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MUSIC NOTE: BEGIN TRACKS
Opening Procession Chinese theme with
dragons celebrating Emperors B-Day.
Chinese lanterns hang from clothesline but
with individual decorated pole controls to
pull out across stage to designate China.
Plus individual lighted Chinese lanterns on
fishing poles are carried out and set in
holders in the marketplace carts.
MUSIC NOTE: This is the Story of Scheherazade (Tune of Gilligans Island Theme Song)
TBD:
This is the story of Scheherazade, she tried to keep her head
If not for the stories that she told each night, she surely would be dead.
The Sultan was a jealous man, his first wife went astray.
And so he had her head cut off and married new each day.
CHORUS:
He married new each day
SCENE 1A
GRAND VIZIER: The annual Khaledan counsel meeting will now come to order.
Ensemble leaves stage. On steps of castle
are Sultan, Sultaness, Grand Vizier, Prince
Zaman, several counsel members, guards.
GRAND VIZIER: Our first item of business as usual the marriage of Prince Zaman.
PRINCE ZAMAN: Here we go again! Ive told you, there is to be no marriage.
GRAND VIZIER: What a shocker!
SULTAN: Son, you know I want to turn over my throne to you, but my counsel is
concerned that you are not mature enough to rule. Marriage will assure them you are
ready. Why do you resist honoring my wishes?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Weve been through this every year I cannot bring myself to trust any
woman. I have read too many stories about them; they are treacherous, vain, conniving,
shallow, traitorous, weak, disloyal, and deceitful! Did you not listen to the tale of
Scheherazade you just heard?
SULTAN: Yes, and Scheherazade was a good wife was she not?
PRINCE ZAMAN: She is the exception! The rule is that women cannot be trusted!
SULTAN: Nonsense, there are many good women right here in Khaledan.
SCENE 1B
DOWN ON CASTLE; UP ON CHINA
PLATFORM
LIGHT CUE:
PRINCESS BADOURA: Ooggh! Father, must we have this discussion yet again!
EMPEROR: Daughter, I do not understand why you are so determined not to marry especially knowing how happy it will make me if you do.
PRINCESS BADOURA: What about my happiness? I already have everything I could
possibly want palaces, servants, fine clothes and jewelry and, most of all,
independence. I certainly dont need a man, and why would I want one when he will just
try to control me.
SCENE 1C
BACK UP ON PALACE
LIGHT CUE:
Wives push husbands aside to lovingly
appeal to their child
SULTANESS AND EMPRESS: But dont you want the joy that comes from giving your
heart to someone?
MUSIC NOTE: Ill never fall in love again? (Burt Bacharach)
PRINCE ZAMAN AND PRINCESS BADOURA: Joy! Thats not what you get!
Heres what you get when you give your heart?
You get it all broken up and battered
Thats what you get, a heart thats shattered
Ill never ever fall in love
Ill never ever fall in love
PRINCE ZAMAN:
What do you get when you fall in love?
A girl with a pin to burst your bubble
Thats what you get for all your trouble
Ill never ever fall in love
Ill never ever fall in love
PRINCESS BADOURA:
What do you get when you kiss a guy?
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia
And more than that, they think they own ya,
Ill never ever fall in love
Ill never ever fall in love
PRINCE ZAMAN AND PRINCESS BADOURA:
Dont tell me what its all about
Cause Ive heard tales that would make you shout
Shout about chains those chains that bind you
That is why Im here to remind you
What do you get when you fall in love?
You only get lies and pain and sorrow
And dont try to ask again tomorrow!
GRAND VIZIER: This defiance cannot be tolerated any longer, Zaman must be locked up
until he comes to his senses.
PRINCESS BADOURA:
Ill never ever fall in love!
EMPEROR: Such insolence you clearly have lost your mind. You will remain confined
until you are cured of your insanity.
Consoling husbands
LIGHT CUE:
SCENE 2A
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LIGHT CUE:
Prince Zaman sleeps on straw mat on lower
level platform. Prominent on upper level is a
well. Fairy Perie Banou enters from well
stretching and yawning to greet the night
she looks around and spots Zaman asleep
and goes gaga as minions enter and
become backup singers/dancers
Ala Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstien
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Oh, sweet mystery of life at last I found you!
