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.^ Little elves dress Cinderella from top to toe and with glass slippers.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella and the Glass Slipper , by Charles Rice (1819-1880).- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Kitchen in Baron's Palace : Pedro consoles Cinderella, who marvels at the glass slipper which she still possesses.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
Thousands of variants are known throughout the world.
[1] The title character
[2] is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances which suddenly change to remarkable fortune.
.^ Cinderella sings her song again, now with words defying sorrow: "Now with grief no longer bending / Shall my heart neglected sigh!- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ At the wedding Cinderella meets her stepsister's fiancé and woos him away with her hardworking, self-sacrificing I'm-the-one-who-does-all-the-work act.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ For the music we are indebted to Mr. Hayward, whose clever overture and general accompaniments decidedly contributed to the extraordinary success achieved.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
The still-popular story of Cinderella continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, and
tropes to a wide variety of media.
Origins and history
.^ Well, may be that’s because i like fairy tale stories.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ We are redoing the really big classics – and when come round to doing Cinderella again, we want to make it really, really special – as well as shorter !- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ This versions of "Cinderella" is Jacobs' "reconstruction" of the story's original form, based on his analysis of the common features of hundreds of variants collected throughout Europe.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
[3][4] .^ This was a new trouble to Cinderella; for it was she who washed and ironed her sisters’ clothes and got all their things ready.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ She got home but quite out of breath, and in her nasty old clothes, having nothing left her of all her finery but one of the little slippers, fellow to that she dropped.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
.^ Every lady was to try it on, and the prince promised to marry the one it would fit.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Then all the maids and women who were about the palace had to go up to try on the shoe, but there was none of them whom it would fit at all.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
Rhodopis succeeds.
.^ Upon returning to her old room, which now belongs to her sisters, Ella tells a story to them about a shepherd and a princess who fall in love and marry.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
The story later reappears with
Aelian (ca.
175–ca.
.^ Of the recent Cinderella pantomimes, Parr's is the most popular and has often been performed throughout England during the second half of the twentieth century.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Well, may be that’s because i like fairy tale stories.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Storynory Japan About Privacy Copyright Contact Storynory brings you free audio books and texts, including classic fairy tales, and original children's stories.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Permalink i just love fairy tales especially this Cinderella story i will never forget this story .- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
[6]
Another version of the story,
Ye Xian, appeared in
Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang by
Tuan Ch'eng-Shih around A.D.
860.
.^ Both Oh why would a fellow want a girl like her, a girl who's merely lovely?- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Her ugly sister was to hold his head, and the lassie who loved him had to give the blow and kill him.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ This sweet little girl missed her mother, who had died, terribly much.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
Ye Xian saves the bones, which are magic, and they help her dress appropriately for a festival.
.^ The King's Herald at last finds Cinderella and the slipper fits her perfectly.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Mother, I'll go to the ball, but if I don't find her tonight you'll let me fall in love in my own, without any interference, for as long as it takes.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Midnight arrives and Aconite appears to block Cinderella's exit so that she is seen in rags by the Queen; but Cinderella gets away anyway, losing her slipper.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ One day, when trembling was well, and when her husband was away hunting, the two sisters went out to walk; and when they came to the seaside, the eldest pushed the youngest sister in.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Blanchard, it will be seen, has varied the tale by marrying the Princess to the Gnome instead of a favoured deliverer, and has enriched it by the introduction of the story of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," found in the "Kinder und Hausmrchen" of the Brothers Grimm.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ That night, all the attendees at the ball (which include the stepsisters and several dressed-up mannequins) are all in awe of the mysterious, veiled woman in her fiery orange dress.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
In some of these, the siblings are female, while in others they are male.
