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"Cinderella", [a] or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. [2] [3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who is suddenly blessed by remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.
The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese: Truyện Tấm Cám) commonly known as Tấm Cám (chữ Nôm: 糝𥽇) is an ancient Vietnamese fairy tale. [1] [2] The first part of the tale's plot is very similar to the European folk tale Cinderella.
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper is a book adapted and illustrated by Marcia Brown. Released by Charles Scribner's Sons , the book is a retelling of the story of Cinderella as written by Charles Perrault , and was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1955.
Tấm Cám ("The Two Sisters") - a dark Cinderella story; Từ Thức Gặp Tiên ("Từ Thức and the Goddess") - A mandarin meets a girl at a Buddhist temple who is really a goddess. "The Student and the Painting" - a girl in a painting [5] [6] Ba Giai and Tú Xuất are a comical duo in South folk tales
The 2013 adaptation was the first version of Cinderella with the Rodgers and Hammerstein score mounted on Broadway. The new book by Beane makes the Prince an orphan and introduces several new characters, including a sinister regent and an idealistic revolutionary, and makes one of the stepsisters sympathetic.
It is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella, particularly the French version Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre ("Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper"), by Charles Perrault. The story concerns a young woman forced into a life of servitude by her cruel stepmother and self-centered stepsisters, who dreams of a better life.
The 1913 Cinderella can be considered a remake of the earlier film, but both are derived from the original Perrault tale. [2] The film was made in the summer and autumn of 1912. [3] Méliès himself plays the Prince's messenger who searches for the owner of the glass slipper. [4]
The Cinderella tale is sometimes portrayed as a "rags-to-riches" tale. However, in fact, it is a "riches-to-rags-to-riches" tale; Cinderella, being the daughter of a rich merchant, is at first driven from her rightful patrimony, and the course of the fairy tale restores her to it. (ref Jane Yolen, p 33, Touch MagicISBN 0-87483-591-7)