THE NEW SNOW WHITE an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario for 13 players (5 male and 7 female) written by Judy Huang, Stephanie Wu, Sue Yeh, and Gloria Hung Written as an assignment in English Conversation, an English as a Foreign Language course taught for English minors by Dr. Brian David Phillips in the Department of English at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Fall Semester, 1998. Copyright 1998 by Judy Huang, Stephanie Wu, Sue Yeh, and Janis Chen. Introduction The prince kissed Snow White. Suddenly, the face of Snow White turned from white to red. Then she woke up and they lived happily ever after.But, the story is not finished yet. After their marriage, Snow White and the prince, Peter, lived in a lovely cabin happily. And soon, Snow White gave birth to a baby named Winston. One day, the sweet couple went to a wedding party of Peter's friend. Because the seven dwarfs all liked to be together with little Winston very much, they asked Snow White to give the nanny, Mary, one day off so that they could take care of him by turns. Snow White had promised. The wedding party was held in a castle far away. Snow White and Prince Peter went out at ten o'clock in the morning. When they felt a little tired but still happily came back to their warm cabin by ten at night, they found that their dear little Winston was not sleeping sweetly in his crib. They searched everywhere for him but found nothing. Little Winston disappeared! How could that happen? Who is the thief? Hope you can find the one! Characters Snow White She has always been very beautiful, and after marriage she gave birth to cute Winston. Prince(Peter) He saved Snow White, and stayed in the Cabin with her since then. Winston(The baby) Snow white and the Prince's son. He was kidnapped. Guard(David) He is the guard that the King trusts very much. Queen Now she lives with the King and spend her time developing new medicine to make herself more beautiful and healthy. King He likes Winston very much, and hopes Snow White can move back the castle. Nanny(Mary) She is a young woman who takes care of Winston and share the chores of the cabin. She is also a good friend of Snow White and Peter. Seven Dwarfs Happy She has optimistic personality. She likes Winston very much. Sneezy She sneezes all the time unless she's eaten a special kind of cheery. Sleepy She sleeps a lot. Even at work, she might fall asleep. Sometimes others have to do things for her. Bashful She is very shy. She and Dopey are good friends. But Grumpy often bully her and Dopey. Grumpy He grumbles about all the things, and he hasn't been friendly to Snow White since she came here. Doc He owns many books, and reads a lot, love to know about everything. Dopey She makes response to others slowly, but that doesn't mean she is stupid. She and Bashful are good friends but are often bullied by Grumpy. Act One Clues Happy You are a dwarf with an optimistic personality. While working, you always sing songs and smile to everybody. You are also willing to help others. If someone gets into trouble, you won't be hesitate to give him a hand. You love Snow White's baby very much and spend lots of time taking care of him. When you knew that you seven dwarfs could take care of Little Winston, you were the most exciting one. You love to be with him so much! Though you were already the one who spends most time with the baby, you still wanted to grabbed this opportunity to be accompany with Little Winston. You wanted to make him happy----if he is happy, you are happy. Sleepy You are quite a lazy dwarf. Everyday you have to sleep 12 hours so that you feel satisfied. But even after you got up, you are always finding any chance to sleep. Your eyes are never open fully. But when it comes to food, you will soon become very energetic. You especially like the food cooked by Snow White. But these days Snow White seldom cooks, you become more and more sleepy. Because your laziness, other dwarfs sometimes don't like you, especially Happy. Though he loves to help others, he has done so much for you and becomes tired of you. Sneezy You sneeze a lot. The interval of your sneeze is from every 2 seconds to 3 minutes. It is a very tiring thing for others to talk to you, because you can't say a complete sentence smoothly. You are rather bothered by that. But it is so strange that when you eat a special species cherry, which grows in the garden of the castle, your symptom will get better. Because other dwarfs don't like Nanny Mary, she sometimes will bring the cherry to you to buy your heart. Doc You are a well-read dwarf. You like reading than doing anything else. You even read a book while you are walking. You have good relationship with Prince Peter. Sometimes you will go to the cabin, borrowing some books from him. You are quite an arrogant and selfish guy. Because you are curious about everything around you, you almost knows everything. Sometimes when others ask you to solve problems for them, it is not easy for you to promise them or help them easily. However, you behave kind and honest in front of Snow White. She is still cheated by you. Queen Though you are a queen, yet you envy Snow White's beauty; therefore, you ordered a hunter to kill Snow White. But, you do not accomplish your goal, and Snow White is still the most beautiful woman in the world. You still want to kill Snow White and her baby. You don't get along with the King very well. In order to pass through the boring time, you spend your time in develop medicine which can make you more beautiful. And, certainly, also develop some medicine to kill Snow White and Winston. Of course, you lie to the king you only develop the health and beauty medicine. King You are Snow White's father , but your new wife--the queen caused Snow White to leave . Though you are afraid of your new wife, you still hope Snow