.^ Blanchard, it will be seen, has varied the tale by marrying the Princess to the Gnome instead of a favoured deliverer, and has enriched it by the introduction of the story of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," found in the "Kinder und Hausmrchen" of the Brothers Grimm.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The witch said to the man, "Go you on in front, old man, with our youngest; I will give the elder girl work to keep her from being dull in our absence."- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
[7]
.^ As midnight arrives FG counts down the strokes with the help of the audience, but Cinderella doesn't get away in time.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Thereupon, in came her godmother, who, having touched with her wand Cinderella’s clothes, made them richer and more magnificent than any of those she had before.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ He passes the Queen, who squeaks yet again) ---THE PALACE STEPS / STREET--- (Cinderella runs down the steps and looses her glass slipper.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
Aschenputtel at her mother's grave, with birds
.^ Link to the last version (1857) of this tale published by the Grimm brothers: Aschenputtle (in German).- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Brothers Grimm published their own Cinderella,and The Victorian Andrew Lang followed the 17th Century version by Charles Perrault, which we present here.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Although Cinderella is popular on our site, we have thought about redoing it with the Brother’s Grimm Version which is a bit more punchy.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
.^ Back at home, Cinderella returned to the tree on her mother's grave, and said: Shake yourself, shake yourself, little tree!- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Although Cinderella is popular on our site, we have thought about redoing it with the Brother’s Grimm Version which is a bit more punchy.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ There is no fairy godmother either: Ella's transformation is wrought not by magic but through her long dead mother, who is haunting the Humbleton residence.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
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.^ Cinderella is the most popular of the pantomimes.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The fairy godmother helped Cinderella.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Her version of Cinderella was written in 1993.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ The Cinder Maid (reconstructed from various European sources by Joseph Jacobs) Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper (France, Charles Perrault) Cinderella (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, version of 1812) Link to the version of 1857 (English translation).- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Little elves dress Cinderella from top to toe and with glass slippers.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ He passes the Queen, who squeaks yet again) ---THE PALACE STEPS / STREET--- (Cinderella runs down the steps and looses her glass slipper.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
[8]
.^ The Brothers Grimm wrote another one.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Link to the last version (1857) of this tale published by the Grimm brothers: Aschenputtle (in German).- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Cinder Maid (reconstructed from various European sources by Joseph Jacobs) Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper (France, Charles Perrault) Cinderella (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, version of 1812) Link to the version of 1857 (English translation).- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The fairy godmother helps Cinderella to the second night of the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The fairy godmother helped Cinderella.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella Godmother I've been wishing as hard as I can.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Prince arrives and the slipper fits Cinderella.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella tries the slipper and it fits.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The stepsisters attempt to make the slipper fit.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ When Cinder Maid entered the ballroom she was the loveliest of all the ladies, and the prince, who had been dancing with her stepsisters, would only dance with her.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ So when she went up the stairs, her wooden cloak made such a clatter, the prince came out and asked, "Pray, who are you?"- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella leaves the Prince with the stepsisters who chatter.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
In this story, the prince is tricked twice but is spared by the birds. This lowers the Prince's status and he seems less heroic, which can raise Cinderella's status as a strong willpowered individual.
[9]
In Scottish Celtic myth/lore, there is a story of Geal, Donn, and Critheanach. The Stepsisters' Celtic equivalents are Geal and Donn, and Cinderella is Critheanach.
Plot (taken from Perrault)
Oliver Herford illustrated the fairy godmother inspired from the Perrault version
(See above for many variations)
.^ ONCE there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
She had two
daughters who were equally vain.
.^ He had likewise, by his first wife, a young daughter, but of unequalled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ The poor girl bore all patiently, and dared not tell her father, who would have been angry with her; for his new wife ruled him entirely.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ This sweet little girl missed her mother, who had died, terribly much.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
.^ The stepmother already had two daughters by her first husband.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The poor girl bore it all patiently, and dared not tell her father, who would have scolded her; for his wife governed him entirely.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The witch would not allow them to be handed to the cinder wench; she worked at her own daughter's head and feet till she got the things forced on.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ But Cinder Maid when she saw this, called out: Mist behind and light before, Guide me to my father's door.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The prince will dance with all the young ladies in due time.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ All eligible young women are invited, and...- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Meanwhile, the sisters talked all day long of nothing but what they should wear to the ball.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
As the two
Stepsisters were invited, they gleefully planned their
wardrobes.
