Cast requirements: 14+ total (4f/3m plus 7+ m or f)
Plot summary: King Heinrich has
three sons with three distinct personalities: Nikolaus only thinks about eating;
Dietrich is a non-stop talker; and Andre is just about perfect. Each is of age and must
think about taking a wife. King Heinrich hands each of his sons a golden arrow
that when shot will seek out the young maiden that the prince must marry. Nikolaus
and Dietrich meet with almost immediate success, but Andre, our hero, away from the
castle for days, is not able to locate his arrow or his bride. As he sits forlorn,
he feels a tap on his shoulder and, you guessed it, it's a lady frog holding the
golden arrow in her mouth. Always the obedient son, Andre returns to the castle with
his "bride." Enduring the ridicule, Katarina, the frog, participates in all the same
tests to which the king submits his other future daughters-in-law. Her results are
much better than theirs in spite of her obvious handicaps. In the meantime, Prince
Andre has fallen in love with the princess behind the frog exterior. His admission
of his love for her transforms her back to her pre-spell self, the lovely Princess
Katarina. There is also a sub-plot having to do with Katarina's "evil" sister who
just happened to put the spell on her. All is well in the end, and, of course,
everyone lives happily-ever-after. Two pleasant additions to "The Frog Princess"
are the wise-cracking "punning" narrators that help move the plot along.
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