ALADDIN
by
Tommy Donbavand
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ACT I
SCENE 1 EXT. PEKING - DAY
MUSIC - OVERTURE
SONG - OPENING NUMBER
(SUGGESTION - REACH BY S CLUB 7)
THE CAST - TOWNSPEOPLE, MARKET
TRADERS, TRADESMEN, ETC. - ENTER TO
SING AND DANCE THE OPENING NUMBER.
ABANAZER AND WORM HANG ABOUT WARILY
AT THE SIDES. WORM IS TEMPTED TO
JOIN IN, BUT ABANAZER STOPS HIM.
AT THE END OF THE SONG, THE CAST
EXIT, LEAVING ABANAZER AND WORM
ALONE ON STAGE. THEY WANDER ROUND,
EXPLORING.
ABANAZER:
Are you sure this is the place?
WORM PULLS OUT A MAP AND CHECKS IT.
WORM:
Yes, master!
ABANAZER:
This is Peking?
WORM:
Yes, master!
ABANAZER SNIFFS AT THE AIR.
ABANAZER:
They should rename it Reeking!
WORM BEGINS TO LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY.
ABANAZER:
What are you doing?
WORM:
I'm laughing at your joke, master!
ABANAZER:
Well, don't. You sound like you're gargling
with cold custard.
WORM:
Yes, master!
ABANAZER SNIFFS AT THE AIR AGAIN.
ABANAZER:
What is that awful smell?
WORM:
It's children, master!
ABANAZER:
Children?!
Where?
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WORM GESTURES TO THE AUDIENCE.
WORM:
Right there, master!
ABANAZER SURVEYS THE AUDIENCE WITH A
SNEER.
ABANAZER:
Children...
Bah!
I hate children!
IF THE AUDIENCE BEGINS TO "BOO!" AT
THIS STAGE, ABANAZER SHOULD ARGUE
WITH THEM.
ABANAZER:
Stinky little creatures with runny noses and
even runnier bottoms!
THEY WILL BEGIN TO "BOO!" NOW!
ABANAZER:
Don't boo me!
I said, don't boo me!
WORM CAN JOIN IN WITH THE BOOING,
TRYING NOT TO BE CAUGHT BY ABANAZER.
ABANAZER:
When I rule this land, every child in this
room will be sold into slavery! You will
spend your days cleaning up after brilliant
grown-ups, like me! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
WORM TRIES TO COPY.
WORM:
Mua-ha-ha-ha--ha!
ABANAZER CLAMPS A HAND OVER WORM'S
MOUTH.
ABANAZER:
I told you not to do that!
WORM'S VOICE IS MUFFLED.
WORM:
Yes, master!
ABANAZER ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE
AGAIN.
ABANAZER:
Don't you ugly lot know who I am?
THE AUDIENCE WILL GIVE A CHORUS OF
"NO!"
ABANAZER:
Bah!
Tell them, Worm!
WORM:
Tell them what, master?
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ABANAZER:
Tell them who I am!
WORM:
Oh, yes master!
He is...
He is...
WORM SIDLES UP TO ABANAZER AND
WHISPERS VERY LOUDLY.
WORM:
I've forgotten who you are, master!
ABANAZER:
You fool!
HE TURNS TO THE AUDIENCE.
ABANAZER:
I am Abanazer!
WORM REMEMBERS AND COPIES EXACTLY.
WORM:
He is Abanazer!
ABANAZER:
I am powerful!
WORM:
He is powerful!
ABANAZER:
I am rich!
WORM:
He is rich!
ABANAZER:
I am handsome!
WORM:
He is rich!
ABANAZER REACTS ANGRILY.
ABANAZER:
You idiot!
BACK TO THE AUDIENCE.
ABANAZER:
I am here in Peking because I am on a quest.
A quest to find the all-powerful genie of the
lamp! I know I am close to finding it - I can
almost taste it in the air!
WORM WAFTS A HAND BEHIND HIMSELF.
WORM:
Sorry about that, master!
ABANAZER:
Worm!
WORM:
Yes, master?
ABANAZER:
Fetch me the ring!
WORM MAKES A BIG PLAY OF SEARCHING
HIS POCKETS, ONLY TO FIND A LARGE
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RING ON ONE OF HIS FINGERS. HE
TRIES TO PULL IT OFF, BUT CAN'T.
ABANAZER GRABS HIM BY THE SCRUFF OF
HIS NECK.
ABANAZER:
Worm...
WORM:
Yes, master?
ABANAZER:
If you don't give me the ring right now, I
shall pull your arms off, and throw them over
there...
WORM:
Ooh!
ABANAZER:
Then, I shall pull your legs off, and throw
them over there...
WORM:
Oooooh!
ABANAZER:
Then, I shall pull your head off and throw it
over there...
WORM:
Ooooooooooh!
ABANAZER:
What do you say to that?
WORM:
That sounds like me all over, master!
ABANAZER:
GIVE ME THE RING!
WORM:
Yes, master!
WORM FINALLY MANAGES TO PULL THE
RING OFF HIS FINGER AND HAND IT
OVER.
ABANAZER:
Now, to summon my magical slave...
HE RUBS THE RING.
ABANAZER:
Power of night, hear my plea, reveal my magic
slave to me!
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
THE SLAVE OF THE RING ENTERS,
WEARING A DRESSING GOWN AND SHOWER
CAP AND CARRYING A RUBBER DUCK.
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SLAVE:
Oh, it's you again! I was just getting ready
to have a bath! What do you want, stinky?
ABANAZER:
How dare you speak to me in that manner?
your master!
SLAVE:
Sorry!
I am
What do you want, Master Stinky?
ABANAZER STRUGGLES TO CONTROL HIS
TEMPER.
ABANAZER:
After many months of travel, I have finally
reached Peking. Now, tell me where to find
the all-powerful genie!
SLAVE:
The genie you seek is trapped inside a lamp...
ABANAZER:
Alright, tell me where to find the lamp!
SLAVE:
The lamp is trapped inside the Cave of Doom...
ABANAZER:
Then, tell me where to find the Cave of Doom!
SLAVE:
No point, boss. Only one who is pure of heart
can enter the Cave of Doom.
ABANAZER:
Well?
I'm pure of heart!
AT THIS, ALL THREE OF THEM COLLAPSE
INTO HYSTERICAL GIGGLES FOR A
MOMENT.
WORM:
Oh, that was a good one, master!
ABANAZER:
I know!
SLAVE:
Perish the thought!
Me - pure of heart?
THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER
AGAIN.
ABANAZER:
Then tell me, magical slave. Where can I find
such a person? Where can I find one who is
pure of heart?
THE SLAVE GLANCES INTO THE WINGS.
SLAVE:
Here he comes now!
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ACT I
SCENE 2 EXT. PEKING - DAY
MUSIC - ALADDIN'S ENTRANCE
ABANAZER, WORM AND THE SLAVE DASH
OFF AS ALADDIN ENTERS. HE CARRIES A
BUNCH OF FLOWERS AND IS BEING CHASED
BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS, NEE AND NAW.
ALADDIN ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE AS HE
RUNS.
ALADDIN:
Hello, everyone!
minute!
I'll be with you in a
MUSIC - CHASE MUSIC (LOW)
NEE:
Get him, Sarge!
NAW:
I'm trying to!
THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES AS THEY
RUN.
NEE:
Stop, in the name of the the...
the... Here, Sarge?
Name of
NAW:
What is it, constable?
NEE:
What's that name thing again?
NAW:
What?!
NEE:
What's that name thing we can use to stop
people?
NAW:
The law!
NEE:
Oh, yeah... I'm always getting that bit
wrong! Stop in the name of the claw!
NAW:
Not the claw!
NEE:
What?
NAW:
It's not stop in the name of the claw!
NEE:
That's what you said it was!
NAW:
No, I didn't!
The name of the law!
I said the LAW!
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NEE:
Oh...
law!
Here, you - stop in the name of the
JUST IN TIME, ALADDIN DARTS AWAY AND
HIDES AT THE SIDE OF THE STAGE. NEE
AND NAW CRASH INTO EACH OTHER AND
FALL OVER.
NAW JUMPS UP FIRST.
NAW:
Constable Nee...
NEE:
Yes, Sergeant Naw?
NAW:
We lost him.
NEE:
I can see that, Sarge.
NAW:
So...
NEE:
So...?
What?
NAW GESTURES TO THE AUDIENCE.
NAW:
Question the witnesses...
NEE SALUTES, KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF.
HE RETRIEVES IT AND APPROACHES THE
FRONT OF THE STAGE.
NEE:
I am Constable Nee of the Peking Police, and
I'm on a very important mission to catch a bad
guy who pinched some flowers from the palace
gardens. Have you seen him?
ALADDIN GESTURES FROM HIS HIDING
PLACE THAT THE AUDIENCE SHOULDN'T
GIVE HIM AWAY.
THE AUDIENCE SHOUTS "NO!"
NEE:
What?
LOUDER: "NO!"
NAW:
Constable Nee?
NEE SALUTES, KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF
AGAIN.
NEE:
Yes, Sarge?
NAW:
What did they say?
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NEE:
They said they haven't seen him anywhere,
Sarge.
NAW:
Very well, constable.
NEE:
Carry on doing what, Sarge?
NAW:
Carry on looking for the criminal!
Carry on...
NAW ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE HIMSELF.
NAW:
Remember, we are the police around here...
NEE:
I'm NEE!
NAW:
And I'm NAW!
NEE:
You'll always hear us coming whenever there's
trouble about.
THEY RACE ONCE AROUND THE STAGE,
THEN OFF.
NEE & NAW:
Nee Naw!
Naw!
Nee Naw!
Nee Naw!
Nee Naw!
Nee
AFTER THEY EXIT, ALADDIN LEAVES HIS
HIDING PLACE AND APPROACHES THE
AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
Thanks for not giving me away, guys!
is Aladdin.
My name
HE TAKES A BOW.
ALADDIN:
...and I think we should be friends.
you like that?
Would
THE AUDIENCE REACTION WILL BE QUIET.
ALADDIN:
I said, would you like that?
BETTER THIS TIME.
ALADDIN:
Ace! I could do with a friend, you see.
haven't got many friends here in Peking.
I
THE AUDIENCE SHOULD "AWWW!" IF THEY
DON'T, ALADDIN CAN ENCOURAGE THEM.
ALADDIN:
It's sadder than that!
friends at all!
I haven't got any
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"AWWW!"
