Beauty and the Beast (Kenny)

by Mike Kenny
Based on the story by LePrince de Beaumont

This is a refreshing, funny new twist on a classic tale. Beauty is a spoiled girl who has never had to work. To teach her a lesson, her fairy Godmother creates a series of challenges for Beauty that ultimately traps her in the estate of the Beast. It is when Beast releases Beauty that she realizes she loves him, and returns to Beast’s castle just in time to save him from death. The story that we came to tell of the ugliness that beauty hides where only love can break the spell and show the person that’s inside.

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Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Estimated Run Time: 75-90 minutes
  • Availability: Available for productions in the United States and Canada
  • Cast Size: 8 roles | Can be doubled for a cast of 4

Full Details

Roles:

  • Butler
  • Father
  • Cook
  • Godmother
  • Maid
  • Beauty
  • Bootboy
  • Beast

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Logo/Media package

Mike Kenny

Mike Kenny is one of the England's leading writers, specializing in young people's theatre. He is the recipient of numerous awards, was included in the Independent on Sunday's list of Top Ten Living UK Playwrights and his plays are performed regularly throughout the UK and all over the world. In 2013 he was given an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Nottingham University, England.

Originally produced by Oxford Touring Theatre (UK) in 2005

Photos of production at Lyric Arts

Photos of production at Lyric Arts

Photos of production at Lyric Arts

Reviews

“

Mike Kenny’s script takes both Beauty and her Beast on a voyage of self-realization. As ever with Kenny, there is nothing twee. He makes his audience think and feel and chuckle.

- The Stage, UK
“

there is a pull between an Edwardian fairytale production and something more adult and complex beyond the ready, chummy humour

- The York Press, UK