MINIONS: What is it Banou? Ooohhh! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Back off sisters, I found him first! This humans MINE!
MUSIC NOTE: Youre the One that I Want (Grease)
FAIRY PERIE BANOU:
I got chills, theyre multiplyin
And Im losin control
Cause the power youre supplyin
Its electrifyin
You better wake up
Cause I need a man
And my heart is set on you
You better wake up
You better understand
To my heart I must be true
FAIRY PERIE BANOU AND MINIONS:
Got a lotta love, Got a lotta love . . .
FAIRY PERIE BANOU:
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yes indeed
SCENE 2B
SPOT ON SL RAMP
LIGHT CUE:
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MUSIC NOTE: I Got A Look At Her (Tune: Nat King Coles Orange-Colored Sky)
FAIRY DANHASCH:
I was just kickin back, strolling through China
When inside the palace was a stir
Flash! Bam! Alakazam!
I got a look at her!
She was a vision in silk, except she was human,
And thats just not my cup of tea, but
Wham! Bam! Alakazam!
She still seemed perfect to me!
One look at my fair Princess
Thats all it took for me
And the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out
I went into a spin and I started to shout
She is it, she is it, she . . .
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Danhasch! DANHASCH!! What has your toes twinkling?
FAIRY DANHASCH: Well, I just came from . . .
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Yeah, whatever, keep it down? The most perfect human in the
world is trying to get some sleep in my cave.
FAIRY DANHASCH: Thats impossible, Banou! I just left the most perfect human in the
world in China.
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Youre mistaken!
FAIRY DANHASCH: No, really! She has the complexion . . .
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: that would feel like sandpaper compared to my humans! And his
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LIGHT CUE:
Genie and Ginny-Me pop up from pit
MINIONS: Caschcasch!
MINION H: Who are . . .
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Oh, this is Ginny-Me my little protg. Now, did I hear
something about a perfect human
To Ginny-Me
Ginny-Me laughs uncontrollably but silently
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GENIE CASCHCASCH: No, no, no! We simply get them together side-by-side and
compare them. I will make the decision.
Ginny-Me tugs at Caschcasch to whisper in
his ear
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SCENE 3A
FOG ON SL UPPER PLATFORM AND
DUNGEON PLATFORM
LIGHT CUE:
MINION H: Ouch!
Simultaneously with Minion H sound
MINIONS: Aawww!
GENIE CASCHCASCH: We shall keep them in an enchanted sleep and awaken them one
at a time. The one who proves to be as beautiful inside as out is the most perfect.
FAIRY DANHASCH: I have seen my human awake and have no doubt that you will see
that her inner beauty exceeds her outer beauty.
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Then my Prince should be awakened first so that you neednt wait
as long to see that you are wrong.
GENIE CASCHCASCH: So be it, Prince Zaman awaken!
Ginny-Me claps hands twice Zaman stirs
Awake and realizes he is not alone; he
jumps and spins around to examine the
vision of beauty asleep before him.
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PRINCE ZAMAN: Who are you? My, what beauty! My heart! My soul! You steal my
breath.
SCRIPT Zaman and the Princess of China Cast Version
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MUSIC NOTE: As Long As Youre Mine (2nd half of tune from Wicked)
PRINCE ZAMAN:
Maybe I'm brainless
Maybe I'm wise
But you've got me seeing
Through different eyes
Somehow I've fallen
Under your spell
And somehow I'm feeling
It's up that I fell
Every moment
As long as you're mine
I'll wake up my body
And make up for lost time
Say there's a future
For us as a pair
And know it is so
Ill be there
Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
Come be how you want to
And see how bright we shine
Borrow the moonlight
Until it is through
And know I'll be here holding you
As long as you're mine
PRINCE ZAMAN: How did you get here? My father! He brought you here to see if I truly
have a steadfast aversion to marriage. Had he introduced us sooner, he - and I - would
have found that I do not. Hello! Wake up! Hello! I must know who you are! By what
enchantment do you sleep so soundly?
GENIE CASCHCASCH: I believe that we have seen enough.
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PRINCE ZAMAN: I feel I must sleep. But what if you are taken away from me before you
awaken how will you know that in your sleep, you have become my greatest dream?
Zaman removes amulet from neck and puts
it on the princess
FAIRY DANHASCH: A most admirable display, but you aint seen nothin yet!