ALADDIN SUDDENLY GRINS.
ALADDIN:
Actually, I don't mind - especially now that
you lot are here! I've also got my mum, Widow
Twankey - she runs the laundry here in town.
And my brother, Wishee Washee - he's a bit
daft, if you ask me...
WISHEE WASHEE ENTERS AT THE BACK OF
THE STAGE, UNNOTICED BY ALADDIN.
ALADDIN:
Oh, and I've got a girlfriend!
WISHEE'S MOUTH DROPS OPEN IN SHOCK.
WHATEVER HE DOES, ALADDIN SHOULD
IGNORE BOTH HIM AND THE LAUGHTER
FROM THE AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
That's who I got the flowers for.
girlfriend!
My
WISHEE DOUBLES OVER IN SILENT
LAUGHTER.
ALADDIN:
She's so beautiful!
WISHEE PRETENDS TO BE A BEAUTIFUL
GIRL.
ALADDIN:
She's got these big, sparkly eyes...
WISHEE MAKES BIG EYES BEHIND
ALADDIN'S BACK.
ALADDIN:
And amazing hair...
WISHEE FLUFFS UP HIS HAIR.
ALADDIN:
And she's so sexy!
WISHEE BEGINS TO WANDER AROUND THE
STAGE, DOING WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE
A SEXY WALK.
THIS TIME ALADDIN DOES SEE HIM. HE
STANDS, ARMS FOLDED, WHILE WISHEE
CONTINUES WITH HIS MIME.
EVENTUALLY, WISHEE COMES FACE TO
FACE WITH THE ANGRY ALADDIN AND
FREEZES.
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ALADDIN:
Hello, Wishee Washee!
WISHEE SQUEAKS A REPLY.
WISHEE:
Hello!
ALADDIN:
What do you think you're doing?
WISHEE:
Nothing!
ALADDIN:
Then, what was all this?
ALADDIN IMITATES WISHEE'S SEXY WALK.
WISHEE THINKS HARD.
WISHEE:
I'm practicing.
ALADDIN:
What for?
WISHEE:
My audition.
ALADDIN:
What audition?
WISHEE:
I'm going to be on Peking's Next Top Model!
ALADDIN:
What?!
WISHEE:
Not as ridiculous as you having a girlfriend!
That's ridiculous!
HE STARTS TO CHANT.
WISHEE:
Aladdin's got a girlfriend! Aladdin's got a
girlfriend! Aladdin't got a girlfriend!
Aladdin's got a girlfriend!
ALADDIN GRABS HIM BY THE SHIRT
FRONT.
ALADDIN:
Wishee Washee...
WISHEE:
What?
ALADDIN:
You're not going to tell anyone about this,
are you?
WISHEE:
Nope!
ALADDIN:
Especially not mum...
WISHEE:
Especially not mum!
ALADDIN:
Promise?
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WISHEE:
Promise!
THEY STAY IN POSITION FOR A SECOND.
WISHEE:
Aladdin...?
ALADDIN:
What?
WISHEE:
You've got me skin!
ALADDIN RELEASES WISHEE, WHO PULLS A
PAINED EXPRESSION AND RUBS AT HIS
CHEST.
ALADDIN:
You really can't tell mum about this, Wishee.
She'll be furious!
WISHEE:
Why?
Who is this stupid girlfriend of yours?
ALADDIN PRODUCES AN ENVELOPE AND
HANDS IT OVER. WISHE STUDIES IT.
WISHEE:
Your girlfriend is the gas bill?
ALADDIN:
No, you fool!
Look at the stamp.
WISHEE DOESN'T GET IT.
WISHEE:
But, that's just a picture of Princess
Blossom.
ALADDIN GOES DOE-EYED.
ALADDIN:
Exactly!
SUDDENLY, WISHEE CATCHES ON. HE
OPENS AND CLOSES HIS MOUTH, BUT THE
WORDS JUST WON'T COME OUT.
WISHEE:
(Gasp!)
(Gasp!)
(Gasp!)
ALADDIN:
Spit it out, Wishee...
WISHEE:
Your girlfriend is Princess Blossom!
ALADDIN GRABS HIS SHIRT AGAIN.
ALADDIN:
QUIET!
WISHEE:
SKIN!
ALADDIN RELEASES HIS BROTHER.
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WISHEE:
How did someone like you meet Princess
Blossom?
ALADDIN:
Well, that's just it...
her yet.
I haven't exactly met
WISHEE LOOKS CONFUSED.
WISHEE:
You've got a girlfriend, and you haven't met
her?
ALADDIN:
No, but I've climbed over the wall of the
palace gardens and hidden in the bushes to
watch her.
WISHEE:
Oh, well - that's perfectly alright then.
ALADDIN:
Do you think so?
WISHEE:
Of course! What beautiful, powerful,
incredibly rich Princess doesn't want the son
of a washer woman stalking her?
ALADDIN:
Oh, but you don't understand, Wishee.
She's... She's...
MUSIC - ROMANTIC INTRO
ALADDIN STARTS TO SING, BUT WISHEE
STEPS IN AND PUTS A STOP TO IT.
WISHEE:
No!
No!
No singing soppy songs!
EFFECT - RECORD NEEDLE SCRATCH
ALADDIN:
What?
Why not?
WISHEE:
Because - One: I don't want to be sick all
over my new shoes, and Two: if you start
singing about how much you love the Princess Mum will definitely find out.
SUDDENLY, WE HEAR WIDOW TWANKEY'S
VOICE FROM OFF STAGE.
TWANKEY (OS):
Mum will definitely find out about what?!
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ACT I
SCENE 3 EXT. PEKING - DAY
MUSIC - TWANKEY'S ENTRANCE
ALADDIN AND WISHEE PANIC. THEY TRY
TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO HIDE, AND EVEN
TRY HIDING BEHIND EACH OTHER.
WIDOW TWANKEY ENTERS. SHE HAS A
WASHING LINE OF CLOTHES WRAPPED
AROUND HER, BUT WE CAN'T SEE IT YET.
SHE GRABS ALADDIN AND WISHEE BY THE
EAR, AND DRAGS THEM TO THE FRONT OF
THE STAGE.
TWANKEY:
What is going on here?
ALADDIN:
Nothing, Mum!
WISHEE:
Honest, Mum!
TWANKEY:
Don't you give me that 'Nothing, Mum!',
'Honest, Mum!' rubbish! I could hear you two
scheming.
ALADDIN:
We weren't scheming, Mum!
WISHEE:
Really, Mum!
TWANKEY RELEASES THEM.
TWANKEY:
Then what were you up to? (To ALADDIN) And
why are you holding a bunch of flowers?
WISHEE:
He got them for you, Mum!
ALADDIN:
No, I didn't!
WISHEE:
Yes, you did!
ALADDIN:
Oh yes, that's right!
I did!
HE HANDS THEM OVER.
ALADDIN:
Happy birthday, Mum!
TWANKEY EYES THE FLOWERS
SUSPICIOUSLY.
TWANKEY:
It's not my birthday...
WISHEE:
He means 'Happy Christmas!'
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TWANKEY:
It's not Christmas yet...
ALADDIN:
Well done on losing so much weight...?
TWANKEY GRABS HIS EAR AGAIN.
TWANKEY:
What?!
WISHEE:
No, Mum!
They're to say congratulations!
TWANKEY RELUCTANTLY RELEASES
ALADDIN.
TWANKEY:
What for?
ALADDIN:
For, er...
WISHEE:
It was, er...
Er...
What was it again, Wishee?
AN IDEA SLOWLY OCCURS.
WISHEE:
It was for being named the Peking Person of
the Year!
ALADDIN:
Yes, that's it!
the Year!
You're the Peking Person of
TWANKEY LOOKS TEMPORARILY STAR
STRUCK.
TWANKEY:
I am?
ALADDIN:
Oh, yes!
WISHEE:
You, betcha!
TWANKEY'S GOOD MOOD DOESN'T LAST.
SHE GRABS THE BOYS AGAIN.
TWANKEY:
Then, what did I win for?
WISHEE:
Er... For running the best laundry in the
whole of peking, Mum!
ALADDIN:
You've got to admit - it is pretty special!
TWANKEY:
It is - and so am I!
SONG - TWANKEY'S SONG
(SUGGESTION - I'M TOO SEXY BY RIGHT
SAID FRED)
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TWANKEY SINGS ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL
SHE IS. ALADDIN AND WISHEE JOIN IN
WITH THE DANCING.
EXTRA SINGERS AND DANCERS IF
REQUIRED HERE.
DURING THE SONG, TOWNSPEOPLE BRING
IN ITEMS TO BE WASHED, BASKETS OF
CLOTHES, ETC.
AT THE END OF THE SONG, ALADDIN AND
WISHEE UNWIND THE WASHING LINE FROM
AROUND TWANKEY'S WAIST SO THAT IT
STRETCHES OUT ACROSS THE STAGE.
TWANKEY:
Actually, boys - I knew today was going to be
a good day!
WISHEE:
Did you, Mum?
ALADDIN:
Why?
TWANKEY:
Because I've just got the contract to do all
the royal laundry from the palace. Princess
Blossom is due at any time with it.
AL & WISHEE:
WHAT?!
TWANKEY:
Yep - and here she comes now.
EFFECT - ROYAL FANFARE
NEE AND NAW ENTER FIRST.
NEE:
Make way for her royal highness, Princess
Blossom!
NAW:
All bow for her royal highness, Princess
Blossom!
PRINCESS BLOSSOM ENTERS WITH HER
MAIDS, ROSE, DAISY AND TULIP. THEY
ARE EACH CARRYING A BASKET OF
LAUNDRY.
ALADDIN MAKES SURE HE IS MASKED BY
TWANKEY.
EVERYONE BOWS POLITELY, EXCEPT WIDOW
TWANKEY, WHO THROWS HERSELF TO THE
FLOOR AND GESTICULATES.
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TWANKEY:
Salaam!
Salaam!
Salaam!
NEE:
Er, you don't have to do that.
Arabian princess.
She's not an
TWANKEY PAUSES FOR A SECOND, THEN...
TWANKEY:
False Salaam!
False Salaam!
False Salaam!
EVERYONE STRAIGHTENS UP, EXCEPT
TWANKEY.
WISHEE:
You can get up now, Mum!
TWANKEY:
No, I can't!
WISHEE:
Why not?
TWANKEY:
You're standing on my blouse!
WISHEE MOVES, AND TWANKEY GETS TO
HER FEET. SHE TAKES ONE OF THE
BASKETS OF WASHING.
