Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Taylor Holmes: King Stefan

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• Maleficent : Listen well, all of you.

  [clangs her scepter against the floor] 

  Maleficent : The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. *But*... before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger - on the spindle of a spinning wheel - and DIE!

  Queen Leah : [clutching the baby Aurora]  Oh no!

  [Maleficent laughs] 

  King Stefan : Seize that creature!

  Maleficent : Stand back, you fools!

  [laughing, she disappears in a burst of green fire] 

  Flora : Don't despair, Your Majesties. Merryweather still has *her* gift to give.

  King Stefan : Then, she can undo this fearful curse?

  Merryweather : Oh no, sire.

  Flora : Maleficent's powers are far too great.

  Fauna : But she can help.

• King Hubert : To the wedding!

  King Stefan : Now, be reasonable, Hubert. After all, Aurora knows nothing about all this.

  King Hubert : Well?

  King Stefan : Well, it may come as quite a shock.

  King Hubert : [Spits out his wine]  Shock? My Phillip a shock? What's wrong with my Phillip?

  King Stefan : Nothing, Hubert. I only meant...

  King Hubert : Why doesn't your daughter like my son?

  King Stefan : Now, now...

  King Hubert : I'm not so sure my son likes your daughter!

  King Stefan : Now, see here...

  King Hubert : I'm not so sure my grandchildren want you for a grandfather!

  King Stefan : Why you, you, unreasonable, pompous, blustering old windbag!

  King Hubert : Unreasonable, pompous... En garde, sir!

  [Reaches for his sword, but grabs a fish by mistake] 

  King Stefan : I warn you, Hubert. This means war!

  King Hubert : [Fighting]  Forward! For honor! For country! For...

  [Realizes he's fighting with a fish; they both start laughing] 

  King Hubert : What's this all about, anyway?

  King Stefan : Nothing, Hubert. Absolutely nothing.

  King Hubert : Those children are bound to fall in love with each other!

  King Stefan : Precisely. And as for grandchildren, I'll have the royal woodcarvers start work on the cradle tomorrow.

  King Hubert : Splendid! King-sized, of course.

  King Stefan : Certainly! To the Woodcarvers' Guild!

• King Hubert : Stefan, there's - there's something important I have to tell you.

  King Stefan : Eh, but not now, Hubert.

  King Hubert : But, but it's uh, about Phillip.

  King Stefan : Phillip? Oh, yes, of course, Phillip. Why, where is the boy?

  King Hubert : That's what I'm trying to tell you.

  King Stefan : Well, send for him immediately!

  King Hubert : But...

  King Stefan : Shhh!

  [fanfare plays] 

  Lord Duke : The sun has set! Make ready to welcome your princess!

• King Hubert : The plans!

  [Servant presents King Stefan with blueprints] 

  King Hubert : Well, what do you think? Nothing elaborate, of course. Forty bedrooms, dining hall... honeymoon cottage, really.

  King Stefan : You - you mean you're building it already?

  King Hubert : Built, man! Finished! Lovebirds can move in tomorrow.

  King Stefan : Tomorrow? But Hubert, they're not even married yet.

  King Hubert : Ha ha, we'll take care of that tonight. To the wedding!

  King Stefan : Now, hold on, Hubert. I haven't even *seen* my daughter yet, and you're taking her away from me?

  King Hubert : Getting my Phillip, aren't you?

  King Stefan : Yes, but...

  King Hubert : Want to see our grandchildren, don't we?

  King Stefan : Of course, but uh...

  King Hubert : Well, there's no time to lose. Getting on in years, ha ha ha. To the wedding!