Beauty and the Beast

<v Speaker 1>Production of the Mississippi Center. <v Speaker 1>Vision Series, special program, Beauty and the Beast length. <v Speaker 1>29:45, Date 6/ 27/ 73. <v Speaker 1>Director Kline. <v Speaker>[Intro <v Speaker>music] [Violin music and singing]

<v Father>Well, my beautiful daughters. We have a good wind for sailing. <v Father>It is time for my voyage to begin. <v Daughter 1>Oh, Father, why must you go away on another dangerous <v Daughter 1>voyage? <v Father>In order to buy your pretty dresses and trinkets and cakes, my lovely daughter. <v Daughter 2>But we would rather have you here with us than dresses <v Daughter 3>or trinkets <v Daughter 1> or cakes. <v Daughter 2>Must you go? <v Father>Yes, I must go. My lovely girls. <v Daughter 1>Here is a present for you, dear father. <v Daughter 1>A scarf to keep you as warm as the thoughts of your three daughters who embroidered <v Daughter 1>it.

<v Father>Thank you, my dearest. Thank you all. <v Father>Now, each of you kiss me and tell me what I can bring you as a present from faraway <v Father>lands. <v Daughter 1>I want only that you return to us, dearest Father. <v Daughter 1>But if you must bring me a gift, fetch me a costly dress <v Daughter 1>from the country of Bright Sun. <v Father>I will bring you a dress so beautiful that it will brighten even a cloudy day. <v Daughter 2>Oh, father, if your voice is fortunate. <v Daughter 2>Bring me a fan from the Land of the Dragons. <v Father>I will find you a fan so delicate that it will dry your tears and bring a smile <v Father>to your face when you are sad. <v Father>And what about you? My youngest child. <v Father>What will you have as your gift? <v Daughter 3>The only gift I wish is your safe return. <v Father>But I would like to bring you something, child. <v Daughter 3>Well, if you must. <v Daughter 3>I have heard that somewhere there grows a most unusual rose.

<v Daughter 3>That can be your gift to me. <v Father>[Violin playing in background] But how is that rose unusual, my daughter? <v Daughter 3>Oh, you shall know it, Father. <v Daughter 3>For it has three Blossom's which grow from a single stem. <v Daughter 3>And each of the flowers is a different color. <v Daughter 3>One yellow, one red, one pick. <v Daughter 3>[Wind blowing] <v Daughter 2>Father, it is a bad omen. <v Daughter 3>Father, you must not leave. <v Daughter 3>I feel that something terrible may happen. <v Father>Do not worry. Nothing will happen. <v Daughter 2>No fan would dry our tears if anything happened to you. <v Father>Do not cry, my children. I promise to be very careful. <v Father>And now, goodbye. [Melancholy music playing] <v Ship crew>[Singing song] <v Captain>Sir, our crew is restless.

<v Captain>They have been away from home for so many months. <v Father>Yes. Yes, Captain, I know. <v Captain>We have sold our cargo at a handsome profit, and you have found beautiful <v Captain>gifts for your daughters. Now that we have a good win, let us raise our sales <v Captain>and return home. <v Father>I do not have a gift for my youngest daughter. <v Father>I would give half my profits just to know where I might find her rose. <v Wise Man>So you seek the three roses which grew from a single. <v Father>Yes, I do. <v Father>Do you know where I might find it? <v Wise Man>You are not alone in your quest. <v Wise Man>Many have gone to search for the three rose. <v Wise Man>None have returned. <v Father>I am not afraid. What have I to fear? <v Wise Man>Storms and the sea, icebergs and <v Wise Man>sea monsters. <v Wise Man>But beyond, there is a beautiful island, the three rose

<v Wise Man>blossoms there and no place else. <v Father>Tell me more <v Wise Man>More? Haha, what more is there to tell? <v Wise Man>Just following the setting sun. <v Wise Man>Even if you get there, you will find the price with a flower too high. <v Father>I will pay any price for it, any price. <v Wise Man>Do not promise now. <v Wise Man>Do not promise that what you may regret later. <v Wise Man>That flower cannot be paid for in gold. <v Father>No matter, I have given my word to my daughter and I shall <v Father>go set. Sail immediately. <v Wise Man>Go at your own risk. <v Wise Man>I have warned you. <v Wise Man>I have warned you. <v Crewman 1>I did not like the looks of that man. <v Crewman 2>Aye, I have a bad feeling about this voyage. <v Crewman 2>I wish we were sure and safe.

