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Beauty & the Beast Panto Script, Ben Crocker Pantomimes

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST PANTOMIME SCRIPT

Beauty and the Beast is a superb pantomime script. Packed with humour and new invention. The dame appears briefly in drag – as a man! The audience fall in love with a fast talking French poodle. Simple staging, lots of opportunities for Chorus work and a compelling relationship between Beauty and her Beast.​

10 Characters, plus up 6 Children’s Cameo Roles, plus Chorus Etc.

Run time approx: 2 hours plus interval

BEAUTY & THE BEAST PANTO SCRIPT EXCERPT

CAPUCINE has interrupted JACQUES’ doomed attempts to train FELIX, a giant French Poodle. They are both much taken with her…

CAPUCINE:

FELIX:

What a lovely dog.

Thank you so much! I just want to say that you are lovely too. As lovely, as lovely, as lovely!

CAPUCINE:

(taken aback) Thank you.

FELIX:

Stroke my nose, rub my ears, tickle my tummy! (Lies on the ground kicking legs in the air.)

JACQUES:

Felix!

CAPUCINE:

(rubbing his tummy) That’s OK. I like dogs.

FELIX:

(lunging up to hug CAPUCINE) And I like girls!

CAPUCINE:

(avoiding FELIX’S lunge and speaking to JACQUES) My name’s Capucine. What’s yours?

FELIX:

(interrupting) My name’s Felix!  Rub that bit there. Pleeease! Just that bit there.

 

(CAPUCINE does so. JACQUES tries to join in and rubs FELIX’S tummy.)

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(smacking JACQUES’ hand) Not you!

JACQUES:

Felix! (To CAPUCINE) Jacques. My name’s Jacques.

CAPUCINE:

(to FELIX) There. That’s enough. (Goes to JACQUES.)

FELIX:

CAPUCINE:

JACQUES:

CAPUCINE:

JAQUES & FELIX:

CAPUCINE:

Oh.

I’ve been meaning to say hello, you’re new to the village, aren’t you?

Yes, I suppose we are.

I live here alone.

All alone?

It happens, I’m afraid. My father was the blacksmith. Maybe one day people will live longer; but he left the forge to me – and so now I’m the blacksmith.

JACQUES:

That’s an unusual –

CAPUCINE:

Job for a girl? Fortunately, I fit the job description. I’m enormously strong. Well, it was lovely to meet you. (Holds out hand to shake.)

JACQUES:

Yes, it was.

 

(They shake hands. CAPUCINE applies no apparent effort, but JACQUES is bent double by her vice like grip.)

CAPUCINE:

Oh, sorry. Did I hurt you? I’m always doing that.

JACQUES:

No, no, not at all, it was nothing.

FELIX:

Do it to me. Do it to me. I want to feel it! (They shake hands.) Yeeow! That is so painful! Do it again!

JACQUES:

Look, Felix, I don’t think –

FELIX:

(shaking hands) Yeeow! Again, again!

JAQUES:

FELIX:

I’m sorry about this.

Strong women are so attractive! I’m warm, intelligent and I love long walks in the country. Could you be the one for me?

CAPUCINE:

But you’re a dog!

FELIX:

I’m open minded!

BEAUTY & THE BEAST CHARACTERS

  • Felix (A giant French Poodle. He speaks with a French accent and is a very human sort of poodle. Ideally, his costume should make him human with just a hint of dog)

  • Jacques (Beauty’s brother)

  • Capucine (In love with Jacques)

  • Malabelle (A wicked witch)

  • Ma (The Dame. Beauty and Jacques’ mum)

  • Beauty (Also known as Rose)

  • Prince/Beast

  • Talking Clock

  • Aimee (A castle servant)

  • Remy (A castle servant)

  • 2 Royal Pages*

  • Table*

  • Lamp*

  • Chest of Drawers*

  • Rug*

  • Chorus as Villagers, Wolves, Bears, Castle Servants, Ghosts etc.

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​* These are small speaking parts.

Beauty & the Beast Panto Script, Ben Crocker Pantomimes

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“I just wanted to write to you to say a huge thank you for Beauty and The Beast. We had a special cheer just for you on the last night. I’ve never worked with such a perfect script. It made directing and acting so much easier. Whenever the cast would ask about “motivation” type things I’d say “Read the script. It’s all in there”. In the past I admit to having hacked scripts around to make the story coherent and axe the awful jokes but with yours I was very protective. I trusted it. When the audience said things like “It zipped along” “We laughed so much” and “First time I’ve really understood the story” I say – Thanks to Ben”.

Sue Harrison, Northmoor Players

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