Queen Aggravain's Marriage Demands
from Once Upon a Mattress
Written by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller
Queen Aggravain relentlessly pressures her son, Prince Dauntless, to find a wife and secure the royal succession. Her objective is to maintain control over the kingdom and her son's life through a series of impossible marriage tests, highlighting her overbearing and manipulative nature.
QUEEN AGGRAVAIN: I want you to get married. How many times have I said to you I want you to get married? Only this morning I was saying to your father, I said, “Sextimus, I want that boy to get married. It just isn’t normal for a boy that age to stay single,” I said. “After all, he’s a prince, don’t
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