Once upon a time… Pull out the story books – it’s National Tell a Fairy Tale Day! In honor of the holiday, here is a bit of rhyme from the poem in Jack the Giant Slayer. The Giants of Gantua Excerpt from Jack the Giant Slayer Fee fi fo fum… In the time… Continue reading Tell A Fairy Tale Day
Charles Perrault had competition! Historically, women were the tellers of traditional folktales, and the salon scene in Paris was full of aristocratic women exercising their storytelling. Madame d’Aulnoy (c.1650 – 1705) produced a number of fairy tales around the same time as Charles Perrault. We could just as easily be most familiar with her version of… Continue reading Finette Cendron
Be careful what you wish for… As far as fairytale mashups go, you can’t get a more thorough entanglement than Into the Woods. The recent Disney movie brought Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Jack of beanstalk fame, and Rapunzel to the big screen, along with a baker whose story ties the other tales together. I watched… Continue reading Into the Music
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