<v Crewman 1>Wishing for dreamers, not for sailors. <v Captain>Hoist the sails. <v Crewman 1>Hoist the sails. <v Captain>Weigh anchor. <v Crewman 1>Weigh anchor. <v Father>[Medley playing] Any sight of land, captain? <v Captain>No, sir. Neither your islands nor any other land. <v Father>Well, we must have patience. <v Captain>We have been patient for a month, sir. <v Captain>But the men are afraid we grow short of food and water. <v Father>Just a few more days. <v Father>Let us go on a few more days. <v Father>[Gushing wind] <v Captain>The wind seems to be coming up. <v Captain>There may be a storm. <v Captain>All hands on deck. All hands on deck.

<v Captain>Rough seas ahead. [Thunder] Secure <v Captain>the hatches! <v Father>We'll be sunk. We must turn back. <v Captain>Lower the sail. <v Father>No, sail on. We cannot go back. <v Captain>[Wind and crashing noises] Sir, this is impossible. We will be- <v Father>Sail on, I said. <v Captain>Lower the sails, our mast will ?brink?. [Crashing noises] <v Father>[Melancholy music playing] A three rose. [Screech noise]

<v Beast>Who are you? Why have you come here? <v Beast>Why have you come? <v Father>I am a merchant. <v Father>I was washed overboard. <v Beast>What have you done? <v Beast>Why did you pick my most precious flower? <v Beast>For whom? Why? <v Father>For my daughter, sir. <v Father>She grows flowers herself. <v Father>She wanted to have the three rose. <v Father>She did not ask for expensive presence from my voyage, <v Father>as did her older sisters. <v Father>Only a flower. <v Father>The three rose. Forgive her, sir, and let me take it to <v Father>her. <v Beast>I have no power to grant the three rose. <v Beast>When you took the flower, you broke a magic spell. <v Beast>Now you must pay the penalty.

<v Father>Oh, sir. Take pity on me. <v Beast>The one for whom you picked the flower must leave your world <v Beast>and come here to live with me. <v Beast>If she does not, you will die. <v Father>My daughter?You would take my most beloved daughter from me. <v Beast>The choice is yours for your daughter to come here. <v Beast>She has only to wave the three rose thrice. <v Beast>Or do you wish to die now? <v Father>No. Give me time. <v Father>Let me think about it. <v Beast>I am allowed to wait one month. <v Father>But how shall I return home? <v Father>My ship. <v Beast>Your ship is safe in the harbor waiting for you. <v Beast>Remember, you must send your daughter or return <v Beast>within one month. <v Daughters>[Singing] That distance is returning with someone who is very dear to our hearts

<v Daughters>Oh, the joy now it brings us. <v Daughter 3>Sisters. Sisters. <v Daughter 3>Our father ship has entered the harbor. <v Daughter 1>Oh. I wonder if he remembered our gifts. <v Daughter 2>Oh, look. He is coming. <v Daughter 1>Father, father. <v Daughter 2>Welcome home dearest father. <v Daughter 1>Oh, father. Did you remember my gift, my dress from the country of Bright Sun? <v Father>Yes, my child. Here is your gift. <v Daughter 2>And my fan father? <v Father>Yes, you're fan, too. <v Father>My love. <v Daughter 3>You were the only real gift I wanted, Father. <v Daughter 3>And I have that with your safe return. <v Father>Thank you. My dear child.

<v Daughter 3>But why are you so sad? <v Daughter 3>You should be happy to be home with us again. <v Father>I am sad because I don't know who will take care of all of you. <v Father>I must leave you again today. <v Daughter 1>But you've just returned. <v Daughter 2>Has anything happened to you during your voyage? <v Daughter 3>I knew it. I knew it. <v Father>I found the three rows on an island, <v Father>but I broke a magic spell and now <v Father>I have a choice. <v Father>I must return there to die. <v Daughter 1>No, you must not die. <v Daughter 1>You said there was a choice. <v Father>There is a beast who lives on this island, <v Father>the only way I can be saved is for one of you <v Father>to wave the flower three times and go there to live <v Father>forever. <v Daughter 1>I could never live with a beast. <v Daughter 2>Oh, it would be horrible. <v Daughter 3>Father, it is my fault because of my foolish request.

