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Cinderellagame is an allegorical story, inspired by the classical fairytale. It’s a power game with dubious identities, doubles, agents of the opposing side, and nobody quite sure about who is really holding the power behind the back of the old king. In this game, not even the most established symbols (such as Cinderella’s shoe) can be trusted, because they could be fake.

Nine years have passed since the Prince found Cinderella and married her. However, there have been rumors that the girl he took with him was not Cinderella, but one of the Mistress’s daughters. When meeting a girl called Cinderella in the house of his in-laws, the Prince too begins to suspect that he has married the wrong woman. He tries to find out the truth from the Master, Cinderella’s father. The Master admits that the Mistress is holding power in the house and there might be some truth to the rumor, but he cannot be sure.

The Prince, now even more confused, tries to interrogate the Mistress’s daughters, but doesn’t get a straight answer from either one of
them. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of the Court Cinderella and the Prince’s Double, who have come to visit the family. The Prince hides himself to observe. When the visit is over, the Mistress secretly meets with the Court Cinderella to inquire whether anyone in the palace is trying to supplant her.

The Court Cinderella is suspicious of the Prince, because she has noticed that their most important memento, her shoe, is missing. Fortunately, she says, it’s a fake. The Prince confronts the Mistress, asking her the truth about Cinderella. The Mistress admits that the Prince’s palace is not the only palace where she has her own agent. There have been many Cinderellas and many palaces.

The prince goes back to the kitchen, where he started his investigation, to see Cinderella again. He hits her, trying to make her call the Fairy Godmother to help as a way of proving that she’s the real Cinderella. But the girl has no idea what he’s talking about.

The Court Cinderella takes the Prince away to the palace. The Mistress’s daughters look forward to a ball in another palace the next day. The Mistress tells Cinderella that tomorrow it is her turn to make herself pretty and go to the ball.

The endless Cinderellagame continues.