TWANKEY:
Princess Blossom, you honour my laundry with
your... With your...
SHE SNIFFS THE BASKET.
TWANKEY:
What is that smell?
BLOSSOM LOOKS EMBARRASSED.
BLOSSOM:
That's my Dad, the Emperor.
TWANKEY LOOKS HORRIFIED.
TWANKEY:
What?!
He's in there?
BLOSSOM:
No... He spilled tomato sauce all over his
pyjamas at breakfast. Do you think you can
wash it off before it stains?
TWANKEY:
Well, I'm very busy - but with everyone's
help, I'll soon ketchup!
EVERYONE GROANS.
TWANKEY:
That's enough of that! Now, come on, help me
get this lot into soak... Come on you! And
you! Don't think you're getting away with not
helping...
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TWANKEY LEADS WISHEE, NEE, NAW AND
THE THREE MAIDS OFF STAGE, LEAVING
ALADDIN AND BLOSSOM ALONE TOGETHER.
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ACT I
SCENE 4 EXT. PEKING - DAY
PRINCESS BLOSSOM TRIES TO CATCH
ALADDIN'S ATTENTION, BUT HE'S TOO
SCARED TO LOOK AT HER.
BLOSSOM:
Hello.
ALADDIN LOOKS AROUND, INNOCENTLY.
ALADDIN:
Who?
Me?
BLOSSOM:
Yes.
Hello.
ALADDIN:
Hello.
BLOSSOM:
Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
ALADDIN:
Me? No. I'm new around here.
Peking before.
BLOSSOM:
Never?
ALADDIN:
Never!
BLOSSOM:
What's your name?
ALADDIN:
Aladdin.
BLOSSOM:
And you're sure I've never seen you before?
ALADDIN:
Nope!
BLOSSOM:
You do?
Never been in
I've just got one of those faces.
ALADDIN NODS.
ALADDIN:
I look like a lot of people.
BLOSSOM:
You certainly do.
ALADDIN:
Told you.
BLOSSOM:
You especially look like the boy who's been
sneaking over the palace wall and watching me
walk in the gardens.
ALADDIN LOOKS GOBSMACKED
ALADDIN:
I do?
I mean... Do I?
I mean...
HE SUMMONS UP HIS COURAGE AND TAKES
BLOSSOM'S HANDS IN HIS.
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ALADDIN:
I can't help it.
You're just so beautiful.
BLOSSOM:
You're not so bad, yourself...
ALADDIN:
Really?
BLOSSOM BLUSHES.
ABANAZER AND WORM ENTER, UNNOTICED
BY ALADDIN OR BLOSSOM. THEY WATCH
FROM THE BACK OF THE STAGE.
BLOSSOM::
Really!
ALADDIN:
Oh, princess. Do you ever think that a guy
like you and a girl like me could ever be
together.
BLOSSOM:
I wish it could be so, Aladdin. But my
father, The Emperor states that I can only
ever marry a prince.
ALADDIN LOOKS CRUSHED.
ALADDIN:
Really?
BLOSSOM:
I'm afraid so.
I'm sorry, Aladdin.
ALADDIN LETS GO OF BLOSSOM'S HANDS
AND BACKS AWAY.
ALADDIN:
That's OK.
NEE, NAW AND THE THREE MAIDS ENTER.
BLOSSOM:
I... I have to get back to the palace.
ALADDIN:
I understand.
BLOSSOM:
Goodbye, Aladdin.
ALADDIN:
Goodbye, your highness.
MUSIC - ROMANTIC INTRO
ALADDIN IS ABOUT TO START SINGING,
WHEN WISHEE STORMS ONTO THE STAGE.
WISHEE:
No singing!
EFFECT - RECORD NEEDLE SCRATCH
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WISHEE STORMS OFF AGAIN, LEAVING
ALADDIN ALL ALONE, UNTIL...
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ACT I
SCENE 5 EXT. PEKING - DAY
ALADDIN LEANS AGAINST THE SIDE OF
THE STAGE, VERY UNHAPPY. ABANAZER
AND WORM TAKE CENTRE.
ABANAZER:
So, this is the boy who is pure of heart? The
boy who can enter the Cave of Doom and fetch
me the lamp?
WORM SHRUGS.
WORM:
I dunno.
life.
I've never seen him before in my
ABANAZER SIGHS AND RUBS HIS MAGIC
RING.
ABANAZER:
Powers from beyond the grave, bring to me my
magic slave!
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
THE SLAVE OF THE RING ENTERS, THIS
TIME DRESSED IN COLOURFUL PYJAMAS
AND CARRYING A TEDDY BEAR. HE'S
YAWNING.
SLAVE:
What now?
I was just going to have a nap!
ABANAZER:
How dare you sleep on duty!
SLAVE:
Well, how was I supposed to know you were
going to need me? 60 years I've been stuck
inside that ring and you never called - now
you've summoned me twice in one day.
ABANAZER:
Silence! Now, tell me if that is the same boy
we saw earlier. The one who can enter the
cave...
THE SLAVE STUDIES ALADDIN.
SLAVE:
That's him - only he looks different, somehow.
ABANAZER GRINS.
ABANAZER:
That's because he's just had his heart broken.
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WORM:
That's a shame. They're really difficult
musical instruments to mend, they are.
ABANAZER:
What are?
WORM:
Harps. My uncle had one once, and the strings
kept snapping.
ABANAZER:
His had his HEART broken, you imbecile.
his HARP!
WORM:
Oh! Well, they're even more difficult to
mend.
ABANAZER:
Watch how I cunningly worm my way into his
confidence. Walk this way...
Not
ABANAZER CREEPS TOWARDS ALADDIN, AND
THE SLAVE AND WORM DO EXACTLY THE
SAME.
ABANAZER:
What are you doing?
SLAVE:
You told us to 'walk this way'.
ABANAZER:
Bah!
Why am I surrounded by idiots?
WORM SHRUGS.
WORM:
Maybe it's your aftershave...
ABANAZER:
You two, stay here.
HE APPROACHES ALADDIN.
ABANAZER:
Excuse me, young man...
ALADDIN:
Yes?
ABANAZER:
You must forgive an old man for getting
involved, but I couldn't help but overhear you
declare your love for the princess.
ALADDIN:
For all the good it did me.
ABANAZER:
And why is that?
ALADDIN:
Because her father, The Emperor, says she can
only fall in love with a prince - and I'm just
the son of a laundry woman.
ABANAZER:
Oh, is that all?
What do you want?
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ABANAZER BEGINS TO LAUGH, TURNING TO
THE SLAVE TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO JOIN
IN. THE SLAVE LAUGHS AND TURNS TO
WORM TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO JOIN IN.
WORM LAUGHS AND TURNS TO - OH,
THERE'S NO-ONE THERE.
ALADDIN:
I'm sorry, but I don't think it's very funny.
EVERYONE STOPS LAUGHING, ALTHOUGH
WORM IS LATER THAN THE OTHERS.
ABANAZER:
But, my dear boy. The solution is simple you just have to become a prince!
ALADDIN ISN'T CONVINCED.
ALADDIN:
Oh yeah, it's that simple!
ABANAZER PUTS HIS ARM AROUND
ALADDIN'S SHOULDERS AND WALKS WITH
HIM.
ABANAZER:
You know - you remind me a lot of myself when
I was your age. I was once young and handsome
myself...
WORM AND THE SLAVE BURST OUT
LAUGHING - A LOOK FROM ABANAZER
SILENCES THEM.
ABANAZER:
I was once young and handsome myself, and I
too was forbidden to love the girl of my
dreams.
ALADDIN:
What did you do?
ABANAZER:
Do? Alas, nothing. I simply let her walk
away. I never saw those beautiful eyes again.
WORM BURSTS INTO TEARS. THE SLAVE
GIVES HIM A HANDKERCHIEF SO HE CAN
BLOW HIS NOSE.
ABANAZER:
Which is why I will not let you do the same!
ALADDIN:
But there's nothing I can do. To become a
prince, I'd have to have fine clothes.
ABANAZER:
I can get you fine clothes.
ALADDIN:
I'd have to have servants.
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ABANAZER:
I can get you servants.
ALADDIN:
I'd have to be fabulously wealthy.
ABANAZER:
I can do that, too...
ALADDIN LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
ALADDIN:
How?
ABANAZER:
There is a cave near here...
Doom!
ALADDIN:
That doesn't sound very nice.
ABANAZER:
Oh, don't let the name put you off, my boy.
That's just to keep thieves and scoundrels
away. You see, the cave is filled with more
wealth than you could ever dream of - and it's
yours for the taking.
The Cave of
ALADDIN BRIGHTENS UP.
ALADDIN:
Really?
ABANAZER:
Really! Come with me, and my Slave will show
us where it is right now.
ALADDIN LOOKS OVER AT THE SLAVE, WHO
WAVES BACK CHEERILY. WORM GIVES A
THUMBS UP.
ALADDIN PAUSES.
ALADDIN:
Why me?
ABANAZER:
I've already told you - you remind me of
myself. Plus, there is something you can do
for me in return...
ALADDIN:
What?
ABANAZER:
Inside the cave there is an old lamp.
Worthless really, but it had sentimental
value. It used to belong to my brother.
Fetch me the lamp, and the rest of the
treasure is yours to keep.
ALADDIN:
Everything?
ABANAZER:
Everything! You leave here a penniless washer
boy, but will return a prince!
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ALADDIN:
Then, what are we waiting for?
ALADDIN HURRIES OVER TO THE SLAVE,
WHO LEADS HIM OFF STAGE. WORM
FOLLOWS, BUT ABANAZER HANGS BACK TO
CHAT TO THE AUDIENCE.
ABANAZER:
It worked!
ha-ha!
The lamp is mine!
Mua-ha-ha-ha-
ABANAZER EXITS AFTER THE OTHERS,
LAUGHING MANIACALLY ALL THE WAY.
MUSIC - BAD GUY EXIT
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ACT I
SCENE 6 EXT. THE CAVE OF DOOM - DAY
A DARK VALLEY, WITH THE ENTRANCE TO
THE CAVE OF DOOM OVER TO ONE SIDE OF
THE STAGE.
ALADDIN, ABANAZER, WORM AND THE
SLAVE OF THE RING CREEP ON, CLEARLY
VERY SCARED.
NOTE: THIS SCENE WON'T RUN AS LONG
AS IT READS! IT'S VERY FAST AND
VERY FUNNY!