.^ The stepsisters dress for the ball, but Cinderella can't go.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ They stare at Cinderella and conclude it could not have been she at the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ They confront Cinderella, who admits going to the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ At last Cinders appears, the ugly sisters cry out: "Rage, Agony, Despair," then console each other.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ As she was eagerly telling her godmother everything that had happened at the ball, her two sisters knocked at the door, which Cinderella ran and opened.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ After Cinderella dresses the sisters for the ball they leave.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ The fairy godmother helped Cinderella.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ The fairy godmother appears.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The fairy godmother helps Cinderella to the second night of the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ She converts pumpkin, six white mice, and green lizards into carriage, horses, and footmen, and she is off.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ She fetches the pumpkin, rat, mice, and lizards for the Fairy.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The Beggar Woman transforms into the Fairy godmother and changes pumpkins to coaches, mice to horses, lizards to footmen, etc., so that Cinderella may attend.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Her ball gown changes into her rags.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Little elves dress Cinderella from top to toe and with glass slippers.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ This done, she gave her a pair of glass slippers, the prettiest in the whole world.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ She promised her godmother to leave the ball before midnight; and then drove away, scarcely able to contain herself for joy.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella gets into the carriage and is warned about returning before midnight.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Go to the ball, but be careful to come back before midnight."- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ He never left her side as they passed through the castle rooms; and all the people gazed at her, and wondered who the lovely maiden was, and from what castle she came; but no one knew her -- no one knew anything about her.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Permalink i just love fairy tales especially this Cinderella story i will never forget this story .- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella How could the Prince not show up at his own Ball?- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ After Cinderella dresses the sisters for the ball they leave.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The next day the two sisters were at the ball, and so was Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ At midnight Robert whisks Cinderella to safety, leaving the Prince fastened to the floor.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Back at home, Cinderella returned to the tree on her mother's grave, and said: Shake yourself, shake yourself, little tree!- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ (Back at Cinderella's House) Calliope Thank you.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Back home Buttons takes Cinderella to the attic for a Gothic scene with huge spiders, ghosts, etc.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Meanwhile, the sisters talked all day long of nothing but what they should wear to the ball.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ He dances with them a couple minutes, then signals to Lionel who brings another one over) Queen So many beautiful girls!- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The stepsisters go to the ball, and FG and Rover prepare Cinderella, who goes too.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Godmother Then go to the ball, Cinderella, go.- Musicorld - Cinderella Libretto 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.musicorld.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The next evening the usual ball.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The fairy godmother helps Cinderella to the second night of the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
The Prince became even more entranced.
.^ At midnight he flees, losing his slipper.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Midnight strikes, and she flees, losing the glass slipper.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The Prince is left with the glass slipper.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Terrace outside the Palace : The Prince has had no luck finding his bride, but he dreams of her.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The guards at the palace gate were asked: If they had not seen a princess go out.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Part II: Outside the Palace, The Prince's Ballroom, On the Way Home, The Baron's Front Door, The Baron's Ante-chamber, Prince Charming's Winter Palace, On the Terrace, The Wedding Reception.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ She departs suddenly at midnight, losing her slipper, and the Prince declares his intention to marry the one it fits.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The Prince argues a precedent, however, since earls often marry chorus girls.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ She escapes into the woods, and the Prince searches everywhere for the girl whose foot fits the slipper.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ The astonishment her two sisters were in was excessively great, but still abundantly greater when Cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper, and put it on her foot.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Her two sisters were greatly astonished, but then even more so, when Cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper, and put it on her other foot.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The prince tries the shoe on all.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ "Very true, I daresay," said the prince; "but since all the others have tried, Katie may as well try too."- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The prince handed her the golden slipper, and said, "Try it on.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ When Cinderella arrived, the prince was waiting for her at the stairway.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Prince searches in vain: No Cinderella.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella leaves the Prince with the stepsisters who chatter.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Cinderella asks if she might go, if only for an hour.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The stepsisters try hard to make the slipper fit, then Cinderella appears, is opposed, then gets her chance.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ He asked Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Anyone but Cinderella would have fixed their hair awry, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Her two sisters were greatly astonished, but then even more so, when Cinderella pulled out of her pocket the other slipper, and put it on her other foot.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Prince and Danny talk amiably with the girls, and jealous Cinderella accuses them of cruelty to their stepsister.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ The Herald escorts her to the palace, and she marries the Prince.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella leaves the Prince with the stepsisters who chatter.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Act III: Ballroom at the Palace : Prince keeps thinking of Cinderella as he meets others.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Moral: Beauty in a woman is a rare treasure that will always be admired.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ Without it nothing is possible; with it, one can do anything.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ One day a Brahman adjured his wife not to eat anything without him lest she should become a she goat.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
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.^ Folktales of Aarne-Thompson type 510B Links to related sites .- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Aarne-Thompson folktale type 510A and related stories of persecuted heroines translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman ©1998-2005 .- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ This story combines important motifs from type 480 ("Frau Holle") and type 510A ("Cinderella").- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The prince now resolved to go from house to house throughout his father's realm in search of the owner of the slipper, inviting all the fair maidens to try on the golden slipper.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ King Aedh Cúrucha lived in Tir Conal, and he had three daughters, whose names were Fair, Brown, and Trembling.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Fair, Brown, and Trembling (Ireland) Rashin-Coatie (Scotland) Cinderella (Italy) Conkiajgharuna, the Little Rag Girl (Georgia) Pepelyouga (Serbia) The Wonderful Birch (Russia) The Baba Yaga (Russia, Aleksandr Afanasyev) The Wicked Stepmother (Kashmir) Link to The Green Knight (Denmark) Link to The Story of Tam and Cam (Vietnam) Link to The Father Who Wanted to Marry His Daughter.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
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Adaptations
The story of "Cinderella" has formed the basis of many notable works:
Opera
Ballet
Ice Show
Verse
.^ [The first Cinderella Pantomime in England was the 1804 production at Drury Lane, dir.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The pantomime was originally produced at Drury Lane, January, 1804.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The Drury Lane production is of "Number Nip"; the Covent Gardens production is an adaptation of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" (another male Cinderella story).- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ In the Forest: "Hunt Ballet" as Prince Charming and Dandini discuss their love lives.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella accidentally meets the Prince, not knowing he's the Prince.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Prince and Dandini switch places a la Rossini and announce the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Beeswing laments Cinderella's plight The Prince and Dandini arrive singing "We tracked her footsteps in the snow."- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Dandini plays like he's the Prince so that the real Prince can give Cinderella his attention.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella introduces herself as Cinderella of Stoneybroke Castle but the Prince introduces himself as Dandini and invites her to the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ This disappointed the father and mother and the ugly sister.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Buttons, who loves Cinderella, is jealous.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella sings "Father's a Drunkard and Mother's Dead," joined by the Baron and Buttons, then the Ugly sisters.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Brokers men continue to remove furniture.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Baron rushes in pursued by Broker's Men and massive confusion.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ A chorus of Broker's Men threaten the Baron but leave because there isn't even a stick about the place.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ The stepsisters dress for the ball, but Cinderella can't go.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Recap of the night with Fairy Godmother and mice.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The fairy godmother helped Cinderella.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
However, she must return by midnight, as it is then that the spell ceases.
Musical
.^ Roger's & Hammerstein's Cinderella .- de Grummond Children's Literature Collection - Collection Highlights 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.usm.edu [Source type: Academic]
This Musical was augmented with a few other Rogers and Hammerstein's songs plus a song written by Tommy Steele, 'You and me' which he sang with Jimmy Edwards.
Cinderella: The Musical by Landon Parks (Book & Lyrics) and Ioannis Kourtis (music) is an English language musical stage show written in 2009, and based on the opera Cendrillon by Jules Massenett.
