a cape and a hood They will not protect you the way that they should And take extra care with strangers Even flowers have their dangers And though scary is exciting Nice is different than good Now I know, don't be scared Granny is right, just be prepared Isn't it nice to know a lot? And a little bit not

SCENE 6- A VERY NICE PRINCE [NARRATOR] The little girl gave the baker her cape. Now had two of the four items in their possession. Meanwhile, the baker's wife came across a very confused Cinderella who was fleeing the festival after being pursued by the prince. [CINDERELLA] He's a very nice Prince [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] And? [CINDERELLA] And It's a very nice ball [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] And? [CINDERELLA] And When I entered they trumpeted

[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] And? The Prince? [CINDERELLA, spoken] Oh, the Prince [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] Yes, the Prince! [CINDERELLA] Well, he's tall [BAKER'S WIFE] Is that all? Did you dance? Is he charming? They say that he's charming [CINDERELLA] We did nothing but dance [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] Yes? And? [CINDERELLA] And it made a nice change [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] No, the Prince! [CINDERELLA] Oh, the Prince [BAKER'S WIFE] Yes, the Prince [CINDERELLA] He has charm for a Prince, I guess [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] Guess? [CINDERELLA] I don't meet a wide range

And it's all very strange [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] Are you to return to the festival tomorrow eve? [CINDERELLA, spoken] Perhaps [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] Perhaps? Oh, to be pursued by a Prince. All that pursues me is tomorrow’s bread. What I wouldn't give to be in your shoes. [CINDERELLA, spoken] Will you look over there? An enormous vine growing next to that little cottage [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] … i mean slippers [CINDERELLA, spoken] It looks like a giant beanstalk rising into the sky. [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] As pure as gold? [CINDERELLA, spoken] I must get home [BAKER'S WIFE, spoken] I need your shoe...