Stephen Sondheim
A Very Nice Prince
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Now the Prince, what was he like?
[CINDERELLA]
He's a very nice Prince
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
And—?
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
And—
(sung)
It's a very nice ball
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
And—?
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
And—
(sung)
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?
(spoken)
Did you dance?
Is he charming? They say that he's charming
[CINDERELLA]
We did nothing but dance
[BAKER'S WIFE]
Yes—? And—?
[CINDERELLA]
And it made a nice change
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
No, the Prince!
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
Oh, the Prince…
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Yes, the Prince
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
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]
Uh, 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]
Wait!
I need your shoes!
Hey!
Come back here!