Activity 2.13 - Bernice

Now we have to provide a backstory for the characters - it can be in bullet points and doesn't have to be a final piece.

QUEEN is hosting a huge ball at the Palace in Oslo. Hundreds of guests are expected. Everywhere is bustling and busy. MAUD, the head cook, is going mental. She can't find ROSIE, the queens maid, to find out her instructions for the evening. ROSIE is sciving in her cell, she has taken a new book out of the library and is hiding in her room completely engrossed in the story. She knows she will get into trouble if she gets caught, but she has to find out what happens to the heroine.
Later that evening, ROSIE has emerged, still partly dreaming about knights in shining armour on noble steeds when MAUD collars her to take a message to the QUEEN. ROSIE drifts off with her note, but as she is crossing the courtyard, she sees a man ride in on a black horse. This is WOLFF, a guest at the ball and the prime suspect in a plot against the monarchy (the queen's spies have been watching him for months). ROSIE hovers around near the stables, hoping tocatch a glimpse of the man on the horse. DUKE emerges from the stables and crosses the courtyard, ROSIE hides until he has passed and sneaks a peep through the open door. WOLFF appears from around the back and lounges against the doorpost. He chats up ROSIE, much to ROSIE's embarrassment (she's a good, modest girl) and she scurries off claiming she can't be late with the QUEEN's message. WOLFF follows, now aware of her destination. DUKE appears from the shadows and follows after.
WOLFF arrives at the QUEEN's quarters before ROSIE, having taken a short cut through the window. Luckily for him, the QUEEN is out attending to business and no one is there.WOLFF potters among the QUEEN's belongings, he's particularly taken with the crown and tries it on. A knock at the door - it's ROSIE. WOLFF quickly shoves a handy wig on under the crown and ducks behind a screen. ROSIE enters and the 'what big teeth you have' dialogue ensues. Suddenly the QUEEN's yappy dog starts going and ROSIE becomes suspicious. WOLFF emerges from behind the screen de-wigged full of evil intent. Just then DUKE comes hurtling in through the window and a band of soldiers with the QUEEN in tow arrives at the door. The dog is calmed and WOLFF arrested. DUKE becomes ROSIE's hero of the hour and they all live happily ever after.
THE END