A PARSNIPIAN DILEMMA
Winn Manning for The Prince - Supporting role
Mid 20s to early 30s. A romantic man-child inclined toward being overly dramatic. Everything’s been handed to him in his life, although he’s not completely clueless. Finding and marrying a suitable princess has been his top priority for years.
- english
- male adult
At the beginning of the scene, the Prince gushes over his good fortune of unexpectedly meeting the Princess, who he will soon wed. Prince: ‘Tis so. For I have traveled the world, searched near and far, high and low, and every point in-between to find my princess. Painfully without success. Until yesterday evening. When fate brought my beloved here to the Kingdom of Parsnipia.
At a later point, the Queen, his mother, does something to upset the Princess. Prince: Mother! See what you have done! You dismay the Princess! (To Princess) Courage, my love. I beseech you!
Later, he’s shocked and in disbelief when the Milkmaid makes a startling discovery in a palace bed. Prince: Good Lord! A cracker crumb! … Precisely where she said.