Put off that Zaman fawned over Badoura so
blatantly
SCENE 3B
awake. At first offended by Zamans arm
around her, she is quickly taken by him
PRINCESS BADOURA: My, what beauty! My heart! My soul! You steal my breath.
MUSIC NOTE: As Long As Youre Mine (1st half of tune from Wicked)
PRINCESS BADOURA:
Kiss me too fiercely
Hold me too tight
I need help believing
You're with me tonight
My wildest dreaming
Could not foresee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me
And just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed some borderline
And if it turns out
It's over too fast
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Whats this? In my sleep you have answered a dream that I did not know I had? You
need a symbol of my love in return.
Badoura finds her ring and puts it on him
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GENIE CASCHCASCH: Now, get Princess Badoura back to China before she is missed.
To Banou
Badoura waves without looking up;
Danhasch claps twice
Clearly up to something, Banou is seen
plotting with her minions
LIGHT CUE:
Badoura disappears. Caschcasch, GinnyMe and Danhasch exit. Minions exit down
LIGHT CUE:
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LIGHT CUE:
Zaman wakes up slowly remembers
thinks he dreamed finds ring
PRINCE ZAMAN: I could not have dreamt such beauty? My amulet! That is proof that she
was real for I have it no more! And what is this? Her ring! She returns my devotion.
Guard! Guard!
GUARD FARUKH: What is it Prince Zaman?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Farukh, it is urgent that I speak with my father. Please make haste and
bring him here. Tell him it regards my impending marriage!
GUARD MUSTAFFA: Sire, no one has entered your cell since we left you at sundown.
PRINCE ZAMAN: Of course, my father instructed your silence. I understand. I will let him
be the one to tell.
GUARD MUSTAFFA: I mean no disrespect, my Prince, but should I send for the palace
doctor as well?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Well played, Mustaffa, but I am more than fine and have need of but one
thing to make me perfect that is to know the name of the maiden-of-the-night who is to
be my future bride.
SULTAN: My son! You have come to your senses and decided to marry after all?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Yes, thanks to your clever trick.
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SULTAN: Yes, well, I am sorry that it took such drastic measures to reach this end, but . . .
PRINCE ZAMAN: Why all this prison stuff instead of just introducing us in the first place?
SULTAN: Huh?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Come on, youve won, father. Who is she? Where is she?
SULTAN: Huh?
PRINCE ZAMAN: My bride the one you sent me last night!
SULTAN: Huh?
PRINCE ZAMAN: She was perfect! Flawless complexion! Classic symmetrical features!
Exquisite beauty! An angel!
SULTAN: Huh? You must be describing a dream.
PRINCE ZAMAN: She was.
To guards
SULTAN: No, I mean a real dream. I sent no one to you last night. And no one was
allowed in right?
GUARDS: That is correct, your majesty.
PRINCE ZAMAN: But she must be real. Look, I have her ring and she has my amulet.
SULTAN: I dont understand how she could have been here, but I must believe you that
she was. What did she look like?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Very much like me. Same height, hair, skin tone, features.
SULTAN: Son, the woman you describe does not exist. Believe me, I have brought all
eligible maidens in this part of the world to meet you already. But now that you know that
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SCENE 4B
LIGHTS/SPOTS ON BADOURAS ROOM
LIGHT CUE:
Badoura is trying to convince her father what
she experienced. Nurse and Marzavan are.
present with them.
To Princess
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Her condition is worse than I feared she is clearly delusional. Please watch her
carefully. I will summon the wisest men of all the healing fields. He who cures my
daughter shall have her hand and become the heir to my kingdom.
They exit
SCENE 4C
LIGHT CUE:
MUSIC NOTE: All I Have to do is Dream (Everly Brothers) + Dream Lover (Bobby Darrin)
CHORUS:
Dream, Dream, Dream
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM
PRINCESS BADOURA:
When I want him in my arms, when I want him and all his charms
Whenever I want him, all Id have to do, is dream
DREAM LOVER
PRINCE ZAMAN:
Every night Ill hope and pray, my dream lover will come back my way
So I can hold her in my arms and know the magic of her charms
Because I want that girl to call my own
I want my dream lover so I won't have to dream alone.
