Beauty and the Beast Pantomime Script Spotlight
A panto tale as old as time!
Beauty and the Beast is a story that lives on its central relationship, and our version gives that relationship room to breathe alongside a properly comic supporting cast. Dame Dotty Doolally is the Dame, mother to Beauty and the magnificently confused Brian Doolally, whose grasp of language is enthusiastic if not always accurate. The Beast's castle is staffed by Jeeves the butler, a bookcase called Billy, a clock called Cassio whose hands are stuck at five twenty-three, Chester Drawers, and Trey; a dinner table with attitude! Malignia, the wicked witch whose rejected marriage proposal sets everything in motion, is a villain with genuine menace and an excellent line in long-term grudges.
Synopsis
When Prince Lucian flatly refuses to marry the wicked witch Malignia, she does something beastly about it — transforming him into a hideous beast who can only be released from the curse by finding true love. The Prince retreats to his castle with his enchanted furniture for company, and Malignia sets about ensuring the curse is never broken.
Meanwhile, Dame Dotty Doolally is trying to avoid King Duncan because the rent is overdue, Brian is getting things miscorrect as usual, and Beauty is about to make a decision that will change everything for everyone.
Beauty and the Beast, Brookfield Players
What the script looks like in practice
Jeeves introduces the castle's residents:
Jeeves: 'This is Billy, the bookcase.'
Billy: 'Could I interest you in something to read? I've got bestsellers on my top shelf, novels in my navel and a book about DIY shelving down the bottom. I call it the shelf-help section!'
Who this script suits
Beauty and the Beast has a cast list that flexes comfortably across group sizes. The talking furniture roles, Billy, Cassio, Chester and Trey, give you four strong named parts that can be played with real comic variety, and the ensemble has good work across the town square, the castle, and the ghost scenes. The Beast can be played by one actor throughout or split between two, which gives groups a useful option depending on casting. Groups who want a script where the romance is genuinely moving without the comedy ever letting up will find this one delivers both.
Beauty and the Beast Reviews
‘A nice nippy pantomime script full of great jokes delivered uniformly well.’ - Brookfield Players
‘Really rather entertaining. The script had us in stitches!’ - St Mary’s Players
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