Word: cinderella
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Samuel Marshak's Twelve Months is the only surprise package in the book-and the best. Author Marshak is a translator of Wordsworth, Blake, Keats, Shakespeare, Burns, and his new play is a lyrical fantasy on the old Christmas pantomime model, complete with the wicked old woman, Cinderella-girl, a young queen, talking animals and magic wands. Twelve Months does nothing to establish a new tradition, but it does add charm and poetry to a very...
...basic scenario, one (or more) of the ancient fairy tales or legends-Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Aladdin, Babes in the Wood, Dick Whittington, Mother Goose. Sometimes these are weirdly blended: this year's Red Riding Hood features Mother Hubbard and Simple Simon. Most modern admissions to the panto-Pantheon: Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan. The eternal favorite: Cinderella...
...Cinderella, a conical garbage pail with custom-made wax-paper linings that looks like a trophy...
...Shoe Fits--At the Shubert. A new musical based on the familiar fable of Cinderella. The fairy tale has been transformed into a general hodge-podge of ribald humor, some of its funny and some not so good. Florence Desmond gives the show life with her slyly amusing touches transported from England, but the dialogue is weak. All in all, it's about a 50-50 chance...
Some of the more spirited debates concern the personality of Superman; even shy children who clam up on everything else have strong opinions about the comics. Primary-graders talk about Cinderella, Dumbo and the Little Red Hen. More mature students may discuss the characters in Macbeth and how they got that...