CHORUS:
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PRINCESS BADOURA:
When I feel blue in the night, and I need him to hold me tight
Whenever I want him, all Id have to do, is dream
DREAM LOVER
PRINCE ZAMAN:
Dream lover, where are you- with a love oh so true,
and a hand that I can hold, too feel you near when I grow old?
Because I want that girl to call my own
I want my dream lover so I won't have to dream alone.
CHORUS:
Dream, Dream, Dream
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM
PRINCESS BADOURA:
I could make him mine, taste his lips of wine, any time, night or day
Only trouble is, gee wiz, I'd be dreamin' my life away
I need him so that I could die, I love him so, and that is why
Whenever I want him, all Id have to do, is dream
DREAM LOVER
PRINCE ZAMAN:
Some-day, I don't know how
I hope you'll hear my plea
Some-way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me
Dream lover, until then, I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do, until my lover's dream comes true
Because I want that girl to call my own
I want my dream lover so I won't have to dream alone
PRINCESS BADOURA:
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LIGHT CUE:
SCENE 4D
LIGHT CUE:
MARZAVAN: No, Badoura, he is more than a dream. I will help you find him! Describe
him again?
Marzavan sketches madly on canvas scroll
As Badoura lovingly describes her dream
Marzavan holds up canvas so audience can
See large stick figure he has drawn
PRINCESS BADOURA: Very much like me. Same height, hair, skin tone, features.
MARZAVAN: Does this look like him?
Highly excited
PRINCESS BADOURA: Yes, yes, thats him youve captured his essence exactly!
MARZAVAN: I promise you, Badoura, I will scour the ends of the earth until I have found
him and returned him to you.
Marzavan exits to find Zaman. Asian-style
Marketplace begins assembling on stage in
the dark as next scene plays out in Zamans
dungeon room.
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LIGHT CUE:
SCENE 5
MARKETPLACE CENTER STAGE
LIGHT CUE:
Entertainment in progress belly dancers;
vendors selling wares
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CITIZEN 5: She is the one I was telling you about, the one that has gone crazy.
CITIZEN 6: My husbands brother, hes a doctor you know, is one of the wise men who is
traveling to China to attempt a cure.
CITIZEN 7: So, this is the one that she met in her dreams.
MARZAVAN: Yes, but it was not a dream and she is not crazy. Now, have you seen him?
CITIZENS: Sorry, we have not.
MARZAVAN: Thank you for your time. I must continue further on my journey.
Marzavan exits
LIGHT CUE:
SCENE 6
LIGHTS UP IN BADOURAS CHAMBERS
LIGHT CUE:
Witch doctor is finishing dance around
princess other wise men are trying to
cre Badoura
EMPEROR: Well, do you still think you left here and met a strange man in the middle of
the night that you fell in love with?
PRINCESS BADOURA: Yes, I know what I saw and I know what I feel.
NURSE: Your Excellency, is this really necessary?
EMPEROR: Yes, NEXT!
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ALL: Gasp
EMPRESS: What have you done? You have not cured my daughter, you have killed her.
DR LAU: This has never happened before. I do not understand. Its only green tea with
anti-oxidants and a little akai berry juice - its good for you!
Sobbing uncrontrollably
ALL: NOOOO!!
BLACKOUT
LIGHT CUE:
SCENE 7
ON VILLAGE PLUS ELECTRIC
CAMPFIRE LIGHTS
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LIGHT CUE:
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MARZAVAN: Have you seen this man? Excuse me, how far is the next village? Have you
seen this man? Oh, finally, another village!
Hello, hello! Can you help me? I am looking for this man, have you seen him?
VILLAGER 1: No. He doesnt look familiar.
VILLAGER 2: Who is he?
MARZAVAN: He is the love of Princess Badoura of China.
VILLAGER 3: And she knows he loves her, too?
MARZAVAN: About that, you see, . . .
VILLAGER 4: How does she know that he loves her?
MARZAVAN: Well . . .
MUSIC NOTE: Thats How You Know (Enchanted)
TBD (VARIOUS):
How does she know that he loves her?
How does she know shes his?
How does she know that he loves her?
How does he show her he loves her?
How does she know that he really, really, truly, loves her?
How does she know that he loves her?
How does he show her he loves her?
How does she know that he really, really, truly, loves her?
It's not enough to take the one you love for granted
He must remind her or she'll be inclined to say
How do I know, he loves me?