Musical Comedy
.^ The fairy godmother helped Cinderella.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella distances them all and wins the Prince.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella appears and the prince can see only her.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
Since then it has also been staged live at times, including a 2005 version that, like the 1997 TV version, featured Paolo Montalban and an ethnically diverse cast. Broadway Asia Entertainment produced a staged International Tour starring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga and Australian actor Peter Saide in 2008.
Mr. Cinders, a musical which opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1929. Filmed in 1934
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (1988), in which Cinderella is one of many fairy tale characters who take part in the plot. This is partly based on the Grimm Brothers version of "Cinderella," including the enchanted birds, mother's grave, three balls, and mutilation and blinding of the stepsisters.
The Return of The Glass Slipper by Mary Donelly
Cinderella by Kate Hawley is written in the style of British Pantos.
Cindy, a 1964 Off-Broadway musical composed by Johnny Brandon
Золушka (or Zolushka), a 2002 made-for-TV Russian pop musical
Cinderella (2007), a pantomime written by Stephen Fry for the Old Vic Theatre
Cinderella Sillyious Musical(2008/09), a musical comedy produced by Ross Petty for the Elgin Theatre Toronto
Plays
Films
.^ This versions of "Cinderella" is Jacobs' "reconstruction" of the story's original form, based on his analysis of the common features of hundreds of variants collected throughout Europe.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The Drury Lane production is of "Number Nip"; the Covent Gardens production is an adaptation of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" (another male Cinderella story).- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Now, the name of the maiden was Marra, but, as she had to do the roughest work of the house, such as carrying water, washing, and sweeping, she was called by her stepmother and stepsister Pepelyouga (Cinderella).- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ "In the future do not leave your work," said the oldest one, giving Cinderella an evil look.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
It is perhaps rivalled only by the sheer number of films that have been adapted from or based on
Bram Stoker's novel
Dracula.
[citation needed]
.^ December 1974 to 15 February 1975.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ December 1996 to 15 February 1997.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Da Palma sings a song about her accomplishments--George in the cupboard, her children mutilated--and plans to put Cinderella in the cupboard too.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ The slipper fits and Cinderella observes that dreams come true.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderellas stag dream sequence occurs a second time, only this time we see that the boy (the Prince) does not come back to her as he promised.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Psyche advices Cinderella to be patient and her true love will come.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
A second direct-to-video sequel
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time was released in
2007.
Aschenputtel (1955), West German film, dubbed into English and released in the USA in 1966 as Cinderella.
The Glass Slipper (1955), feature film with Leslie Caron and Michael Wilding
Cinderfella (1960), notable in that the main character is a man, played by Jerry Lewis
Popelka (Cinderella, 1969), a Czech musical film
Hey, Cinderella! (1970), a 60-minute film produced by the Jim Henson Company. This comedy version features Jim Henson's trademark Muppets (including a small role by Kermit the Frog).
Sinderella Kül Kedisi (1971) Turkish film with Zeynep Değirmencioğlu
Tři oříšky pro Popelku / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (Three Nuts for Cinderella; known in the UK as Three Gifts for Cinderella), a Czech-German movie released in 1973
The Slipper and the Rose, a 1976 British musical film starring Gemma Craven and Richard Chamberlain.
Cinderella, a 1977 American erotic musical comedy starring Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith, Brett Smiley and Sy Richardson, directed by Michael Pataki
Cindy (1978), made for television
Zolushka (Cinderella, 1979), a Soviet short film.
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981), an Oscar-nominated animated short from the National Film Board of Canada[12]
Hello Kitty's Cinderella (1989), an anime short film starring Hello Kitty, was released in Japan.
Hello Kitty - Cinderella was released in the U.S. as part of the Hello Kitty and Friends anime series.
Ashpet: An American Cinderella, a 1990 Southern "Appalachia" version of the story, adapted from the Brothers Grimm, starring Louise Anderson and directed by Tom Davenport.
If the Shoe Fits (1990), modern take on the Cinderella story set in France starring Rob Lowe and Jennifer Grey
Cinderella (1994), produced by Jetlag Productions and distributed by GoodTimes Entertainment, premiered on video.
