This radio play script summary introduces the characters of Ella, her stepmother Eva, and stepsisters Drusilla and Anastasia. It describes Eva slapping and yelling at Ella for claiming to have gone to the royal ball the previous night. Prince Charles then arrives looking for the owner of a glass slipper left at the ball, and after the stepsisters fail to fit it, the slipper is revealed to fit Ella, identifying her as the girl Charles danced with. He proposes marriage to Ella as her family protests in the background.