Cinderella / Cendrillon / The Little Glass Slipper

Title: Cinderella

Sources:
Andrew Lang, The Blue Fairy Book (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., ca. 1889), pp. 64-71.
 Charles Perrault, "Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre," Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités: Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Paris, 1697).

Summary: A gentleman married a second wife who had two daughters. All three women were haughty and proud. The man also had a daughter from his previous wife, who had passed away. This girl was kind, sweet, and good. The stepmother forces the girl to be her servant, performing whatever chores she wished for her and her daughters. Exhausted, she would often fall asleep by the fire in her small, cold room and would wake up covered in cinders. They would mock her and call her Cinderwench or Cinderella. She did not complain to her father because he would have scolded her. The stepmother had him entirely in her control. 
One day, the prince invited everyone in the kingdom to a ball. He planned to choose his wife from the crowd. The stepsisters planned their outfit for the ball joyfully, making Cinderella do all of the work while they taunted her and told her that maids were not invited to the ball. When they finally left, Cinderella couldn't help but cry. Her godmother saw this and appeared to transform Cinderella into the person she was meant to be so she could attend the ball. She turns a pumpkin into a carriage, mice into a horse, a rat into a coachman, lizards into footmen. She then provides Cinderella with a beautiful dress and a pair of glass slippers. Her godmother warned her that the spell would be broken at midnight. 
Everyone was entranced by Cinderella when she entered the ball, especially the prince. She remembers to return home on time and asks her godmother if she can go the next night. Her godmother agrees. But on the second night, Cinderella and the prince become so infatuated that she loses track of time. She has to hurry out of the ball and she loses one of her glass slippers in the process. The prince could not catch up to her, and when he asked the guards where she had gone they told him they had only seen a poor country girl. The prince vows to marry the person whose foot fits in the slipper. He tries it on every girl in the kingdom. When her stepsisters couldn't fit into the slipper, she told them that she would like to try. They laughed at her, but the slipper fit perfectly. For good measure, she pulled out her matching slipper. The sisters begged for her forgiveness, which she easily gave. She married the prince and matched her stepsisters with two lords of the court. 

Cultural Origins: "One of the most popular versions of Cinderella was written in French by Charles Perrault in 1697, under the name Cendrillon. The popularity of his tale was due to his additions to the story, including the pumpkin, the fairy-godmother and the introduction of glass slippers.^[6]" Quote from Wikipedia.

Audience: This is truly a classic telling of the Cinderella story. There are no foot mutilations, no dead stepsisters, and the cruelty is kept to a minimum. This is great for a young audience, especially since Cinderella even forgives her step sisters. Any setting would do for this version of the story. ...If only there were talking mice. 

Adaptation Ideas: There are so many adaptations of Cinderella that it would be difficult to think of anything that I would change to make it my own. I think it would be nice to have voices for the stepsisters, to make them sound really mean and snarky. It would also be nice to work in some sounds that would let the listened know magic was happening during the godmother's scenes.