Cinderella characters

Appears from the start

A kind young woman forced into household drudgery after her father's remarriage. Her stepfamily mocks her ash-stained appearance and calls her Cinderella. She remains devoted to the memory of her mother, and help associated with her mother's grave enables her to attend the royal festivities in splendid clothes. The prince recognizes her as his mysterious dancing partner only after a lost slipper fits her.

Appears from the start

Cinderella's widowed father, who marries again and allows his new wife and her daughters to reduce his own child to a servant in the household.

Appears from the start

The woman Cinderella's father marries after the death of Cinderella's mother. She favors her own two daughters, assigns Cinderella degrading work, and tries to prevent her from attending the prince's celebration.

Appears from the start

The two daughters of Cinderella's stepmother. Proud of their position and appearance, they join their mother in mistreating Cinderella and compete to marry the prince. Their attempts to claim Cinderella's slipper fail when the deception is exposed.

Appears from the start

A royal heir seeking a bride. At the court festivities he dances only with the unknown Cinderella, then uses the slipper she leaves behind to identify her despite her stepfamily's efforts to substitute one of the stepsisters.