ABANAZER:
Slave...
SLAVE:
Yes?
ABANAZER:
Are you sure this is the place?
THE SLAVE PRODUCES A MAP AND STUDIES
IT.
SLAVE:
According to the map, it is. The Cave of Doom
should be right here in the Valley of-
WORM:
AAARRRGGGGH!
EVERYONE JUMPS.
ALADDIN:
What did you do that for?
WORM:
Sorry!
ALADDIN:
My mum owns the best laundry in China, but
there's some things even she can't get out of
underwear!
SLAVE:
Worm was right, though.
ABANAZER:
About what?
SLAVE:
This is the Valley of Aaarrrgggh!
HE SHOWS THE MAP TO THE OTHERS.
ALADDIN:
Have you been here before, Worm?
WORM:
No, I wasn't saying AARRRGGGHH! as in this is
the valley of AAARRRGGGHH! I said
AAARRRGGGHH! because I thought I saw a ghost.
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ABANAZER:
That's ridiculous!
SLAVE:
Don't be so quick to reject the idea, master.
There are stranger things in this world than
you could ever know about.
ABANAZER:
I know there's no such things as ghosts.
SLAVE:
Oh, but having a magical slave who lives
inside a teeny tiny ring and appears at your
command is perfectly fine?
ABANAZER THINKS FOR A SECOND, THEN
LOOKS AROUND WARILY.
ABANAZER:
Ghosts, you say?
EFFECT - GHOSTLY SOUNDS
RIGHT ON CUE, A GHOST ENTERS AND
HOVERS SCARILY IN FRONT OF THE CAVE
ENTRANCE FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE
EXITING.
SLAVE:
That was a ghost!
ABANAZER:
It's all true!
WORM:
I've wet my pants!
ABANAZER LOOKS FURIOUS.
ABANAZER:
How can we get inside The Cave of Doom if
there's a ghost in the way?
ALADDIN STEPS UP.
ALADDIN:
Don't you worry.
ghosts.
SLAVE:
How?
ALADDIN:
You sing!
I know how to deal with
THE OTHERS DON'T LOOK CONVINCED.
ABANAZER:
What?!
ALADDIN:
Everyone knows that ghosts are scared of
singing.
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ABANAZER:
Well, I could believe that if they'd heard
Worm sing - but he claims never to have been
here before.
SLAVE:
So, what do we have to do?
ALADDIN:
Well, so long as we all sing together, we'll
be fine.
WORM:
But, what are we going to sing?
ALADDIN:
That's up to you.
ABANAZER:
It'll need to be something dramatic. A
powerful, urgent song which will chill the
ghost to its very core!
WORM:
Baa Baa Black Sheep!
ABANAZER:
What?
ALADDIN:
Perfect!
ABANAZER:
What?!
SLAVE:
Works for me.
ABANAZER:
WHAT?!
ALADDIN:
A nursery rhyme will remind us all of being
safe as a a child - even if the ghost does
come along and try to scare us while we're
singing, we'll be fine.
SLAVE:
Hang on - the ghost might come while we're
singing?
ALADDIN:
Yes, but if it does - we'll know.
WORM:
How?
ALADDIN:
Because all my new friends out there will
shout out and let us know, won't you gang?
THE AUDIENCE REACTION WILL BE QUIET.
ALADDIN:
I said, you'll all shout out and let us know
if you see a ghost - won't you, gang?
THIS TIME THE AUDIENCE REACTION WILL
BE BETTER.
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ALADDIN:
Ace! Now, all you have to do if you see the
ghost is this...
ALADDIN JUMPS UP AND DOWN IN THE
AIR, WAVING HIS ARMS AROUND, AND
SHOUTS:
ALADDIN:
Ghost!
Ghost!
Ghost!
THE OTHERS DON'T LOOK CONVINCED.
THEY COPY, SLIGHTLY SARCASTICALLY.
ALL:
What?
Ghost!
Ghost!
Ghost!
ALADDIN:
Yes, but my new mates can do it better than
that. Let's have a practice after three.
One... Two... Three...
ALADDIN LEADS THE AUDIENCE IN
JUMPING UP AND DOWN, WAVING THEIR
ARMS AND SHOUTING "GHOST! GHOST!
GHOST!"
WORM:
Have they done it yet?
ALADDIN:
What?
WORM:
I'm a bit deaf today - I haven't got my
glasses on.
ALADDIN SIGHS.
ALADDIN:
Alright, gang - we'll try again, but a lot
louder this time. One... Two... Three...
AUDIENCE: "GHOST!
ALADDIN:
Better?
ABANAZER:
Bah!
GHOST!
GHOST!"
I've heard worms burp louder than that!
ALADDIN TURNS BACK TO THE AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
Alright, gang - one more time, and this time
we'll blow Abanazer's socks off! One...
Two... Three...
AUDIENCE: "GHOST!
GHOST!
GHOST!"
THE FOUR CHARACTERS ARE BLOWN
BACKWARDS BY THE NOISE.
SLAVE:
We heard them that time!
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ALADDIN:
Well done, gang - I knew you could do it!
ABANAZER:
So, what are we waiting for? Let's scare this
ghost away with singing and get inside the
cave.
THE FOUR CHARACTERS LINE UP TO SING.
WHEN THEY DO SO, THEY CLAP THEIR
HANDS TOGETHER, THEN CLAP THEM ON
THEIR KNEES ALTERNATELY TO KEEP THE
RHYTHM GOING.
ALADDIN:
OK - after three.
Three!
ALL:
(singing) Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any
wool, Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One
for the master, And one for the dame... Etc.
EFFECT - GHOSTLY SOUNDS
AS THEY SING, THE GHOST SHOULD ENTER
AND HOVER UP AND DOWN BEHIND THE
CHARACTERS. THE AUDIENCE WILL GO
CRAZY, TRYING TO WARN ALADDIN THAT
THERE IS A GHOST - BUT HE JUST CUPS
HIS HAND TO HIS EAR AND MAKES OUT
THAT HE CAN'T HEAR THEM.
EVENTUALLY, WORM SPOTS THE GHOST,
SCREAMS, AND RUNS OFF STAGE - THE
GHOSE CHASING ALL THE WAY.
ALADDIN:
Hang on...
Hang on...
ABANAZER AND THE SLAVE STOP SINGING.
SLAVE:
What's wrong?
ALADDIN:
I think my mates were trying to tell us
something...
ABANAZER:
Really?
I couldn't hear anything.
ALADDIN ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
What's the matter, gang?
AUDIENCE: "THERE WAS A GHOST!, ETC."
ALADDIN:
What?
"THERE WAS A GHOST!"
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ALADDIN:
Oh...
ABANAZER:
What did they say?
ALADDIN:
They want to know if we'd like some toast.
THE AUDIENCE WILL TRY TO CORRECT
ALADDIN, BUT HE MUSTN'T GO WITH IT.
ABANAZER:
This is no time to eat toast!
to get inside.
We have a cave
ALADDIN:
Well, let's carry on singing and scare away
the ghost, then. Ready Abanazer?
ABANAZER:
I am.
Ready, Slave?
SLAVE:
I am.
Ready, Worm?
THERE IS NO REPLY.
SLAVE:
Worm?
STILL NOTHING.
SLAVE:
Worm's gone!
AB & AL::
What?!
ALADDIN ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
Where did Worm go, gang?
THE AUDIENCE WILL EXPLAIN WHAT
HAPPENED.
ALADDIN:
The ghost came here and chased him away?
"YES!"
ALADDIN:
Then why didn't you say so?
"WE DID!"
ALADDIN:
Well, maybe we weren't singing loud enough to
scare the ghost - but then, you lot weren't
shouting loud enough to let us know it was
there.
SLAVE:
Shall we try again?
ALADDIN:
Yes - louder this time.
ABANAZER:
What?
After three... Four!
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ALADDIN:
Well, four comes after three, doesn't it?
ABANAZER:
Get on with it!
EXACTLY AS BEFORE...
ALL:
(singing) Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any
wool, Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One
for the master, And one for the dame... Etc.
EFFECT - GHOSTLY SOUNDS
THE GHOST SHOULD ENTERS AGAIN,
HOVERING UP AND DOWN. ONCE MORE,
ALADDIN CAN PRETEND NOT TO BE ABLE
TO HEAR THE AUDIENCE SHOUTING.
THIS TIME, THE SLAVE IS CHASED OFF
STAGE BY THE GHOST, SCREAMING.
ALADDIN:
Stop...
Stop...
ABANAZER STOPS
ABANAZER:
What now?
ALADDIN:
They were definitely trying to tell us
something that time!
ALADDIN ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
What's wrong?
AUDIENCE: "THERE WAS A GHOST!, ETC."
ALADDIN:
What?
"THERE WAS A GHOST!"
ALADDIN:
Oh...
ABANAZER:
What did they say this time?
ALADDIN:
They're telling us it's time to collect the
post.
AGAIN, ALADDIN MUSTN'T PICK UP ON
THE AUDIENCE CORRECTING HIM.
ABANAZER:
Collect the post?
At this time of day?
ALADDIN:
You're right. Let's just ignore them and
carry on singing. Ready Abanazer?
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ABANAZER:
I am.
Ready, Slave?
EXACTLY AS BEFORE...
ALL:
(singing) Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any
wool, Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One
for the master, And one for the dame... Etc.
EFFECT - GHOSTLY SOUNDS
THE GHOST SHOULD ENTERS AGAIN,
HOVERING UP AND DOWN. ONCE MORE,
ALADDIN CAN PRETEND NOT TO BE ABLE
TO HEAR THE AUDIENCE SHOUTING.
THIS TIME, THE SLAVE IS CHASED OFF
STAGE BY THE GHOST, SCREAMING.
ALADDIN:
Stop...
Stop...
ABANAZER STOPS
ABANAZER:
What now?
ALADDIN:
They were definitely trying to tell us
something that time!
ALADDIN ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE.
ALADDIN:
What's wrong?
AUDIENCE: "THERE WAS A GHOST!, ETC."
ALADDIN:
What?
"THERE WAS A GHOST!"
ALADDIN:
Oh...
ABANAZER:
What did they say this time?
ALADDIN:
They're telling us it's time to collect the
post.
AGAIN, ALADDIN MUSTN'T PICK UP ON
THE AUDIENCE CORRECTING HIM.
ABANAZER:
Collect the post?
At this time of day?
ALADDIN:
You're right. Let's just ignore them and
carry on singing. Ready Abanazer?
ABANAZER:
I am.
