Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)

Sleeping Beauty (1983)

Bernadette Peters: Sleeping Beauty, Princess Debbie

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Quotes 

• "My son, the Prince" : You're more lovely than I dreamed. Had not the journey been so long and the dangers so great and the hazards so many, I would not have believed that such beauty could crown my enterprise. And yet for all the time and the hazards and the peril, you are too beautiful, too pure, too good. Do I dare to awake you to reality? You are my dream come true... or am I dreaming now?

  [the prince kisses Sleeping Beauty and she awakens and smiles] 

  Sleeping Beauty : What kept you?

• Sleeping Beauty : ["My son, the Prince" has arrived to meet his future bride, Sleeping Beauty, who is preparing in her room]  Oh, I do hope the Prince likes me for father's sake; it seems so important to him.

  [Trumpets sound, she goes to the window to see the Prince's arrival] 

  Sleeping Beauty : He does seem well-formed.

  "My son, the Prince" : [the peasants welcome the Prince, throwing petals and confetti]  Oh! Oh! Get off, maggots! They're such filthy little pests! My, my, my word!

  [He kicks the crutch from under a peasant's arm] 

  King Murray : Are you all right? He apologizes, he apologizes. Mind your manners!

  "My son, the Prince" : I can't allow the rabble such familiarity. Where will it end?

  King Murray : We're trying to make a good impression!

  "My son, the Prince" : What, upon this beastly lot of peasants? Don't be absurd.

  King Murray : [Sees Sleeping Beauty at the window]  Ah, she's watching!

  "My son, the Prince" : Oh. Yes. Well, she should, for I have come to let her bask in the reflected glory of my royal self.

  [Bows with a flourish] 

  "My son, the Prince" : Lucky wench.

  King Boris : [King Boris and Queen Natasha come out to greet them]  Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. "What ho!"

  [King Murray looks confused] 

  King Boris : You know, "what ho!"

  "My son, the Prince" : [laughs]  "What ho"? Did you say, "what ho"? Oh, *stop*, what a frightfully old fashioned kingdom!

  King Murray : Oh, all right, all right, I'll do it: "What ho!" May I present my son, the Prince?

  [to the Prince] 

  King Murray : Say hello...

  "My son, the Prince" : Hello.

  King Boris : Welcome to my kingdom.

  "My son, the Prince" : Ha! "Kingdom" indeed!

  Sleeping Beauty : [to her maids]  He may be quite brave...

  "My son, the Prince" : [sees a small dog]  Aaah! What's that? Aah! Go away! Back, back, back, back, back!

  [Jumps into his father's arms and whimpers, then realizes what he's doing] 

  "My son, the Prince" : All right

  [bats his father's arms away] 

  "My son, the Prince" : don't just stand there, let's get on with it, show me this princess.

  [the two kings and the queen point to Sleeping Beauty's window, which is now empty] 

  "My son, the Prince" : Well, where is she? Hm?