<v Daughter 3>Your life is in danger. <v Daughter 3>I will go. <v Father>No, my daughter. I cannot allow you to do that. <v Daughter 3>Yes. You must do it for my sisters. <v Daughter 3>Goodbye. Dearest father. <v Father>No <v Daughter 3>Goodbye dearest sister. <v Father>Wait, don't <v Daughter 3>Goodbye. [Gasps] <v Beast>I bid you welcome, beautiful girl.

<v Daughter 3>Who's there? <v Beast>Your servant, my beauty. <v Daughter 3>Where are you? Come out and show yourself. <v Beast>No, I am afraid <v Daughter 3>Of me? You are afraid of me? <v Beast>I am afraid of what you will think of me. <v Daughter 3>But why? <v Beast>Because I am I am only I look <v Beast>like an animal. <v Daughter 3>Are you an animal? <v Beast>That I don't know myself. <v Daughter 3>And what about me? How long must I stay here [gasps] <v Daughter 3>with you? <v Beast>Forever, but if you would <v Beast>become my wife. <v Daughter 3>What am I supposed to be your wife? <v Daughter 3>Am I supposed to love an animal? <v Beast>I have not always been a beast.

<v Daughter 3>Oh, no don't come near me. Kill me if you must. <v Daughter 3>But I can never marry you. I'd rather die than be your wife. <v Beast>I would be doomed to have this shape and face forever. <v Beast>[Violin music playing] <v Daughter 3>Sir, please. <v Daughter 3>I'm sorry I didn't want to hurt you yesterday. <v Daughter 3>Forgive me my words. <v Beast>Have you decided to stay? <v Daughter 3>I will not leave you. <v Daughter 3>I can't for my father's sake and perhaps for your sake, too. <v Daughter 3>We will stay together. <v Beast>This is your decision? <v Daughter 3>This is my decision. <v Beast>I am glad I was afraid the evil that rules

<v Beast>this island would have killed you had you tried to leave. <v Beast>I could not stop you. I could not tell you. <v Beast>I would have died as well. <v Beast>But now there's hope. <v Daughter 3>Hope, hope for what? <v Beast>Once I was human, but the evil <v Beast>gained strength. <v Beast>It slowly began to creep into everything. <v Beast>It was stronger than I. <v Beast>The flowers I saved. <v Beast>But not myself. <v Daughter 3>You said there was a hope. <v Daughter 3>Could we break the spell? <v Beast>My heart is still human, but I have the face of <v Beast>an animal. If only. <v Beast>If only, I could find a girl who would marry me. <v Beast>Oh, this empty, lifeless island. <v Daughter 3>No, please don't go.

<v Daughter 3>Your face may not be human. <v Daughter 3>But your voice is warm. <v Daughter 3>It is the voice of a man I worked to free you from the evil spell. <v Daughter 3>I will stay. <v Daughter 3>Now, show me your face. <v Beast>Don't ask that <v Daughter 3>if I am to be your bride, I must know you.I must <v Daughter 3>see your face. <v Beast>Please, No one can stand to look at my face. <v Daughter 3>I'll be brave, I promise. <v Beast>Then, look at me. [Gasps and dramatic music] You <v Beast>know, you are a beauty.

<v Daughter 3>It's not your fault that you an- <v Beast>Animal ugly beast. <v Daughter 3>No, you are not so ugly. <v Daughter 3>It was only a feeling I had for a moment because I was afraid <v Beast>Aren't you afraid now? <v Daughter 3>Now? When I know you? <v Daughter 3>Why should I be? <v Beast>May I touch your hair? <v Daughter 3>If I am your wife, will you become a man again? <v Beast>No, there's more. <v Beast>I dare not tell you it is enough that you are here. <v Beast>Even that is more than I ever hoped. <v Beast>If you want, I'll show you my island. <v Daughter 3>Yes, please. <v Daughter 3>[Violin music playing and laughter] <v Beast>Here here is the place I used to play when I was a small boy.