How do I know, he's mine?
Does he leave a little note to tell her, she is on his mind?
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but he had given her his amulet when she was sleeping and she gave him her ring in
return when she woke up.
VILLAGER 5: Wait a minute? Amulet? Ring? I heard that story traveling on the silk road.
So it must have been about your Princess Badoura!
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VILLAGER 6: Uhhhh . . wait . . I think it was Prince Zama . . n, yes Zaman of The Kingdom
of, um, um, Khaledan.
Snaps fingers
Marzavan starts to exit
SCENE 10
ZAMANS DUNGEON CAVE
LIGHT CUE:
Offstage sounds of commotion and protest
MICROPHONE NOTE:
Marzavan bursts in pursued by guards
GUARD 1: A thousand pardons your highness. This charlatan insists that he knows of
you and has an important message for you.
GUARD 2: Shall we remove him?
PRINCE ZAMAN: The only person I wish to see is my true love and he is not it! No
offense.
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PRINCE ZAMAN: Its her! That smile, those eyes, that figure. Id know her anywhere!
MARZAVAN: And she feels the same. She wears your amulet always, but at great cost.
Her father believes her to be crazy and is seeking cures throughout the lands. He has
promised her hand to anyone with a cure. You must come with me directly to China
before it is too late.
PRINCE ZAMAN: I must speak with my father immediately.
SCENE 11
Banou follows behind once they leave
LIGHT CUE:
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Crowd murmurs
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TBD
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets,
In midnights, in cups of coffee?
In inches, in miles,
In laughter, in strife?
In five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure a year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love,
Seasons of love.
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty five thousand journeys to plan,
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?
In truth that we learn,
Or in times that we cry?
In bridges we burn,
Or the way that we die?
It's time now, to sing out,
Though the story never ends.
Let's celebrate, remember a year,
In the life of friends.
Celebrate love, (Oh you got to, you got to celebrate the love)
Celebrate love, (You know that love is a gift from up above)
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BLACKOUT
LIGHT CUE:
SCENE 12
BADOURAS CHAMBERS
LIGHT CUE:
Line of quacks out from Princess Badouras
room, one inside has her on her head and
contorted with a divining rod in one hand,
aluminum wrapped around body parts, and
is about to make her drink something that
makes her gag trying to drink upside down.
As they are pantomiming above, Marzavan
and Prince Zaman enter from the pit ramp.
The proceed to palace and enter just as
Emperor is fed up and declares Badouras
condition hopeless kicks everyone out.
MARZAVAN: We are almost there. Remember, do not tell the Emperor who you really are.
He wont believe you.
EMPEROR: Thats it! I have had enough. I can no longer see my daughter subjected to
such physically abusive nonsense. All of you, OUT! NOW!
MARZAVAN: I beg your indulgence your Excellency. But if you will allow just one more
wise man the opportunity I am certain that you will not be disappointed.
EMPEROR: It is hopeless I fear she will never again be the happy, energetic and
carefree daughter that she once was.
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CHINA GUARD 1: Your highness, the Emperor has sent me with this note.
PRINCESS BADOURA: Just set it down, I will attend to it in time.
CHINA GUARD 1: I believe he is awaiting your response along with another wise man.
PRINCESS BADOURA: Oh, not another.
PRINCESS BADOURA: Oh, father! You have found him. Thank you! Thank you!
EMPEROR: Huh!
PRINCESS BADOURA: This is the man I spoke of my True Love! See, he has my ring!
PRINCE ZAMAN: And you my amulet.
PRINCESS BADOURA: Thank you, my loyal friend Marzavan, for not giving up.
Empress nestles up to Zaman - stereotypical
Daughter-marrying-a-doctor manner
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EMPRESS: Awww.
PRINCE ZAMAN: I am really Prince Zaman of Khaledan.
Back to impressed
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yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah
ALL: Yeah!
EMPEROR: Prepare a royal wedding!
PRINCE ZAMAN: Um, about that.
EMPEROR: Now what.
PRINCE ZAMAN: I am obligated to return to Khaledan within a year from when we left. I
am to marry there at that time and become Sultan in a combined ceremony.
Fully impressed
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SCENE 13A
CENTER STAGE ENCAMPMENT
LIGHT CUE:
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PRINCE ZAMAN: Sleep well, my love, tomorrow is another long day of travel.
