ACT I
Cinderella’s morning begins with sisters’ angry tricks and quarrels as usual.
Only mice in the kitchen feel sorry for the girl, and her Father secretly from her Step-mother gives her wooden shoes. Her mother used to wear them. But peevish Step-mother doesn’t let her husband to spend time with his daughter. Only being alone, Cinderella sees a beggar at the fire-place. Where is she from? he girl feels sorry for the old woman and gives her shoes to her.
Cinderella’s sisters are getting ready for the ball. They try dresses, quarrelling and envying each other’s clothes. The quarrel is interrupted by the Ball Organizer. The sisters are bad at dancing lessons, but Cinderella repeats all exercises easily and with grace. It causes envy of Sisters and Step-mother’s anger. She demands her money for dancing lessons back from the Teacher.
But the best present is made by the main Fairy – it is porcelain shoes. The girl recognizes the Christian Mother in her.
The Autumn Fairy turns a pumpkin into a gorgeous carriage, and the Winter Fairy gives Cinderella a diamond crown and a sparkling cloak.
The Summer Fairy turns mice and rats into brave postilion and a pair of fast horses.
The Spring Fairy gives Cinderella a wonderful dress, made of golden and silver brocade, decorated with precious stones.
There are four more Fairies of the Season with a suite of dwarvesmonths with her
Old dress falls down from the woman – and Cinderella sees a miraculously wonderful Fairy.
Funny little people peep from the fire-place – they are dwarves
Suddenly the kitchen is filled with strange light and the girl sees old beggar.
The Fairy warns C i n d e re l l a s t r i c t ly, t h a t she should return home before midnight.
Otherwise her splendid dress will turn into and old dress again, horses will become mice, and the carriage – the pumpkin.
Guests are gathering to the ball at the King’s palace. Noble princes from far off countries – Spain, China and Chukot – are among them.
ACT II
There are a lot of beauties at the ball. But the one, is the most charming. She has a gorgeous dress on, but it’s not the
it’s a strange girl herself. She radiates kindness it’s Cinderella.
who has entered the last, dress, that attracts everybody. and tenderness. Surely,
All eag the her
the guests are er to dance with beauty and give rich presents.
The Prince suggests the girl his heart and sole. Beloved seem to fly into a magic garden – a permanently wonderful garden of the Seasons.
S u d d e n l y t h e c l o c k s t r i k e s f o r C i n d e r e l l a . S h e r u s h e s a tiny shoe.
twelve. The ball is over from the palace, dropping
Even the Prince, who holds this tiny finding, can’t recognize his vanished beloved in a poorly dressed girl.
Suddenly the clock strikes twelve. The ball is over for Cinderella. She rushes from the palace, dropping a tiny shoe.
The Prince d to find the stranger. single sho say what a master h unusual por
ACT III
oes his best beautiful But not a e-maker can skillful as made this celain shoe.
The Prince leaves for far off countries, hoping to find his beloved there. But one misfortune follows the other – the porcelain shoe is small both Spanish and Chinese princesses. And far off the Chukot prince suggests the Prince marring his bride – according to the ways of his country. He is so sorry for his friend! But the Prince needs the only girl in the world – the one, whom the shoe will match. The Prince makes up his mind to return home. A porcelain shoe – it’s the only thing, left to Cinderella after the magic ball. In her dreams she dances again and she is happy again. Her Step-mother and sisters break her dreams.
Cinderella’s father doesn’t want to suffer his wife’s and her daughters’ cruelty. He makes an attempt to force the sister
sweep the floor. A terrible quarrel seems to be inevitable. Suddenly the Prince
his suite appears at the door. He has
been to dozens of houses, trying to find
his bride. Now it’s the turn of Cinderella’s father.
The Step-mother and the sisters are out of their minds with the attempts to put on the shoe. The Step-mother is ready to shorten her foot. Trying to stop her, Cinderella drops the other porcelain shoe. The Prince sees his beloved. And than the merriest and the most gorgeous wedding was held!