White can come back. Now you know that Snow White's baby was born and you also hope the baby can come back with your daughter. In fact, you love babies badly because babies let you remind the happy days that you and Snow White's mother have. Therefore, you often order the guard David to ask Snow White's coming back with the baby ; but, your daughter is afraid of the evil step mother. So, you can only order David to see if your grandson is fine once in a while. Guard (David) Though you are a guard in the King's castle, you are a good friend of Snow White. Since you and Snow White are kids, you have been a very good company of her . And you have had a crash on for a long time. But Snow White never knows that. Whenever King orders you to visit the Snow White and little Winston, it is your happiest time. You can solve your love one---Snow White---by chance. Snow White As you know, you are a pretty princess. Though your stepmother is jealous of you, your beautiful dream still comes true-get married with the handsome prince. Because of your firm friendship with the seven dwarfs after your marriage, you and your husband live with them. So the cabin in the forest gets warmer. Time flies. After one year you gave birth to a cute baby. You named him Winston. Everything seems wonderful.....But recently, you don't get alone with Prince Peter very well. He sometimes treats you coldly. You don't know why and you are worried that what happened to your marriage. You can only put all your love into your beloved baby. After you and your husband came back from the wedding party of his friend, you found that your dear son-Winston was gone...You are very sad and almost get into crazy . Prince(Peter) After your marriage with Snow White, all of your friends admire you for your beautiful wife. Actually at first you are contented with your sweet life. You two, the good couple, live happily in the cabin. Snow White understands you very much and she can see through your heart. Because of this you feel very warm. After your son's coming, you the maid Mary in your hometown palace asked you to help Snow White taking care of the baby, so that Snow White wouldn't be so tired. And you promised her. Actually you and Mary loved each other before you know Snow White. She was your childhood company, but you couldn't get together for you are prince and she is maid. When you knew that it was impossible for you two to get together, you left your home town sadly. Then you met Snow White and fell in love with her. You thought you had forgot her. But you found that when she came here, you couldn't help yourself and fell in love with her again. After your coming back from your friend's wedding party then you knew your son's disappearance. You are worried about his whereabouts. You and Doc, the dwarf , have good relationship. He often borrows books from you. Nanny(Mary) You are a beautiful young lady. When you were a little girl, you were a maid in the palace. Your master is the prince. You grew up with him and served him. You loved each other but you couldn't get together for he is prince and you were a maid. When Peter knew that it was impossible for you two to get together, he left your home town sadly. Though he met Snow White and fell in love with her, you still love him and keep waiting for chance to win him back. When you heard that Peter had a new baby, you immediately thought that it would be a very good chance. So you asked Peter if you could take care of the baby to share Snow White's work. You and Peter suddenly fall in love again. He still loves you so much no matter how far and how long you two haven't been together. You have to do all house chores, making good friends with Snow White. But you enjoy your life very much because everything worth it---- you can live with your beloved Peter. Some dwarfs sometimes complain that you distribute the food unfairly, so you keep acquaintance with Sneezy, for he always stands by your side. Therefore you often bring him special cheery which relieve his sneezing. Grumpy You are a self-conceited dwarf who is very picky about everything. From the beginning when you first saw Snow White , you thought she was a trouble. You weren't satisfied that other dwarfs were treating her so kind , and you were even jealous of her attraction to all the dwarfs. Yes, you really don't like her. You like to bully Bashful and Dopey a lot. You think they are stupid enough to make good friends with Snow White. They are easy to bully and they are afraid of you. They may only get angry but don't revenge. However, you don't know how to get along with others, so that you always have something to grumble about. You think in that way you can draw others' attention and respect. Bashful You are a young dwarf who isn't confident of yourself at all. You don't like to talk to others because you are shamed. Since Snow White came to your cabin, you made good friends with her. She always encourage you to express yourself. Therefore you appreciate your friendship very much. When you heard her baby was stolen, you felt very sorry for her, and tried to help her since you are her best friend. You and Dopey are good friends. But both you are often bullied by Grumpy because you have good relationship with Snow White and also he thinks you two are stupid. You are too kind so that you never revenge him and that him do bad things on you again and again. Dopey You are always giving response very late. Others will think you are not concentrated on what they say, therefore sometimes they might get impatient or be angry at you. In fact, you don't intend to do that, just you can't response that fast. You and Bashful are good friends. But both you are often bullied by Grumpy because you have good relationship with Snow White and also he thinks you two are stupid. You are too kind so that you never revenge him and that him