Ready, Slave?
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EXACTLY AS BEFORE...
ALL:
(singing) Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any
wool, Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One
for the master, And one for the dame... Etc.
EFFECT - GHOSTLY SOUNDS
THE GHOST SHOULD ENTERS AGAIN, AND
THIS TIME ABANAZER IS CHASED AWAY.
ALADDIN:
Wait... Wait... I know you were trying to
say something that time. What was it?
AUDIENCE: "THERE WAS A GHOST!, ETC."
ALADDIN:
Do I want a trip to the coast?
"NO!
ALADDIN:
THERE WAS A GHOST?"
Which member of One Direction do I like the
most?
THE AUDIENCE WILL BE SCREAMING OUT
ABOUT THE GHOST BY NOW.
ALADDIN:
I can't understand what they're saying.
you, Abanazer?
Can
NO REPLY.
ALADDIN:
Abanazer?
NOTHING.
ALONE.
ALADDIN:
ALADDIN REALISES HE IS
Where did Abanazer go, gang?
THE AUDIENCE WILL SHOUT THAT HE WAS
CHASED AWAY BY THE GHOST.
ALADDIN:
The ghost was here?
"YES!"
ALADDIN:
Then why didn't you say so?
"WE DID!"
ALADDIN:
That just leaves me now.
nice and loud, gang.
Make sure you shout
HE BEGINS TO SING, VERY NERVOUSLY.
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ALADDIN:
(singing) Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any
wool, Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full., etc.
EFFECT - GHOSTLY SOUNDS
THE GHOST AND HOVERS AROUND BEHIND
ALADDIN. THE AUDIENCE WILL SHOUT
OUT TO TELL HIM IT IS THERE AND,
THIS TIME, HE UNDERSTANDS THEM.
HE POINTS OVER HIS SHOULDER AND
MOUTHS: "IS THAT THE GHOST?"
THE AUDIENCE WILL SHOUT: "YES!"
ALADDIN CREEPS ALL THE WAY ROUND IN
A CIRCLE - BUT THE GHOST JUST
FOLLOWS HIM.
ALADDIN:
There's nothing there!
THE GHOST WILL NOW BE OVER HIS OTHER
SHOULDER. THE AUDIENCE WILL TELL
HIM TO GO THE OTHER WAY. HE DOES SO
BUT, AGAIN, THE GHOST IS RIGHT
BEHIND HIM AND ALADDIN SIMPLY WALKS
IN A CIRCLE.
ALADDIN:
I think you lot are having me on.
THE AUDIENCE WILL SHOUT THAT THERE
REALLY IS A GHOST.
ALADDIN TURNS CASUALLY TO THE GHOST
AND SPEAKS TO IT.
ALADDIN:
Can you believe this? They reckon there's a
ghost behind m... m... m... AAARRRGGHHHHH!
MUSIC - CHASE MUSIC
THE GHOST CHASES ALADDIN AROUND THE
STAGE. ABANAZER, THE SLAVE AND WORM
JOIN IN FROM ALTERNATE SIDES. ALL
RUNNING - ALL SCREAMING.
EVENTUALLY - ALADDIN, ABANAZER,
SLAVE AND WORM RUN ON FROM ONE SIDE
AND THE GHOST FROM THE OTHER. THEY
MEET IN THE MIDDLE. THE GHOST RUNS
AWAY SCREAMING TO ONE SIDE, WORM AND
THE SLAVE TO THE OTHER.
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ALADDIN IS ABOUT TO RUN, BUT
ABANAZER GRABS HIS ARM AND HOLDS HIM
IN PLACE.
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ACT I
SCENE 7 EXT./INT. THE CAVE OF DOOM - DAY
ABANAZER:
The entrance to the cave - it's finally
unguarded! You must get inside before the
ghost returns.
ALADDIN:
Wait a minute...
ABANAZER:
What is it?
ALADDIN:
You say there's enough gold and jewels in
there to make me a prince?
ABANAZER:
That's right.
ALADDIN:
And it's all mine to keep?
ABANAZER:
Of course!
ALADDIN:
And all you want in return is for me to find
some old lamp?
ABANAZER:
That's all I want.
sentimental value.
ALADDIN:
That's it?
ABANAZER:
My dear boy - the only surprise will be the
one you give your beautiful Princess Blossom
by returning as a prince of the realm, and
worthy of her hand in marriage.
It has, as I said,
No catches?
No surprises?
ALADDIN THINKS FOR A SECOND.
ALADDIN:
Alright, let's do this...
ABANAZER LEADS ALADDIN OVER TO THE
CAVE ENTRANCE.
ABANAZER:
Cave of Doom, hear my plea.
Open Sesame!
To you I cry -
LIGHTNING FLASHES.
EFFECT - THUNDER ROLLS
EFFECT - GRINDING ROCK
THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE SLIDES
OPEN. ALADDIN HESITATES.
ABANAZER:
What are you waiting for, boy?
and find me the lamp!
Get down there
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ALADDIN:
And the treasure, of course?
ABANAZER:
Yes, yes - that as well.
Now, get inside!
ABANAZER PUSHES ALADDIN INSIDE THE
CAVE (IN REALITY, HE GOES THROUGH
THE ENTRANCE AND EMERGES BACK ON
STAGE). ALADDIN STUMBLES FORWARD.
ALADDIN:
It's very dark...
ABANAZER:
So? Don't tell me a brave young man such as
yourself is scared of the dark!
ALADDIN:
Of course not - but it's making it very
difficult to see anything. Where is the
treasure?
ABANAZER:
I'll tell you - as soon as you fetch me the
lamp.
ALADDIN:
But, if I find the lamp, I could light it and
use it to explore deeper.
ABANAZER:
NO! You must do nothing with the lamp except
bring it to me!
ALADDIN:
That's not fair...
ABANAZER:
I don't care what is or is not fair! I have
waited for decades for this moment. Now, stop
talking and bring me the lamp!
ALADDIN:
No.
ABANAZER:
WHAT?!
ALADDIN:
I've changed my mind.
ABANAZER:
How dare you?!
ALADDIN:
It's cold and dark down here, and I don't like
the way you're speaking to me. Treasure or no
treasure, I'm coming out.
ABANAZER:
No, you are not!
ALADDIN DOESN'T LIKE THE SOUND OF
THIS.
ALADDIN:
What?
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ABANAZER:
You will not leave this cave until I have the
lamp!
ALADDIN:
Well, I'm not getting it for you!
ABANAZER:
Then, you can stay in there!
ALADDIN:
What do you mean?
What are you going to do?
ABANAZER IGNORES HIM AND CHANTS
ABANAZER:
Cave of Doom, listen to me.
Close Sesame!
Seal him in -
LIGHTNING FLASHES.
EFFECT - THUNDER ROLLS
EFFECT - GRINDING ROCK
THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE SLIDES
SHUT.
ABANAZER:
Forty eight hours in there should be long
enough for Aladdin to see things my way.
After all - I've waited to get my hands on the
lamp for years now - another two days won't
hurt! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
SONG - ABANAZER'S SONG
ABANAZER SINGS ABOUT HOW WICKED HE
IS.
(SUGGESTION - TOXIC BY BRITNEY
SPEARS)
IF REQUIRED, WORM AND THE SLAVE CAN
RE-ENTER TO SING AND DANCE WITH HIM.
EFFECT - BAD GUY EXIT
ABANAZER EXITS, LAUGHING ALL THE
WAY.
END OF ACT 1.
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INTERVAL
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ACT II
SCENE 1 INT. THE CAVE OF DOOM - DAY
MUSIC - OVERTURE REPRISE, THEN...
A DARK STAGE.
INSIDE THE CAVE, ALADDIN SLUMPS TO
THE GROUND.
ALADDIN:
What have I done? Oh, you idiot, Aladdin!
All you had to do was find some stupid lamp
for him, and then you could have been a
prince.
HE SIGHS.
ALADDIN:
Now I'll never see Princess Blossom ever
again. Or mum. Or Wishee Washee.
HE JUMPS TO HIS FEET.
ALADDIN:
No. I'm not giving up that easily.
to be another way out of here...
There has
ALADDIN BEGINS TO MOVE AROUND THE
CAVE, RUNNING HIS FINGERS OVER THE
WALL.
ALADDIN:
I'll keep searching until I find an exit. I
can't believe there's just one way in and outSUDDENLY, HIS FOOT KNOCKS AGAINST
SOMETHING. IT'S THE LAMP! HE PICKS
IT UP.
ALADDIN:
What's this? It looks like an old lamp.
Could this be what Abanazer wanted me to get
for him? I can't see why he'd want it - even
if it did belong to his brother. It's really
battered and dirty. Maybe I can clean it up a
bit...
ALADDIN BEGINS TO RUB THE LAMP.
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
ALADDIN QUICKLY PUTS THE LAMP BACK
ON THE FLOOR.
ALADDIN:
What's going on?
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GENIE:
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....
THE GENIE APPEARS IN A PUFF OF SMOKE
(OR A LIGHTING FLASH).
GENIE:
YES!
HE CRICKS HIS NECK FROM SIDE TO
SIDE.
GENIE:
Man - it's good to be out of there!
ALADDIN:
Out of where?
GENIE:
Out of the lamp, of course!
the guy who set me free...
And you must be
THE GENIE GRABS ALADDIN'S HAND AND
SHAKES IT HARD.
GENIE:
Thank you very much! I owe you a lot - well,
a little - well, some wishes - well, just
three of them - but, hey - that's not bad!
ALADDIN:
Three wishes?
What are you-
SUDDENLY, ALADDIN IS INTERRUPTED BY
A DISEMBODIED VOICE. IT'S THE
GENIE'S MUM! WE NEVER SEE HER, AND
ALL HER LINES ARE SPOKEN FROM OFFSTAGE - INTO A MICROPHONE WITH ECHO
IF POSSIBLE.
MUM (OS):
Genie!
GENIE!
THE GENIE LOOKS EMBARRASSED.
GENIE:
(To Aladdin) Hang on a second...
HE PICKS UP THE LAMP AND SPEAKS INTO
IT.
GENIE:
What do you want, Mum?
MUM (OS):
What are you doing outside?
GENIE:
What?
MUM (OS):
I said, what are you doing outside?
GENIE:
I'm talking to my new friend.
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MUM (OS):
What new friend?
new friend!
You didn't tell me about any
GENIE:
Well, I've only just met him!
MUM (OS):
OK, then Mr Lah-de-Dah-I've-got-a-newfriend... What's his name?
