My daughter is interested in doing this monologue for her LAMDA exam. The problem is we have no idea of it's origin, so no idea if it comes within the rules. Can anybody help? I am typing from memory so might not be 100 percent perfect:
They say fairytales are sweet, but the first time I saw that house, covered in sugar, glittering with candy, I felt something cold in my stomach. Sweet things aren't always good, sometimes they're bait.
We were starving, abandoned in the forest. Hansel tried to be brave dropping pebbles, then crumbs, hoping we could find our way back. But crumbs don't last long in the dark and then there she was, the woman with eyes like burned sugar. Too calm, too still. She fed us, fattened us, waited. I didn't want to believe it, but when she locked Hansel in that cage the truth snapped into focus. No one came to save us. So I did. I pusher her into the oven. Her screams still echo sometimes. I tell myself it was self defence, that I did what I had to, but sometimes I wonder how much of that fire still burns inside me.