<v Beast>That seems so long ago. <v Daughter 3>Your castle and the gardens are beautiful. <v Daughter 3>Do you make all those gardens? <v Beast>Yes, I did. <v Daughter 3>You are very skillful. <v Daughter 3>And it is very pleasant to talk with you. <v Daughter 3>If I close my eyes, I can feel as though I'm talking to my father <v Daughter 3>or to an old friend. <v Daughter 3>You're not a beast anymore. <v Beast>But you opened them and there <v Beast>I am. <v Daughter 3>I was scared to death when I first came here. <v Beast>My heart was beating faster. <v Beast>I heard beautiful music. <v Daughter 3>I heard the music when I put back the flower. <v Daughter 3>What more can I do to help you? <v Beast>You would would have to love <v Beast>me. <v Daughter 3>I will have to love you. <v Daughter 3>You are nice.

<v Daughter 3>Almost like a. <v Daughter 3>A man. <v Daughter 3>It's just that sometimes I'm scared. <v Daughter 3>You look. <v Daughter 3>Oh, I'm sorry. <v Daughter 3>Please don't leave. <v Daughter 3>I'm sad when I have to be alone. <v Daughter 3>I'm so afraid mostly at night. <v Beast>Do not worry. <v Beast>I am close in the room next to yours. <v Beast>But there I must always be alone. <v Daughter 3>Alone? Why? <v Beast>Don't ask. I cannot tell you. <v Beast>And don't dare to step in. <v Beast>No matter what you hear, no matter what you hear. <v Beast>Please promise you won't go in. <v Daughter 3>I promise. <v Beast>Thank you, good night.

<v Daughter 3>Good night. [Violin screeches] <v Beast>Away, go away, phantoms and waves.

<v Beast>Let me be human for a while. <v Beast>She sacrifices herself and I am thankful for that. <v Beast>Only through her and love, will I become human again. <v Daughter 3>My dearest heart. <v Beast>Why didn't you listen to me? <v Beast>You were never to enter this room. <v Beast>Now I will never be a man again. <v Beast>You will not see me, again. <v Beast>The evil will rule the island. <v Beast>And you must leave. [Intense violin playing] <v Daughter 3>Why do I have to leave? <v Beast>Take a light and go. <v Daughter 3>No, I will stay. I have to free you. <v Daughter 3>I like you. <v Beast>Listen, then, for now, we have begun and there is no <v Beast>end until I am human once more. <v Beast>Or dead. I believe you and I trust you <v Beast>show your feeling. <v Beast>You must prove it. You must. <v Daughter 3>How?

<v Beast>You must spend the night in this room alone. <v Beast>There will be only you and the evil. <v Beast>I cannot help you. <v Daughter 3>What? What happens in here? <v Beast> I'm not sure of myself, but if you are willing <v Beast>to spend the night here, there is still hope. <v Beast>For both of us. <v Daughter 3>I will try. <v Beast>You must not be afraid. <v Beast>You must not say a word, not even a scream. <v Daughter 3>I promise to be brave. <v Beast>Now, I must leave you. <v Beast>If you are unable to bear it, I will die. <v Daughter 3>[Wind blowing and shuffling] I cannot stand it.

<v Daughter 3>Let me out. <v Daughter 3>[Crying] Where are you? <v Daughter 3>What has happened to you? <v Daughter 3>Why don't you answer me? <v Daughter 3>Answer me. <v Daughter 3>Where? <v Daughter 3>What is the matter? What has happened to you? <v Daughter 3>Are you hurt, dear beast? <v Daughter 3>Why don't you answer me? <v Beast>I am dying.

<v Daughter 3>You cannot die. Please. <v Beast>I love you. My beauty. <v Daughter 3>Oh, my dearest. <v Daughter 3>I love you, too. <v Beast>I am free, I am free. <v Beast>Your kiss of love has lifted the evil spell. <v Daughter 3>I loved you, the beast and I love you as a man. <v Beast>The three rose is yours. <v Beast>And as long as love exists, it will blossom. <v Beast>[Violin music playing]