GENIE:
It's...
HE PAUSES, THEN TURNS TO ALADDIN.
GENIE:
(Whispering)
ALADDIN:
Aladdin
What's your name?
THE GENIE SHOUTS BACK INTO THE LAMP.
GENIE:
He's called Aladdin, mum!
MUM (OS):
Well, aren't you going to bring him in and
introduce me to him?
THE GENIE LOOKS FROM THE LAMP TO
ALADDIN AND BACK AGAIN.
GENIE:
I don't think that's going to work, Mum.
We're going to have to play outside.
MUM (OS):
Did you tell him about the wishes yet?
GENIE:
I was just doing that when you shouted for me!
MUM (OS):
Well, make sure he understands the rules!
GENIE:
I will, mum.
MUM (OS):
And one other thing...
GENIE:
What?
MUM (OS):
Close the door - there's a terrible draft
blowing in!
GENIE:
Alright!
THE GENIE CLOSES THE LID OF THE LAMP
AND PLACES IT BACK ON THE GROUND.
HE TURNS BACK TO ALADDIN.
GENIE:
Now, where were we?
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ALADDIN:
I don't know about you, but I was somewhere in
the middle of losing my mind!
GENE:
Well, I can fix that! Care to wish for a new
mind? You can have any mind at all! Want to
be a scientist? An artist? A dentist? A
violinist? A royalist? A florist? A
psychiatrist? In fact - I can give you a mind
that will turn you into just about anything
that ends in -ist!
ALADDIN:
What I want to be is a prince.
THE GENIE LOOKS CONFUSED.
GENIE:
A prince-ist?
ALADDIN:
No - just a prince. But I don't see how you
can make that happen.
GENIE:
I told you - you get three wishes!
ALADDIN:
You mean that was all true?
GENIE:
Every bit!
ALADDIN:
But, your mum said there are rules...
GENIE:
I'm afraid there are. Rule 1 - no wishing for
more wishes! Rule 2 - no wishing for more
genies so that they can give you more wishes!
Rule 3 - no wishing for anything containing
peanut butter!
ALADDIN:
Why not?
GENIE:
I can't stand the stuff!
ALADDIN:
But, I can wish for anything else at all?
GENIE:
You go it!
ALADDIN:
Then, Genie - I wish for you to make me a
prince!
THE GENIE WAVES HIS FINGERS.
GENIE:
Hold on your hat, 'cos here we go!
SONG - GENIE'S SONG
(SUGGESTION - FRIEND LIKE ME FROM
DISNEY'S ALADDIN)
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AS THE GENIE SINGS, HIS ASSISTANTS
BRING ON TRAYS OF GOLD AND JEWELS TO
LAY AT ALADDIN'S FEET. THEY ALSO
BRING ON FINE CLOTHES FOR ALADDIN TO
WEAR AND SERVANTS FOR THE NEW PRINCE
(PETAL SCATTERERS, FAN WAVERS, ETC.)
AT THE END OF THE SONG...
GENIE:
Voila!
ALADDIN ALMOST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
ALADDIN:
I'm...
I'm a real prince!
GENIE:
You're also one wish down. That just leaves
two wishes left - and, just in case you're not
sure what to do with them... You could always
wish me free.
ALADDIN:
Wish you free?
GENIE:
That's about the size of it. Being a genie
gives you phenomenal power - but the hours are
terrible, and I have to live at home with my
mum. Still, it's not as bad as the place my
cousin, the Slave of the Ring, has to put up
with. But, what I wouldn't give to be free!
ALADDIN:
Then it's a deal. Just get me back home and,
after I've wooed Princess Blossom with all
this get up, I'll wish you free.
GENIE:
You know what you have to do if you want to
get back home...
You mean, you're a slave?
ALADDIN GRINS.
ALADDIN:
Genie - I wish for you to take me home!
THE GENIE WAVES HIS FINGERS.
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - TWIRL/FLASH
GENIE:
Here we go again...
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ACT II
SCENE 2 EXT. PEKING - DAY
MUSIC - TWANKEY'S ENTRANCE
WIDOW TWANKEY ENTERS, LOADED DOWN
WITH WASHING.
TWANKEY:
Ooh, bless my bloomers - what a day! I've got
all the royal washing to do, and those pesky
policemen will be here any minute with their
laundry - and Aladdin's nowhere to be seen!
He sure knows how to disappear when there's
work to be done, that lad.
WISHEE ENTERS, PUSHING A LARGE
MACHINE. IT LOOKS LIKE A CARDBOARD
BOX ON WHEELS WITH KNOBS AND
SWITCHES GLUED ON.
WISHEE:
Don't worry, Mum - your problems are solved!
TWANKEY:
If I had a pound every time someone said that
to me...
WISHEE:
What would you do?
TWANKEY:
I'd buy myself a packet of polos.
SHE LOOKS THE MACHINE UP AND DOWN.
TWANKEY:
What's this, then?
nursery school?
Something you did at
WISHEE:
No, Mum! It's my latest invention.
a-tron 3000!
TWANKEY:
The Wash-a-tron 3000?
at home?
WISHEE:
It's a new kind of washing machine, Mum. It
washes clothes twice as well, at double the
speed.
The Wash-
What's that when it's
TWANKEY DOESN'T LOOK CONVINCED.
TWANKEY:
Are you sure?
WISHEE:
Have I ever let you down before?
TWANKEY:
Well, there was the time you made soap out of
soup...
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WISHEE LOOKS PROUD.
WISHEE:
Soup Soap!
That was a winner.
TWANKEY:
Not for me, it wasn't! If you remember
rightly, I decided to have a hot bath and
ended up soaking in a tub full of minestrone!
I had dogs following me home for days!
WISHEE:
Alright, so that one didn't work as well as
I'd hoped. But, what about theEverlasting
Gobstoppers I made?
TWANKEY:
Of course they were everlasting - they were
pebbles! I lost three teeth in one morning!
WISHEE:
Well, this invention is different.
MUSIC - POLICE ENTRANCE
NEE AND NAW ENTER. EACH OF THEM
CARRIES A BAG OF LAUNDRY.
NEE:
Evening all.
NAW:
Afternoon, Constable.
NEE:
You what, Sarge?
NAW:
It's the afternoon, Constable Nee.
NEE:
Really?
NAW:
It won't be evening for another three hours
yet.
NEE:
Oh...
HE DROPS HIS LAUNDRY BAG TO THE
GROUNDCHECKS HIS WATCH AND STANDS
STILL.
NAW:
What are you doing?
NEE:
Waiting for the evening, Sarge.
NEE CONTINUES TO WATCH HIS WATCH.
NAW SHAKES HIS HEAD AND HOLDS UP HIS
OWN BAG OF LAUNDRY.
NAW:
Here you are, Widow Twankey. The first load
of our police uniforms, ready to be washed.
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BUT BEFORE TWANKEY CAN REPLY, WISHEE
STEPS IN.
WISHEE:
Thank you, Sergeant! And the good news is
that your uniforms will be the very first
items to take advantage of the Wash-a-tron
3000!
TWANKEY:
Oh no, I don't think that's a very good
idea...
BUT WISHEE AND NAW AREN'T LISTENING.
NAW:
The Wash-a-tron 3000?
What's that, then?
WISHEE:
A breakthrough in laundry technology. It
washes clothes twice as well, at double the
speed.
NAW:
Now, that does sound interesting...
WISHEE:
I knew you'd like it. Now, if you'll just
empty your laundry into the top of the
machine.
NAW DOES SO.
WISHEE:
I'll set the washing programme...
HE PRESSES SOME BUTTONS.
EFFECT - BEEPS AND BOOPS
WISHEE:
And switch it on...
THE WASH-A-TRON 3000 BEGINS TO SHAKE
GENTLY.
EFFECT - WASHING SOUNDS
WISHEE:
And, we're off!
NAW LEANS OVER THE MACHINE TO GET A
BETTER LOOK.
NAW:
Oh, I say!
That's very good.
WISHEE:
I think so, too. It'll cut my Mum's workload
in half, and if I make another one...
SUDDENLY, NEE COMES BACK TO LIFE.
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NEE:
Hang on a minute - if it's not evening yet, I
could just say 'Afternoon all'! What do you
reckon Sarge? Sarge?
NEE SWINGS HIS LAUNDRY BAG OVER HIS
SHOULDER, HITTING NAW AND KNOCKING
HIM INTO THE WASH-A-TRON 3000.
NEE:
Oh dear...
THE MACHINE GOES CRAZY - SHAKING
HARD AND BLOWING OUT BUBBLES.
EFFECT - BOINGS AND WHIZZES
TWANKEY:
What's going on?
WISHEE:
I don't know, Mum. I don't think the machine
can wash a uniform while it's still being
worn.
TWANKEY:
Then turn it off!
WISHEE FUMBLES WITH THE SWITCHES,
UNTIL...
EFFECT - BURP
THE MACHINE STOPS.
TWANKEY, NEE AND WISHEE CAUTIOUSLY
APPROACH THE WASH-A-TRON 300 AND
PEER INSIDE.
NEE:
Are you alright, Sarge?
SUDDENLY, A DOOR IN THE SIDE OF THE
MACHINE FLIES OPEN AND A TINY
VERSION OF SERGEANT NAW JUMPS OUT
(YOUR SMALLEST CHILD IN A TINY
POLICE UNIFORM! HE'S BEEN HIDDEN
INSIDE THE BOX SINCE IT CAME ON, AND
WAS DOING ALL THE SHAKING. THE REAL
NAW NOW STAYS HIDDEN INSIDE THE
BOX.)
TWANKEY:
Ooh, 'eck!
It's shrunk him!
MUSIC - CHASE MUSIC
MINI-NAW CHASES NEE AROUND THE
STAGE, WAVING HIS NOW MINIATURE
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TRUNCHEON.
THEY EXIT.
TWANKEY:
AFTER A FEW CIRCUITS,
Wishee Washee!
WISHEE GRABS HIS INVENTION AND
PUSHES IT OFF STAGE.
WISHEE:
Sorry, Mum! I'll get back to work - the old
fashioned way!
WISHEE EXITS, LEAVING TWANKEY ALONE.
SHE PICKS UP THE UNOPENED BAG OF
POLICE WASHING AND SIGHS.
TWANKEY:
Just what I need! More washing - and the
Princess is due to collect hers at any moment.
EFFECT - FANFARE
TWANKEY:
That'll be her now - although she's got her
iPod turned up awfully loud.
