Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 1 SIDE 1 POTTS,,, CHIP,, has just arrived at the castle and is mee8ng the SERVANTS and for the first 8me. has a Bri8sh accent. has a French accent. MRS POTTS is a grandmotherly type, Chip is a limle boy. is a confused old man. The is just plain nasty. MRS POTTS Coming through, coming through! Would you like a nice spot of tea, sir? It will warm you up in no Kme. Oh, yes please! No! No tea! He ll be here all night! MRS POTTS pours into CHIP (a teacup). Oh! Oh, my! Look at you! I think I scared him, Mama! CHIP Hey there, liule fella! What s your name? Chip. Well, that figures, doesn't it? CHIP We've got to get him out of here! Do you have any idea what the Master will do if he finds out we let a stranger in? Calm yourself, Cogsworth. The Master will never have to know. A loud roar echoes through the castle. Everyone gasps. Enter.
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 2 There's a stranger here! Master, allow me to explain. The gentleman was set upon by wolves. Who let him in? M M Master may I take this opportunity to say, I was against it from the start! You have all betrayed me! (To Maurice.) Who are you? M Maurice. What are you doing in my castle? I I lost my way. In the woods! You've come to stare at the Beast, haven t you? No! No, I meant no harm! I was merely looking for a place to stay! I'll give you a place to stay. Cogsworth! Oh dear. Take him down to the dungeon.
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 3 SIDE 2,,, POTTS, I thought I told you to come down to dinner! is trying to force to come for dinner and she's having none of it. I'm not hungry! I am the master of this castle and I m telling you to come to dinner! And I m telling you I m not hungry! You're hungry if I say you re hungry! Don't be ridiculous! You can t order me to be hungry! It doesn t work that way! I can! Besides. It s rude. Rude? Well how about this? If you don t come down for dinner I will drag you by the hair and Master, that may not be the best way to win the girl s affeckons! Please auempt to be a gentleman? MRS POTTS Deep breaths, Master, deep breaths. Try again. Be polite. Would you be so kind as to join me for dinner? (GriTng his teeth...) Please? No, thank you.
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 4 Fine! Then starve! Master, please! If she doesn t eat with me she doesn t eat at all! Exit, who roars and storms off. What were we thinking? We will never be human again. MRS POTTS Well, what would you have us do? Give up? Not unkl I hear the sound of my liule boy s laughter as he runs through these halls again. Quite right, Mrs. PoUs. We mustn t give up while there s skll a chance. Lumiere, stand watch at the door and let me know if there s even the slightest change. Oui, mon Capitan!
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 5 SIDE 3 SOPHIE, GIGI, COCO,, enters with SOPHIE, GIGI, and COCO, who are sobbing. It can t be true! I don t believe it. SOPHIE, GIGI, COCO GIGI Why would you go and do a thing like that? I simply can t bear it! Oh, Gaston! Say it ain t so. It's so, girls. Waaaaaaaaah! COCO GIGI SOPHIE, GIGI, COCO Girls! I m just geeng married. Don t tell me a liule thing like that s going to change your feelings for me! Oh, no! No! Never! SOPHIE GIGI COCO Good. Well, if we re going to have a wedding, I guess I d beuer propose to the bride! Waaaaaaaah! SOPHIE, GIGI, COCO The GIRLS go off sobbing. turns to s comage. enters carrying a flower pot and sees. There s nowhere to hide!
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 6 Gaston? What a pleasant surprise. Isn't it, though? I m just full of surprises. With 'S back turned, plucks the flowers from the pot and hands them to her. For you, Mademoiselle! (Taking the flowers) Oh, Gaston. (Looks at the pot, sighs.) You shouldn t have. Don't menkon it. Belle, there isn t a girl in town who wouldn t love to be in your shoes. This is the day your dreams come true! What could you possibly know about my dreams, Gaston? Plenty! Picture this: a ruskc hunkng lodge. My latest kill roaskng on the fire. My liule wife massaging my feet while the liule ones play on the floor with the dogs. We ll have six or seven. Dogs? No! Strapping boys, like me! Oh, my.
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 7 SIDE 4,,, RENTÓN, and hiding in the shadows. (pronounced "dark" and RENTÓN have silly French accents. Where is he? He'll be here. When? I don't know Lefou. Stop asking. It's just that I get you know. Excited. Yes. I know. Is that him? But who's that with him? Enter two shadowy figures, MONSIEUR and RENTÓN. Let me do the talking. (He steps out of the shadows...) Monsieur D'Arque, I presume? Oui. And this is my assistant, Rentón. Oui, oui! RENTÓN We didn't expect there to be two of you. I never leave Monsieur's side. You understand our predicament. RENTÓN
Sides - 12/9/17, 10:11 AM / 8 No. Not enkrely. Normally I'd handle this myself, but Belle turned him down flat! Flat as a pancake! Lefou! So this is about a girl? Not just any girl, the best girl. Who is going to be my wife! Whether she knows it or not. RENTÓN (To.) I think we should go now. No, please! Gentlemen, I don't see how I can be of any use. I run an asylum, not a broken hearts club. This isn't about the girl, not at all! It's about her father! He's not well. Oh, no. He's very sick. What kind of 'not well?' A danger to himself! And others.