Beauty speaking with the talking furniture in the castle in Beauty and the Beast pantomime script performance

Beauty and the Beast Pantomime Script

Every Beauty and the Beast has a Beast. This one tells you who cursed him, and she is still out there.

When Dame Dotty Doolally goes after the King's reward for rescuing his son, the Beast offers her a bargain he has no intention of keeping, her son Brian proves Doolally by nature as well as by name, and the castle staff turn out to be the furniture.

Billy Bookcase, Chester Drawers, Trey Table, and Cassio the clock are four proper cameo parts, and Trey appears from so many different places in the table that your audience will spend the scene guessing where he's next.

It's a tale as old as time, with a twist!


Cast Size: 7 Principal Characters, plus 4 Supporting Roles and Ensemble

Approximate Running Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes plus Interval


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Beauty and the Beast Pantomime Script Excerpt

DAME DOTTY and BRIAN are onstage. Some of the ENSEMBLE enter excitedly.

ENSEMBLE 1: Is he here?

DOTTY: Is who here?

ENSEMBLE 2: The King.

DOTTY: You just missed him.

BRIAN: But he said he’d be back.

DOTTY: Yes, for the rent!

ENSEMBLE 3: Oh dear, you’re always short on cash.

DOTTY: I certainly am. Just this morning I got a letter from the bank saying I’m in debt. The bill was so large I thought it was a pelican!

ENSEMBLE 2: I heard that the King fancies you, Dame Dotty.

DOTTY: Oh come off it, he would never fancy me.

ENSEMBLE 3: Why ever not? You’re pretty, positive and passionate.

DOTTY: I’m pretty positive I’m poor!

ENSEMBLE 1: But what if you did marry the King? Think of all the money you’d have!

ENSEMBLE 3: He’s got so much money he could fill a swimming pool.

BRIAN: That’s one way to splash the cash!

DOTTY: That’s all very well, but right now I’m completely broke.

ENSEMBLE 2: Surely you’ve got something stashed away for a rainy day?

DOTTY: Nope, I spent it on an umbrella. The only pounds I’ve got are round my waistline.

ENSEMBLE 1: It can’t be that bad.

BRIAN: It is, we can’t even afford to go to the toilet.

Everyone looks confused.

DOTTY: What?

BRIAN: We've not got the money to spend a penny!

DOTTY: Silly jokes and wishful thinking wont make us rich.

BRIAN: But can’t we just pretend, just for five minutes?

DOTTY: No.

BRIAN: Why not?

DOTTY: Can’t afford it.

Everyone groans. DAME DOTTY finally gives in.

DOTTY: Alright, I suppose a bit of financial daydreaming can’t hurt.

ENSEMBLE 1: If I were rich I’d buy a new TV.

ENSEMBLE 2: I’d buy a new car.

BRIAN: I’d buy two dozen carrots!

Everyone looks confused.

DOTTY: 24 carat gold?

BRIAN: Nope, I’m investing in a veg-fund!

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Production Photos

King Duncan in a regal costume frustrated with his guards at the castle
An actor playing the Beast in a production of Beauty and the Beast Pantomime Script
Ensemble as townsfolk in a production of Beauty and the Beast
The Beast and Dame Dotty Doolally in the castle feast

Beauty and the Beast Characters

Principal Characters

  • Beauty: Titular character and Dame Dotty's daughter

  • Dame Dotty Doolally: Mother to Beauty and Brian

  • Brian Doolally: Doolally by name, Doolally by nature

  • Prince Lucian/The Beast: Transformed into a Beast until he finds true love

  • Malignia: A wicked witch who turns the Prince into a hideous beast

  • King Duncan: Prince Lucian's protective father

  • Jeeves: The Beast's butler

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