BUT IT'S NOT THE PRINCESS WHO
ENTERS, IT'S ALADDIN (IN HIS
PRINCELY ROBES), ACCOMPANIED HIS
SERVANTS AND THE GENIE.
ALADDIN HAS THE LAMP HANGING FROM
HIS BELT.
TWANKEY LOOKS ALADDIN UP AND DOWN.
TWANKEY:
Who might you be, then?
ALADDIN:
It's me, Mum!
Ala-
THE GENIE PULLS ALADDIN TO ONE SIDE.
GENIE:
You can't tell her who you really are!
ALADDIN:
Why not?
GENIE:
She could let slip that you're not a real
prince in front of the Princess!
ALADDIN:
Good thinking...
HE TURNS BACK TO TWANKEY AND PUTS ON
A POSH VOICE.
ALADDIN:
It is it, Prince Ala... Er...
Ala... n.
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TWANKEY:
Prince Alan?
ALADDIN:
Yep!
TWANKEY:
Then why did you cal me Mum?
That's me!
ALADDIN LOOKS TO THE GENIE FOR HELP,
BUT HE JUST SHRUGS.
ALADDIN:
Er... Because... Er... That dress you're
wearing - my own dear mother had one just the
same.
TWANKEY:
She did?
ALADDIN:
Identical.
TWANKEY LOOKS PLEASED.
TWANKEY:
I call this my hand-grenade dress. I pull the
pin, then it's every man for himself!
THE GENIE LOOKS AS THOUGH HE MIGHT
BE SICK.
TWANKEY:
So, what do you want here, Prince Alan?
ALADDIN:
I have been searching for Princess Blossom.
Her hand-maidens at the palace said she was
coming here to collect the royal washing.
TWANKEY:
That's right - she's due here any time now.
ALADDIN:
Then please, collect her washing.
shall help!
My servants
HE CLAPS HIS HANDS, AND HIS SERVANTS
HURRY TO STAND AROUND TWANKEY. SHE
LOOKS DELIGHTED.
TWANKEY:
Ooh, well...
Why not?
This way, everyone...
THE SERVANTS COLLECT TWANKEY'S
BASKETS OF UNWASHED LAUNDRY AND
ESCORT HER OFF STAGE.
THE GENIE STAYS BEHIND.
ALADDIN:
Ahem!
THE GENIE, NOT SURE WHAT ALADDIN
MEANS, COPIES HIM.
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GENIE:
Ahem!
ALADDIN TRIES AGAIN - LOUDER THIS
TIME.
ALADDIN:
AHEM!
AGAIN, THE GENIE COPIES.
GENIE:
AHEM!
ALADDIN JERKS HIS HEAD TOWARDS THE
EXIT.
THE GENIE DOES THE SAME.
THIS ESCALATES UNTIL...
ALADDIN:
What are you doing?!
GENIE:
I've absolutely no idea!
EFFECT - FANFARE
ALADDIN:
The Princess is coming!
GENIE:
I know, I can hear her.
ALADDIN:
And I want to be alone with her!
FINALLY THE GENIE CATCHES ON.
GENIE:
Oh!
Well, why didn't you say so?
THE GENIE EXITS, SINGING TO
HIMSELF...
GENIE:
Aladdin and Blossom, sitting in a tree, k-i-ss-i-n-g...
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ACT II
SCENE 3 EXT. PEKING - DAY
ALADDIN STRIKES A CASUAL POSE, WITH
HIS BACK TO THE PRINCESS AS SHE
ENTERS.
PRINCESS BLOSSOM ENTERS.
BLOSSOM:
Excuse me?
ALADDIN TURNS, TRYING TO LOOK
ALLURING.
ALADDIN:
Ye-e-e-ssss?
BLOSSOM:
I'm looking for Widow Twankey.
ALADDIN:
No, you're not?
BLOSSOM:
Excuse me?
ALADDIN:
You're not looking for Widow Twankey at all.
BLOSSOM:
I'm not?
ALADDIN:
No.
You're looking for me.
HE TRIES TO WALK CASUALLY OVER TO
HER, BUT TRIPS OVER HIS FEET AND
ALMOST ENDS UP FLAT ON HIS FACE.
BLOSSOM:
I'm sorry - I don't know who you are...
ALADDIN TAKES BLOSSOM'S HANDS IN
HIS.
ALADDIN:
I am Prince Alan of [insert local town name],
and I am here to claim your hand in marriage.
BLOSSOM PULLS HER HANDS AWAY.
BLOSSOM:
How dare you!
ALADDIN:
What?
BLOSSOM:
I am not some prize to be claimed - by a
prince, or anyone else!
ALADDIN:
But you said I had to be a prince!
BLOSSOM:
Excuse me?
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ALADDIN:
Er, I mean... Only a prince can fall in love
with a princess. Or so I've heard.
BLOSSOM SMILES. SHE KNOWS WHO
ALADDIN REALLY IS, BUT DOESN'T LET
ON.
BLOSSOM:
Have I seen you somewhere before?
ALADDIN:
No, not at all. I've never even been here
before - wherever here is. I've been
elsewhere... Princing.
BLOSSOM:
So, you've never climbed over the palace walls
to watch me walk in the gardens?
ALADDIN:
What?!
No!
Don't be ridiculous.
BLOSSOM SIGHS.
BLOSSOM:
That's a shame.
ALADDIN:
It is?
BLOSSOM:
Yes. For a moment there, I thought you were
someone I really quite like.
ALADDIN WANTS TO TELL HER THE TRUTH,
BUT HE CAN'T.
ALADDIN:
Yes, that is a shame.
and no-one else.
But I am Prince Alan
BLOSSOM:
And what time do you think your mum will have
my laundry ready?
ALADDIN FORGETS HIMSELF AND ANSWERS.
ALADDIN:
She's just gone to get it now.
long at-
It won't be
ALADDIN CLAMPS A HAND OVER HIS
MOUTH.
BLOSSOM:
Aladdin!
ALADDIN:
You did?
I knew it was you!
BLOSSOM NODS.
BLOSSOM:
You don't make a very convincing prince, I'm
afraid.
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ALADDIN:
But I have to be a prince for your father to
allow us to be together.
THIS TIME, BLOSSOM TAKES ALADDIN'S
HANDS IN HERS.
BLOSSOM:
Aladdin, do you believe in...
ALADDIN:
What?
UFOs?
BLOSSOM:
No...
Do you believe in...
ALADDIN:
The Loch Ness monster?
BLOSSOM:
Listen to me!
first sight?
ALADDIN:
I think I do.
Do you believe in...
Love at
SONG - ROMANTIC BALLAD
(SUGGESTION - I CAN SHOW YOU THE
WORLD FROM DISNEY'S ALADDIN)
ALADDIN AND BLOSSOM SING TO EACH
OTHER. DANCERS COULD COME ON DURING
THE SONG.
AT THE END OF THE SONG, ALADDIN'S
MIND IS SET.
ALADDIN:
Well, I may not have been able to convince you
I was a prince - but I know I can convince
your father. I'm going to see him now to ask
for your hand in marriage!
BLOSSOM IS DELIGHTED.
BLOSSOM:
Really?
ALADDIN:
I'll be back as soon as I can.
BLOSSOM:
But I don't understand. This morning you were
just the son of a washer woman. How have you
done all this?
ALADDIN TAKES THE LAMP OFF HIS BELT.
ALADDIN:
Take this and look after it for me. I'll
explain everything as soon as I get back.
HE KISSES BLOSSOM ON THE CHEEK AND
RUNS OFF.
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BLOSSOM:
Aladdin!
The palace is the other way...
GRINNING, ALADDIN RUSHES BACK ON AND
OFF THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
BLOSSOM EXAMINES THE LAMP.
BLOSSOM:
I wonder what Aladdin wants with a dirty old
lamp?
ABANAZER ENTERS, DISGUISED AS AN OLD
MAN. HE HAS A POLE OVER HIS
SHOULDERS FROM WHICH DANGLES HALF A
DOZEN SHINY NEW LAMPS.
ABANAZER:
New lamps for old...
New lamps for old...
AT FIRST, BLOSSOM DOESN'T HEAR HIM
AND SHE CONTINUES TO EXAMINE
ALADDIN'S LAMP.
ABANAZER ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE.
ABANAZER:
So, that idiot Aladdin found a way out of the
cave, and he's used my lamp! Well, I'll show
him...
HE GOES BACK TO HIS OLD MAN
CHARACTER.
ABANAZER:
New lamps for old...
New lamps for old...
BLOSSOM TURNS TO SEE HIM.
BLOSSOM:
Oh, hello old man.
What are you doing here?
ABANAZER:
Why... I am nought but an aged lamp seller,
looking to exchange one of these shiny new
lamps for old, dirty ones - just like the one
you're holding there, my dear.
BLOSSOM:
Oh, I'm afraid this doesn't belong to me.
belongs to my friend, Aladdin.
ABANAZER:
And where is the young gentleman at the
moment?
BLOSSOM BLUSHES.
BLOSSOM:
He's gone to ask my father for my hand in
marriage!
It
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ABANAZER:
Then congratulations are due! And what a
better wedding present to give your new love
than a bright, shiny lamp.
BLOSSOM:
Well... I suppose a new lamp would be better
than this dirty old thing. OK, let's swap...
BLOSSOM HANDS THE LAMP OVER... AND
ABANAZER CASTS OFF HIS DISGUISE.
ABANAZER:
At last!
ha!
The lamp is mine!
Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-
BLOSSOM:
What's going on?
ABANAZER:
I'll tell you what's going on, shall I
princess? I am just seconds away from being
the most powerful man in the entire world!
But first, I have a few scores to settle...
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ACT II
SCENE 4 EXT. PEKING - DAY
ABANAZER RUBS THE LAMP.
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
ABANAZER:
Come to me, Genie!
THE GENIE RUSHES ON.
GENIE:
Whoah, Aladdin - that was quick! Did you get
the King to agree to you marrying her already?
ABANAZER:
Silence!
HE STOPS, LOOKING ABANAZER UP AND
DOWN.
GENIE:
Hold on...
You're not Aladdin!
ABANAZER:
No, I'm not, I am Abanazer - your new master!
But I wouldn't want Aladdin or his pathetic
family to miss this - so, I wish for everyone
back here right now!
THE GENIE SIGHS.
GENIE:
Whatever you say, master...
HE WAVES HIS FINGERS IN THE AIR.