PRINCESS BADOURA: Is Khaledan much further?
PRINCE ZAMAN: We have traveled more than half the distance to Khaledan. From here it
is a straight journey to the South and West.
PRINCE BADOURA: Good night, my Prince.
Badoura falls asleep Zaman lays down
Bird creatures enter from pit ramp?
MUSIC NOTE: Kidnap the Amulet (Kidnap the Sandy Claws Nightmare Before Xmas)
BIRD 1:
I wanna do it
BIRD 2:
Let's draw straws
BIRD 3:
Were supposed to work together
ALL BIRDS:
Three of a kind
Birds of a feather
Now and forever
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
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BIRD 3:
When he comes a-running we will
Lead him on a wild goose chase
BIRD1:
Look! Hes falling for our plan
BIRD 2:
Come here and catch us if you can
BIRD 3:
Come here and look at what weve got
ALL BIRDS:
Youve almost got us hurry up!
Kidnap the Amulet, make Zaman take flight
Tease him, taunt him, make him run
Off into the night
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SCENE 13B
BACK ON ENCAMPMENT
LIGHT CUE:
It is several days later Badoura and
Marzavan are in front of camp searching
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PRINCESS BADOURA: This will never work! Wont they wonder where I am and why the
Prince is not upset I am missing?
MARZAVAN: You, as Zaman, will just explain to his men that you, Badoura, and I went
ahead to Khaledan to make sure we returned on schedule and he, the real Zaman, stayed
behind to wait for them, his entourage.
SCENE 13C
CATCH AUDIENCE ACTION ONTO T
LIGHT CUE:
Birds lead Zaman back onto T. Danhasch
enters from pit stairs just as birds proceed
down pit ramp and Zaman hits the T.
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LIGHT CUE:
Caschcasch appears from pit stairs sees
Zaman
GENIE CASCHCASCH: What is . . . oh, my, Prince Zaman asleep again. Now what are
you doing to this poor guy?
DANHASCH: It seems that our friend Banou did not heed your warning.
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Banou, you got some splainin to do!
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Oh, my, what is he doing here? Stop stalking me!
MINION H: Dont you remember you . . .
OUCH!
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Banou! How dumb do you think I am?
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Well . . .
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Dont answer that! This human is NOT yours and will never be.
You must make things right by letting him go back to his TRUE love immediately.
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Oh, all right! Give him back the amulet.
Minion sets amulet in Zamans hand
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Now, promise you will no longer interfere directly or indirectly!
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PRINCE ZAMAN: My amulet! The nightmare has ended, but where am I? And where is
my beloved Badoura? Surely by now Marzavan would have led her safely to Khaledan. I
must get there!
Zaman exits to pit via stairs.
SCENE 14
SPOT / LIGHTS ON T
LIGHT CUE:
Khaledan marketplace sets up as entourage
enters from pit ramp. Marzavan is hiding
behind hedge and gets Badouras attention
as she approaches she stops uncertain
and nervous
ENTOURAGE 1: What is the matter your highness? Why do you stop so close to home?
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MARZAVAN: I dont know, but whatever you do, dont go into the town!
GRAND VIZIER: Now, where did you say you left him?
Marzavan hides
Ah, there you are Zaman. No doubt hiding because you have returned without your bride
as I expected.
PRINCESS BADOURA (AS ZAMAN): But, . . .
GRAND VIZIER: Do not worry, your father and I have a wonderful selection of eligible
brides for you. You only need to pick one
PRINCESS BADOURA (AS ZAMAN): But, . . .
Badoura desperately looks to Marzavan as
Grand Vizier drags her off
Loud Whisper
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SCENE 15
LIGHTS BADOURAS CHAMBERS
LIGHT CUE:
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Our only daughter is getting married and we will not be there to give her a traditional
Chinese ceremony.
EMPRESS: There, there, dear. Should we travel to Khaledan?
EMPEROR: Theres no point, we would never make it in time. At the latest it is only two
days away. There is no way to get us, our royal court, and all of the dragons and stuff for
a traditional ceremony to Khaledan. Why, it would take the most brilliant, magnificent,
talented, extraordinarily powerful sorcerer on earth to accomplish all that.
