Drama Performance Scripts

Maleficent's Monologue

A/n [] characters name besides Maleficent are pauses

[At Princess Aurora's christening]

Maleficent: Well, well. [Maleficent Laughs Quietly] What a glittering assemblage, King Stefan. Royalty, nobility, the gentry, and... [She Laughs Maliciously] How quaint, even the rabble. [Maleficent Stares at an Obviously Nervous King Stephan] I must say, I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation.

[King Stefan: You're not welcome here.]

Maleficent: [Whimpers Mockingly] Oh. [Maleficent Starts Laughing] Oh dear! What an awkward situation. [Turns as if About to Leave]

[Queen Leila: You're not offended?]

Maleficent: Why, no. And to show I bear no ill will, I, too, shall bestow a gift on the child.

[King Stefan: No! We don't want your gift!
Knotgrass: Stay away from the princess!
Thistletwit: Yes, stay away!]

[Maleficent Sends the Fairies Flying Across The Room, Falling into A Chest, She Looks at Baby Aurora Pensively] [Begins to Cast Her Spell] Listen well, all of you. The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who meet her.

[Queen Leila: That's a lovely gift.]

[King Stephan Fearful of What Maleficent's "Gift" Will Hold Next]

[King Stefan: Don't do this.]

[Maleficent Presses Her Finger to Her Lips]

[King Stefan: [Maleficent Spots a Spinning Wheel]

Maleficent: But... Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and fall into a sleep like death! A sleep from which she will *never* awaken!

[King Stefan: Maleficent, please don't do this, I'm begging you.]

Maleficent: I like you begging. Do it again. [Maleficent motions for him to kneel and King Stefan kneels before Maleficent, his advisers looking on in disapproval]

[King Stefan: I beg you.]

Maleficent: All right. The princess *can* be woken from her death sleep, but only by...
[Maleficent glares vindictively at Stefan] True Love's Kiss! [short pause] This curse will last till the end of time! No power on Earth can change it!