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
EVERYONE (EXCEPT THE SLAVE OF THE
RING) IS 'DRAGGED' BACK ON STAGE,
THIS TIME INCLUDING THE KING.
EFFECT - MUSIC PLAYING BACKWARDS
ALL:
Whoah!
Help!
What's happening!
Argh!
Etc.
KING:
I say, what's going on here? I was just in
the palace, giving Prince Alan permission to
marry my daughter!
ABANAZER:
Oh, really? Well, look again your majesty,
and you'll see that Prince Alan is no other
than mere Aladdin - the son of a washer woman!
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EVERYONE TURNS TO LOOK AT ALADDIN.
IT'S TRUE - HE'S DRESSED IN HIS RAGS
AGAIN.
ALL:
Gasp!
TWANKEY:
Aladdin?
ALADDIN:
Sorry Mum.
You were Prince Alan all along?
SHE FAINTS, ONLY FOR THE GENIE TO
CATCH HER.
TWANKEY:
Oh my, you are a strong one...
ALADDIN TURNS TO THE PRINCESS.
ALADDIN:
I'm sorry, Blossom.
BLOSSOM:
No, it was my fault, Aladdin.
lamp.
ALADDIN:
It's not your fault.
ABANAZER:
Oh, do be quiet before I throw up!
KING:
Don't you tell me to be quiet!
of all China!
ABANAZER:
That doesn't impress me... Genie - for my
second wish, I wish you to make me Emperor of
all China - with Princess Blossom as my bride
to be!
NEE:
What?
NAW:
No!
WISHEE:
You can't!
I gave him the
He tricked you.
I'm the King
THE GENIE SIGHS.
GENIE:
I'm afraid I have to...
HE WIGGLES HIS FINGERS.
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
PRINCESS BLOSSOM SPINS INTO
ABANAZER'S EMBRACE.
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ABANAZER:
Bow before your new Emperor!
EVERYONE DROPS TO THEIR KNEES AND
BOWS THEIR HEADS. ABANAZER KISSES
BLOSSOM ON THE CHEEK. SHE LOOKS
DISGUSTED, AND ALADDIN LOOKS FURIOUS
- BUT THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO.
ABANAZER:
And now for my final wish - where I will
become the most powerful man in the entire
world... Genie, I wishALADDIN JUMPS TO HIS FEET.
ALADDIN:
Wait!
ABANAZER:
What is the meaning of this? There's nothing
you can do to stop me, Aladdin!
ALADDIN:
I know that - but you said you wanted everyone
to be here to witness your rise to power.
ABANAZER:
I did indeed...
ALADDIN:
Well, someone's missing...
ABANAZER LOOKS AROUND, ANGRILY.
ABANAZER:
What?!
Who dares to ignore my summons?
ALADDIN:
The Slave of the Ring.
ABANAZER:
We'll see about that...
HE RUBS AT THE RING ON HIS FINGER.
ABANAZER:
Get out here you useless pile of puppy poo!
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
THE SLAVE APPEARS, DRESSED IN HIS
FINEST SILKS.
SLAVE:
Who are you calling puppy poo?
THE GENIE JUMPS UP.
GENIE:
Cousin Slave?
Is that you?
SLAVE:
It certainly is!
Genie?
Hey - how are you doin',
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THE PAIR BEGIN A COMPLICATED
HANDSHAKE/BUMP SEQUENCE.
ALADDIN:
It's one of the very first things the Genie
told me - that the Slave of the Ring was his
cousin, and that he lived with his mum.
SLAVE:
That reminds me?
How is Auntie Betty?
THE SLAVE SNATCHES THE LAMP FROM
ABANAZER AND OPENS THE LID.
SLAVE:
Hey, Auntie...
MUM (OS):
Shut that door!
SLAVE:
Oops!
Sorry!
How are you doing in there?
It's freezing in here!
Here you go, Aladdin...
HE TOSSES THE LAMP TO ALADDIN.
ABANAZER:
What are you doing?
SLAVE:
Not any more...
The lamp belongs to me!
ABANAZER DARTS FORWARD ANGRILY, BUT
NEE AND NAW JUMP TO THEIR FEET AND
GRAB HIS ARMS.
ABANAZER:
Let go of me, you imbeciles!
Emperor!
I am your
ALADDIN:
And I have one wish left.
GENIE:
Yes, Aladdin?
ALADDIN:
Remember when I said I would use my last wish
to set you free?
GENIE:
I sure do!
ALADDIN:
Well, I'm not going to do that.
Genie...
EVERYONE - ESPECIALLY THE GENIE LOOKS DISAPPOINTED.
GENE:
Oh... Well, I guess that's OK.
ALADDIN:
I'm going to go one better! Genie - I wish
for you and Abanazer to switch places!
THE GENIE GRINS.
GENIE:
You got it!
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HE WIGGLES HIS FINGERS.
EFFECT - MAGICAL CHORDS
LIGHTS - FLASH/TWIRL
ABANAZER:
What?
No!
NO!
Help me!
This isn't fair!
THE CROWD ENVELOP ABANAZER AS HE
WAILS, UNTIL WE CAN ONLY HEAR HIS
VOICE, AMPLIFIED WITH ECHO.
ALADDIN HOLDS UP THE LAMP AND OPENS
THE LID. EVERYONE LISTENS IN.
ABANAZER:
What's going on?
Where am I?
MUM (OS):
You're in my house now, lad. And don't think
you're coming in here in those dirty great
boots - you can take them off and clean them
right away!
ABANAZER:
But...
MUM (OS):
Don't you but me, mister! If you're going to
be living here for the next ten thousand
years, you're going to stick to the rules.
But...
ALADDIN SNAPS THE LAMP SHUT AND
EVERYONE CHEERS.
GENIE:
Hold on... If I switched places with Abanazer
- that means I'm free!
ALADDIN:
It sure does.
GENIE:
And I'm the Emperor of all China?
ALADDIN:
I guess so.
GENIE:
But, you're not a prince anymore?
ALADDIN SHRUGS.
ALADDIN:
You can't have everything.
GENIE:
Oh yes, you can... I may not not do wishes
any more, but I can make decrees...
HE CALLS OUT.
GENIE:
As Emperor of China - I hereby decree that
Princess Blossom can marry anyone she likes!
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Er, if that's alright with you, your
majesty...
EVERYONE TURNS TO LOOK AT THE KING.
KING:
Who am I to deny the Emperor?
BLOSSOM RUNS TO ALADDIN AND HUGS
HIM. EVERYONE CHEERS.
WISHEE:
We're going to have a wedding!
TWANKEY:
Ooh!
WISHEE:
Wait for me, Mum!
I'd better go shopping for a new frock!
SONG - CELEBRATION SONG
(SUGGESTION - DON'T STOP ME NOW BY
QUEEN)
EVERYONE SINGS AND DANCES EXCEPT FOR
WISHEE AND TWANKEY WHO EXIT TO
CHANGE INTO THEIR FINALE COSTUMES.
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ACT II
SCENE 5 EXT. PEKING - DAY
TWANKEY AND WISHEE ENTER IN THEIR
FINALE COSTUMES.
TWANKEY:
Ooh, what a day it's been!
WISHEE:
It sure has, Mum!
TWANKEY:
Look at me! Mother to Prince Aladdin - or at
least, he will be when he marries Princess
Blossom.
WISHEE:
It's very exciting!
TWANKEY:
Exciting? I haven't had this much fun since I
accidentally washed my socks with sherbet!
WISHEE:
Mum...
TWANKEY:
What?
WISHEE:
Do you think there'll be singing at the
wedding?
TWANKEY:
I should hope so, my lad.
WISHEE:
Well, it's just that... You're not very good
at that, are you?
TWANKEY:
How dare you!
I sing!
WISHEE:
No Mum, they run for miles whenever you sing!
But me, I've got the voice of a 10 year old
choir boy.
TWANKEY:
Well, you'd better give it back before you
break it!
WISHEE:
So, how can we decide who's the best singer?
TWANKEY:
Simple, Wishee - we'll have a competition!
side against your side...
Why?
People come from miles whenever
My
TWANKEY SPLITS THE AUDIENCE DOWN THE
MIDDLE.
TWANKEY:
You lot over here, you'll be my team. Let's
here a cheer for my team. One, two, three...
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THE AUDIENCE WILL CHEER, BUT NOT
VERY WELL.
TWANKEY:
Oh, come on - I've heard moles break wind
louder than that. One, two, three...
CHEER!
WISHEE:
Well, let's have a cheer from everyone on my
side. One, two, three...
CHEER!
WISHEE:
You can cheer louder than that!
three...
One, two,
CHEER!
TWANKEY RUBS HER HANDS TOGETHER.
TWANKEY:
Right - now lets see which side can sing the
loudest! Hit it!
SONG - FUN SONG
(SUGGESTION - THE PIZZA HUT SONG)
TAKING IT IN TURNS, TWANKEY AND
WISHEE AD LIB TO GET THEIR SIDES TO
SING AND, IF APPROPRIATE, DO THE
ACTIONS TO THE SONG. THERE SHOULD
BE AS MUCH INTERACTION WITH THE
AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE.
AT THE END OF THE SONG...
TWANKEY:
Well, I'd say that was a draw!
big round of applause!
APPLAUSE.
OFF AS...
Let's have a
WISHEE AND TWANKEY RUN
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ACT II
SCENE 6 EXT. PEKING - DAY
EFFECT - FANFARE
THE SLAVE OF THE RING ENTERS IN HIS
FINALE COSTUME.
SLAVE:
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the cast
of Aladdin!
MUSIC - FINALE MUSIC
AS THE SLAVE CALLS OUT CHARACTER OR
GROUP, THOSE PEOPLE ENTER, TAKE A
BOW, THEN SPLIT TO STAND AT EITHER
SIDE OF THE STAGE.
PLEASE EDIT THIS LIST AS APPROPRIATE
FOR YOUR PRODUCTION.
SLAVE:
The townspeople of Peking...
The servants of the lamp...
The Royal handmaidens...
Nee and Naw...
The King of China...
The Emperor of China - The Genie...
GENIE:
And the Slave of the Ring...
SLAVE:
Abanazer and Worm...
Wishee Washee...
Widow Twankey...
And, finally...
Aladdin!
Princess Blossom and Prince
SONG - FINALE NUMBER
(SUGGESTION - CRASHED THE WEDDING BY
BUSTED)
EVERYONE JOINS IN WITH THE FINAL
SONG.
FINAL BOWS.
EXIT.
THE END!