LIGHT CUE:
Genie Caschcasch & Ginny-Me appear
Ginny-Me finishes song
GINNY-ME:
Yes, true loves a many-splendored thing.
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Oh, and dont forget meticulous, clever, resourceful, and
Dramatic pause
EMPRESS: Eek!
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Hey, you called me.
EMPEROR: No we didnt.
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Tomato, Tomato. Look, I can help. Ive grown fond of your
daughter and her husband-to-be.
EMPRESS: You know them?
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Enough to know that it is fate that brought them together kismet!
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And I have complete confidence that they will be reunited again in time for the wedding
without any further interference.
EMPEROR: Reunited?
EMPRESS: Interference?
EMPEROR: What has happened?
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Oh, nothing to worry yourself about.
EMPRESS: We must get to her!
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Have no fear, thats why Im here! Get your royal preparations
together and awaaay well goooo!
SCENE 16
KHALEDAN PALACE
LIGHT CUE:
Sultan is preparing to parade eligible
maidens in front of Zaman
PRINCESS BADOURA (AS ZAMAN): Your Majesty, cant we wait just a little longer?
SULTAN: Your Majesty? What happened to father?
PRINCESS BADOURA (AS ZAMAN): Im sorry, it just feels awkward having to look at
other women to marry . . .
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DANHASCH: BANOU!
Flustered, Sultan and Grand Vizier give in to
the Selected Maiden and choose her
SCENE 17
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LIGHT CUE:
Danhasch drags Banou into the cave
DANHASCH: What are you trying to pull. Do you think that if you marry Badoura while
she is impersonating Zaman that youll be married to Zaman when he gets here?
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Huh?
DANHASCH: That person you were fawning over in the palace is Badoura now what did
you do to Zaman this time?
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: I promise I have done nothing to Zaman I thought that was him!
DANHASCH: See what a mess your interference has created! You better hope Zaman
makes it back in time or I shudder to think how Caschcasch will punish you.
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Should I go look for him and bring him back?
DANHASCH: NO! Caschcasch made it clear that we are to leave it to destiny. We will see
what happens tomorrow oh, the sun is up - someone IS getting married today.
They exit from back of cave again
SCENE 18A
KHALEDAN PALACE
LIGHT CUE:
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MARZAVAN: Stop the wedding, stop the wedding! The wrong people are getting married!
PRINCESS BADOURA (AS ZAMAN):
Today!
Applause segue
GRAND VIZIER: Someone has apparently already dipped into the wedding punch.
CROWD: Gasp
SELECTED MAIDEN: Now there are two Zamans and I dont get either of them?
To Badoura
SULTAN: Zaman?
Badoura points to the real Zaman
To Zaman
Zaman?
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SULTAN: Huh?
PRINCE ZAMAN: Its a long story that Ill explain later. Right now I dont want to waste
any more time before marrying my True Love.
SULTANESS: But you cant get married looking like this!
SULTAN: Go, prepare yourselves. Everyone else talk amongst yourselves well be
right back.
Still holding the Selected Maiden ala Joey
Tribiani
SCENE 18B
KHALEDAN PALACE DOWNSTAGE
LIGHT CUE:
Prince Houssain, Prince Ali and Prince
Ahmed have been part of the crowd for the
wedding. They begin talking to set up next
years story. Ahmed is distracted by Fairy
Perie Banou across the crowd.
PRINCE HASSAN: Just think, my brothers, this time next year, one of us will be getting
married to Princess Nourinnihar back home.
PRINCE ALI: One of us? Please Hassan, once we have completed fathers contest, it will
be me that is marrying her.
PRINCE HASSAN: Dream on Ali! You dont stand a chance against me. Right Ahmed?
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DANHASCH: So, Banou, are you finally ready to accept that Zaman and Badoura are
meant to be together?
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Yes, and I am ready to wait for a human who returns my interest.
DANHASCH: And you wont interfere with destiny to make him love you?
Crosses fingers, etc. away from Danhasch
Caschcasch appears next to them
FAIRY PERIE BANOU: Oh, no, I promise. Where have you been?
GENIE CASCHCASCH: Oh, I was just arranging a little surprise wedding gift for the bride.
SCENE 18C
KHALEDAN PALACE
LIGHT CUE:
Fanfare / Royal celebration music for multicultural wedding with dragons, belly dancers
Animals, etc.
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