do bad things on you again and again. Act Two Clues and Secrets Happy Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player.. The mine production had to maintain a certain amount of production. So that day, there had to be someone to dig mine for other dwarfs. You got up early to dig the mine. You worked very hard. On your way home, you passed by the cabin of Snow White. Grumpy came up to you and murmured about Snow White and the baby until seven o'clock you got home---the same time as your duty time. When you happily opened the door of the cabin, you were shocked to find that Little Winston disappeared! You woke up Sleepy who was still in a deep sleep. And you also saw a cherry left on Little Winston's bed. As a matter of fact, you don't like sleepy very much because of her laziness in working. On the other hand, you know she has the habit of sleepwalking ,so she is in great suspicion. She must have taken the baby Winston somewhere while she was sleepwalking. You saw something strange that... On your way home with Grumpy, you saw the palace guard David taking a clothwrapper and ready to leave the back door of the cabin. Sleepy Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. You felt very sleepy on that day without any reason---though you always feel so. You got up at three o'clock in the afternoon. After doing all the work you have to do, you went to Snow White's cabin to take care of the baby. Your duty time was between 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock. You love food cooked by Snow White a lot. It was so delicious that could make you feel energetic. You tried to find some leftover in the refrigerator to solve your hunger caused by your sleeping too late and being too lazy to fix food for yourself. But, you found nothing in it. You were disappointed, playing with Little Winston. When the baby fell asleep, you soon fell asleep, too. Because you were too hungry and had nothing to do. When you were waken up by the dwarf of the next duty, Happy, you were surprised that the baby was disappeared! You felt very sinful that you did not pay enough attention on the baby so that he was stolen by someone. Also, you are anxious that you might have taken the baby somewhere while you were sleepwalking. The only thing you were sure is : the thief must be familiar with Little Winston. Because you did not hear the loud crying of Winston. Doc Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. You were the first dwarf who took care of the baby on that day. Your duty time was between 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock that morning. You went to Snow White's cabin just on time at ten o'clock in the morning. Snow White and Prince Peter gave Little Winston to you by themselves and said to you "We believe you all can take good care of my baby very well." After saying goodbye to them, you brought yourself in a full play---reading stories for the baby. The baby stared at you at first, smiling to you as he was listening patiently. Not for a long time, he fell asleep. You took out the book you had brought and started reading until the next dwarf on duty. You know something doesn't go very well between Snow White and Prince Peter recently. They seemed to have some disagreements. You don't really like to take care of the baby. You saw something strange that... One day when you went to borrow some books from Peter, you saw the Nanny's shoes in front of the bedroom of Snow White and Peter. And you heard strange sounds. At that time, Snow White went to the palace with Winston to see her father , the King. Sneezy Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. Your sneeze problem was especially serious on that day. Your duty was due to take care of the baby from 12o'clock at noon to two o'clock in the afternoon. You prepared a delicious meal in the cabin. But, of course, the baby can only drink milk. You surely made a special milk that contains lots of nutrition, with certain unique fruit and grain. Your sneezing seemed to disturb Little Winston and made him cry. You didn't mean it and you certainly did not want that happen. Fortunately, you knew that there were still some special species cherries in the garden. You quickly ate some and the symptom was better. After taking care of the baby, you went home to rest. But you still didn't feel well and decided to see the doctor in the evening. When you passed by the cabin in the forest, you saw a soldier wonder around peeping at 6:30 p.m. Keep the information secret unless you are asked. You stole the rest of cheery without telling Snow White and you left a cherry on Winston's bed on unintentionally. That may make you become the suspect of the thief. Snow White Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. After your son has been gone, you can't eat or sleep. What you want to do is to find out some clues. But you get nothing. You tell yourself to calm down and to think about something or somebody strange around you. You think of Grumpy, who has not been very friendly to you since you came here. Although you are sad about this , as a luck would have it, you have sincere friend ,Bashful. Then you find something strange. Your dear husband seems more silent then before. You two don't have a happy talk for a long time and there seems to be a gap between you .You think Peter might discover the guard's harassment to you , and misunderstands you and the guard have an affair. What's more , you doubt that your husband has a new lover. You feel very frustrated. How poor you are! You have to find your son and draw back your husband's attention at the same time. Prince(Peter) Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. In the beginning , the King doubt your plot of marrying Snow White. In fact, after marrying her for a long time, you find can't get along with her. Your personalities don't match