The Golden Hair

The Golden Hair

by Renee Anderson

Cast

Danielle: Main character, marries Peter.

Belinda: Gets picked on by slaves.

Bell: girl Villain.

Peter: Main male character, marries Danielle.

Betrayer: Other girl villain.

Slave 1: Girl. Has golden bracelets and earrings. Picks on Belinda.

Slave 2: Boy. Has 1 golden earring. Picks on Belinda a lot.

Slave 3: Takes Danielle away every night. Picks on Belinda.

Slave 4: Overthrows the two B's. Picks on Belinda.

Minister: marries the two lovers.

Narrator: narrates.

Extras: Boys, Prince, slaves.

Fairy: Gives golden hair to Danielle.

Act 1, Scene 1: A meeting place for the young. At one end, an open house. Inside is a girl with a hood. She is sitting down.

DAN: Oh woe's me, no one loves me.

Fairy appears

FAIRY: I shall help you, I am a fairy! Tell me how I can help you!

DAN: Oh I would give anything to be beautiful like other girls!

FAIRY: (waving her wand) Here is something for you! (as golden hair appears)

DAN: (standing up) Oh wonder oh wonder! Is this not a dream?

FAIRY: No, this is not a dream. Put it on and we'll see.

DAN: (putting on the hair) Oh thank you so much, I am ever grateful

FAIRY: (disappearing) Goodbye!

Group of boys comes into the Square and moves over to where the house is.

ALL: Oh! Look! A vision! A dream! An angel! A lady!

DAN: (aside) I must, now that I am known, pick one just for me... (aloud) I choose you there in the blue. Come up here and sit.

PETER: (walking up) This is indeed a pleasure, to sit beside you oh lovely lady! (sitting down and leaning close to her) Oh dearest, give me a kiss. (kisses her) Thankyou dearest.

DAN: (aside) This is indeed a good choice (aloud) You are a perfect gentleman

PETER: Thank you my lady (kisses her again)

Other boys go off and sulk and play. Enter Bell

BELL: Oh there is my lover with that poor peasant girl! Shame on him! I shall tell my mother (storms off)

Scene 2. An elegant drawing room with tables and chairs etc. Belinda reclines on a chair as Slave 2 fans her and Slave 1 holds out a tray of sweets. Enter Bell

BELIN: Dear! What is the matter?

BELL: Oh mother! My lover has forsaken me!

BELIN: Oh this is a great misfortune indeed!

BELL: Yes, indeed. The peasant girl he is in love with has golden hair. I don't see what is so nice about golden hair, brown is much nicer (fingering her own) and anyway I don't see why he shouldn't like me

BELIN: Boys change their minds a lot and-

BELL: Yes but yesterday he was in love with me and today-

BELIN: but sometimes they change their minds very quickly. (Slave 2 removes her dress tie) You must learn to get used to them.

BELL: I don't want to get used to them! (storms off)

BELIN: Oh I wish she could control her temper (Slave 2 removes her wig) She is so hot headed. (rises) I'll go and talk to her.

Belinda walks off. Enter Betrayer.

BETR: I shall wait until my friend comes

Enter Bell

BELL: Ah, you have come!

BETR: News, news!

BELL: What is it?

BETR: The golden hair is just a wig!

BELL: This is indeed good news! tonight we will go and steal it!

Enter Slave 3 who has been listening outside

BELL (to Slaves) Do not tell anyone what we have been saying or you know what will happen

SLAVE 1: Oh no ma'am! We are just stupid slaves. Nothing but a bad influence would make us do a thing like that!

BELL: Good!

Exeunt all

Scene 3 Night. A meeting place for the young. At the end, the same house as before. Enter Bell and Betrayer. They creep towards the house. Enter Slave 3 unnoticed. She creeps ahead of Bell and Betrayer and takes Danielle away. The other two creep closer.

SLAVE 3: (aside) I'm just a stupid slave, I don't know anything about this business at all

Slave 3 and Danielle exit. Bell and Betrayer creep up and look in the bed.

BELL: She isn't there!

BETR: Well, we'll just have to come back tomorrow.

Exeunt. Enter Narrator.

NAR: And so it went on for almost a week when one night the fairy called, and so did Slave 3.

Enter Fairy, Danielle and Slave 3 behind.

DAN: Oh the dear fairy is back!

FAIRY: Oh, I just dropped in to say that in a week the hair will be permanent!

DAN: That is indeed good news for I have been fearing that it would be revealed that it was not real hair and someone would try to steal it for themselves

FAIRY: Oh yes, about that... but you wouldn't want to know really...

DAN: What is it?

FAIRY: Oh nothing, well goodnight (disappears)

DAN: Oh well, I must go to sleep now (yawns and lies down)

SLAVE 3: Oh I am lucky to know this, now I know when to stop. (creeps up and takes Danielle away)

Enter Bell and Betrayer

BETR: I'm sure she must have stopped living here, she disappears so often.

BELL: But I saw her today, kissing that boy

BETR: Well, if she isn't here tonight then I'll stop helping you

BELL: Fine!

They both creep up to the bed

BETR: I told you so! Good-bye! (exits)

BELL: Oh! I don't need her

Bell exits. Enter Narrator

NAR: So they parted. And at the end of the week...

Enter Danielle

DAN: Oh the week is done and I am free! (gets into bed)

Enter Bell

BELL: Now you are here I can take your hair! (goes to the bed and picks up Danielle) Aha! Now I can take my revenge!

DAN: How?

BELL: By taking your hair!

DAN: How?

BELL: Like this! (pulling at her hair)

DAN: Ow! Ow! Ow!

BELL: It must be real and I must go! (exits)

DAN: Some people have strange ways. (exits)

Scene 4. At a Church ready for a wedding. Enter Peter

PETER: At last the happy day arrives, when Danielle and I become one!

Enter Minister and Bell, disguised as a bride.

PETER: Come my dear and let us be married!

BELL: Oh yes let's!

MIN: I thought you were marrying someone else

PETER: No I wasn't, I was going to marry Danielle and here she is!

MIN: She looks a bit tall to me (takes off veil)

PETER; Oh no this is Bell, not Danielle at all!

BELL: Oh no, you have discovered me! (exits)

PETER: And hopefully now Danielle will come - ah! here she is!

Enter Danielle in wedding dress

DAN: Oh my love!

PETER: You have come!

Enter Narrator

NAR: And so they were married and their tale is over, but not so with Bell and Belinda

Scene 5. The same drawing room as in Scene 2. Enter Bell, Belinda and Slaves 1, 2, 3 and 4

BELL: It just so isn't fair mother! He gets to marry that horrible peasant girl while I'm stuck with this prince who is as ugly as an owl and twice as stupid!

BELIN: Well, my dear, the world isn't fair but here comes that prince anyway

Enter Prince

PRIN: Oh dear and-

BELL: Go away and don't come back, I'm not at home!

PRIN: Just so, you're not at home. (Exits)

BELL: I can't stand him and-

SLAVE 4: Shut up and listen to me! We are tired of being slaves and we'd like you to cooperate so you will be our slaves and do what we say!

Exeunt Bell and Belinda, followed by all Slaves. Enter Narrator

NAR: And so this ends the story of love and gold with a happy-ever-after to everyone except Belinda and Bell who have to work every day for the rest of their lives. The End

Curtain