Cinderella (Dramatized) characters

Also known as Ashputtel

Appears from the start

A gentle young woman reduced to household drudgery after her father remarries. Her stepfamily takes away her fine clothes and makes her sleep near the hearth, giving rise to the name Cinderella. She remains devoted to the memory of her mother and seeks help at the hazel tree growing on her mother's grave.

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Cinderella's mother, who asks her daughter to remain good and faithful before dying. Her grave becomes Cinderella's place of comfort, and the hazel tree planted there is associated with the aid Cinderella later receives.

Appears from the start

A wealthy widower who remarries after Cinderella's mother dies. He brings gifts home from a journey but does not protect Cinderella from her new family's cruelty.

Appears from the start

Cinderella's proud and calculating stepmother. She permits her daughters to mistreat Cinderella, sets the girl deliberately impossible household tasks, and tries to keep her from attending the royal celebration.

Appears from the start

One of the stepmother's two daughters. Outwardly attractive but cruel to Cinderella, she hopes to become the prince's bride and follows her mother's desperate advice when the lost shoe does not fit her naturally.

Appears from the start

The stepmother's other daughter, who joins her sister in humiliating Cinderella and competes for the prince's attention. She also attempts to force her foot into the lost shoe when the prince searches for its owner.

Also known as The King's Son

Appears from the start

The king's son, for whom a three-day celebration is arranged so that he can choose a bride. He repeatedly dances with the mysterious finely dressed young woman who is Cinderella in disguise, then uses a lost golden shoe to identify her.

Appears from the start

A group of birds that answer Cinderella's appeals at her mother's grave. They help sort the lentils her stepmother scatters into the ashes, bring splendid clothing for the royal celebration, and expose the stepsisters' attempts to deceive the prince.