each other. So you often complain about Snow White to the nanny. You found you still love nanny the most. Sometimes when Snow White is out, you and the nanny will spend some time together. In addition, the palace guard, David often comes to harass Snow White, which makes you angry. You two don't have a happy talk for a long time and there seems to be a gap between you . Nanny(Mary) Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. The day when Snow White and Peter went to the wedding party, you asked the seven dwarfs to take care of the baby for you. You intended to go to the down town to do some shopping. If anyone asks you why you appeared in front of the cabin, you just tell them that on your way home you saw the Queen and Grumpy went out from the cabin and they forgot to turn the light off so you went to turn them off. You must tell others you saw the Prince talked on the phone happily when Snow White is out for many times. You met the palace guard David on your way home, and he mistook you were Snow White. You have to keep the secret and you may lie to cover that You are the thief who takes away the baby because you can't give birth to a baby and you love Winston very much Though Peter is your master, you love him since you were a child. That day you went shopping and came back quickly. You know that Sleepy would fall asleep when he took care of the baby. So you considered it as a good chance to take away the baby .. King Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. You must reveal all of these facts. Since Snow White left the castle ,you were always missing her for a long time and worry about the prince' intention to marry Snow White . Besides ,you also wanted to see your grandson Winston; therefore, you have ordered your assistant to invite Snow White's family to come back for several times. But, your daughter was so afraid of the queen that she never comes back. Recently, your wife, the queen, are experiencing a new medicine. As every -one guess, the medicine may be the things like cosmetics. However, the medicine is poison that is created to kill the baby and Snow White. Keep the information secret unless you are asked. This time, you ordered your assistant to bring the baby back to the castle. However, while he was peeping the cabin from the forest, he was seen by one of the dwarfs at about 6:30 p.m. You have to conceal the secret that you have ordered your assistant to take the baby to come to the castle. Queen Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player.. You know the king hate you for your evil make Snow White leave the castle. Recently, you find the guard has often went to Snow White's cabin; therefore, you make the chance to order the guard to let the medicine taken by the baby. Keep the information secret unless you are asked. After failing to kill Snow White, you decide to create another poison whose function is much greater. That is, you make others misunderstand the medicine is good for baby. That day ,what a coincidence, you want to take the baby to be a guinea-pig; therefore , you ask Grumpy to help you. As you know, Grumpy doesn't like Snow White, you thought he would be willing to steal Winston for you. Therefore, you were trying to bribe Grumpy this afternoon, but he disagreed with you and threatened you for a lot of money. You had a quarrel which were seen by some dwarfs. Bashful Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. You must reveal all of these facts. Your duty was between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock. After the baby took a nap, he played with you for a while then fell asleep again. This morning the queen called and asked when the sweet couple went out, and talked to Grumpy for a short time. In the evening at around 6:30 you were talking with Dopey in the living room, and didn't see anything strange.You were just curious why Grumpy looked angry when he got home late for dinner. Dopey Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. You must reveal all of these facts. When you were on duty between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock with Bashful, she told you that this morning the queen called and asked when the sweet couple went out, and talked to Grumpy for a short time. You told her recently you noticed that Snow White is unhappy and you saw her arguing with Peter for several times. You were just curious why Grumpy looked angry when he got home late for dinner. Guard(David) Use the facts to converse with other people and question other player. You must reveal all of these facts. On that day, you carried two missions: the king ordered you secretly to take the baby back the palace ,the other one is the queen order you to bring some marvelous and healthy medicine to the baby. But the only thing you want to do is to look at cute Snow White, therefore you forgot the king's and the queen's orders. After you got to the cabin at about 6 o'clock , you found the Snow White was out with Peter to a friend's wedding party. You were very disappointed that you couldn't see her. After that you saw Snow White's clothes hanging in the back yard, you decided to steal her clothes. Even if you can't own her, you can own her clothes. On your way back to the palace, you thought you met Snow White in the forest, but in fact, it was the Nanny, Mary. She told you she just came back from another town, because she had a day off ,she went to visit her friends. Once the players have shared their clues, they should vote with secret ballots for the person they believe is the thief. The character with the most votes is arrested and sent to prison .The arrested character should then let the players know if they arrested the right person. If not, the guilty person(s) should admit the crimes and explain why - alternatively you can have the other players guess the real reason for the crimes.