Ever After (1998), starring Drew Barrymore
Cinderella (2000), a British production set in mid-20th century and starring Kathleen Turner
A Cinderella Story (2004), a modernization featuring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray
Cinderelmo, a Cinderella story featuring Sesame Street's Elmo and Keri Russell
Ella Enchanted (2004), featuring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, and Aidan McArdle
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
Year of the Fish (2008)
In Heart Day, a new film, a Prince rescues a version of Cinderella named Princess Roola
A segment of the 2005 Turkish anthology film Istanbul Tales made up of five stories based on popular fairy tales is based on this tale in which Cinderella is a prostitute
Another Cinderella Story (2008) starring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley
Books
- Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
- Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Garner. .^ He went out, and came back with a grand dress, all silk and satin, and such a nice pair of slippers.
- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Then all the princes and great men spoke up, and said to the son of the king of Omanya, "You'll have to fight now for her before we let her go with you."- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Anyone but Cinderella would have dressed their heads all wrong, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
This enables the women to take over the government and pass the law that women should only wear comfortable clothes.
Novels
- Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. Maguire's style of writing is to twist fairy tales. .
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Ella was put under a spell at birth that forces her to obey any order given to her.^ Cinderella appears--a spoiled, haughty, self-pitying child who has lost her mother and is taking it out on herself by proclaiming that she is Cinderella, though acknowledging that she really is "horrible."
- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ He had already given orders to his servants to be on the lookout, under pain of death, not to go on foot, but to mount their horses that evening.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
An unusual twist as it features the ball only in the last few chapters, dealing more with Ella's struggle against the curse and because the prince (Charmont) knows Ella before the ball but does not recognize her as she is in disguise.
- Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine
- I was a Rat! or . by Philip Pullman
- Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
- Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
- The Glass Slipper by Eleanor Farjeon
- Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
- When Cinderella Falls Down Dead by Joshua Gabe and Grayian Phoenix.^ As midnight arrives FG counts down the strokes with the help of the audience, but Cinderella doesn't get away in time.
- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Little elves dress Cinderella from top to toe and with glass slippers.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella; or, Harlequin and the Little Glass Slipper: A Pantomime written by John L. Douglas .- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.
- Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
- The Midnight Dancers by Regina Doman makes references to the fairy tale.^ The Fairies reappear, transform a pumpklin and rats into the entourage, and FG gives Cinderella magic silver slippers that can clothe her with a wish when she arrives at the ball.
- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Fairy Godmother arrives and transforms the make-believe into fact, and Cinderella sets out.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The Beggar Woman transforms into the Fairy godmother and changes pumpkins to coaches, mice to horses, lizards to footmen, etc., so that Cinderella may attend.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
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- Godmother, The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon.^ Now, the name of the maiden was Marra, but, as she had to do the roughest work of the house, such as carrying water, washing, and sweeping, she was called by her stepmother and stepsister Pepelyouga (Cinderella).
- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
.^ The fairy godmother helped Cinderella.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ The fairy godmother helps Cinderella to the second night of the ball.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The ball is boring until Cinderella arrives but in no time she takes command of the Prince, slights Pamela and Diana, and scorns Greg.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
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- Her Feet Chime by Rumki Chowdhury.^ The Baron receives news of the ball and reads the invitation that admits the Baron, his lady, and her two daughters.
- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Her godmother only just touched her with her wand, and, at the same instant, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all beset with jewels.- Cinderella | Free Audio Story 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC storynory.com [Source type: General]
^ Her godmother then touched her with her wand, and, at the same instant, her clothes turned into cloth of gold and silver, all beset with jewels.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Having done this, she struck the pumpkin with her wand, and it was instantly turned into a fine coach, gilded all over with gold.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
Asha's servant friends help her wear a ginger garment and meet her Nawabzada, Bengali Prince, at a palace gathering.
- Mrs. Beast by Pamela Ditchoff
- Cindy Ella by Robin Palmer
- The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
Short Stories
Picture books
- Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson and Kevin O'Malley. .^ When Cinder Maid entered the ballroom she was the loveliest of all the ladies, and the prince, who had been dancing with her stepsisters, would only dance with her.
- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella leaves the Prince with the stepsisters who chatter.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cast: The Demon, The Fairy, Cinderella who is really Lady Ellen, Charles the Prince, Danny his equerry the Earl of Dannett, Melissa and Melanie the stepsisters, Dame Margaret the stepmother, James the Baron, Barny the squire.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
She marries the prince's younger brother who runs an orphanage for kittens, and lives much more "happily ever after" than Cinderella.
- The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (combines the Greco-Egyptian story of Rhodopis with everyday life in ancient Egypt)
- The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
- The Irish Cinderlad
- Cinder-Lily
- Sidney Rella and the Glass Sneaker
- Joe Cinders
- Bubba the Cowboy Prince
- Anklet for a Princess
- Cinderella Skeleton
- Cindy Big Hair
- Rufferella
- Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella
- Cinderhazel
- Cinderbear
- Cinderella Bunny
- Rexerella
- Cinder-Elly
Comic books
- Cinderella appears as a character in Bill Willingham's Vertigo series, Fables. .^ So they called Cinderella, and when she heard that the prince was there, she quickly washed her hands and face.
- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ A forest glade, twenty years after Cinderella and Prince Charming were married.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ How Cinderella complains that she leads a life by the galley fire, and is called over the coals by Clorinda--How Thisbe lets down the Baron, and how the Prince makes up to Cinderella.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
Her cover is the ownership of her own shoe store, the Glass Slipper, and she maintains a bitter persona in order to throw off the suspicions of the rest of her community.
- Cinderalla by Junko Mizuno
- Ludwig Revolution by Kaori Yuki. .^ The fairy godmother helps Cinderella to the second night of the ball.
- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ The Fairy Godmother goes through the pumpkin, lizard routine to prepare Cinderella.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Fairy Godmother arrives and transforms the make-believe into fact, and Cinderella sets out.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
Also, the Prince doesn't hold the ball to find his wife, but to find the woman with large feet who killed his pet lizard, Isolde.
Cinderella jumprope song
There is a
jumprope song for children that involves Cinderella:
.^ Cinderella went immediately to gather the finest she could get, and brought it to her godmother, not being able to imagine how this pumpkin could help her go to the ball.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Peter and Thomas express their love for Cinderella, with jokes against each other ("How dare you kiss me when my life is not insured") and scorn of the sisters.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderella went upstairs and said, "Little Bird Verdeliò, make me more homely than I am!"- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
1, 2, 3, etc.
Cinderella dressed in blue, went upstairs to tie her shoe, made a mistake and tied a knot, how many knots will she make? 1, 2, 3, etc.
.^ The next day the two sisters were at the ball, and so was Cinderella, but dressed even more magnificently than before.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella went immediately to gather the finest she could get, and brought it to her godmother, not being able to imagine how this pumpkin could help her go to the ball.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ She became clothed in a sea green dress, with so many diamonds that it blinded you to behold her.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
1, 2, 3, etc.
.^ She then went to look into her mousetrap, where she found six mice, all alive, and ordered Cinderella to lift up a little the trapdoor.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The father went, and on his return brought the dress, hat, and shawl for the two sisters, and the little bird for Cinderella.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Anyone but Cinderella would have fixed their hair awry, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
1, 2, 3, etc.
.^ Then a dress fell down that was even more magnificent and more splendid than the other one, made entirely of gold and precious stones.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The father went, and on his return brought the dress, hat, and shawl for the two sisters, and the little bird for Cinderella.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ When they had departed, Cinderella went to the bird: "Little Bird Verdeliò, make me more beautiful than I am!"- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
1, 2, 3, etc.
The counting continues as long as the jumper avoids missing a jump. If they do then the counting starts again.
Variations:
.^ The father went, and on his return brought the dress, hat, and shawl for the two sisters, and the little bird for Cinderella.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella put on her old ash-dress again, went home, dirtied her face, and lay down in the ashes to sleep.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
On the way, her girdle busted. Cinderella was disgusted.
(Heard in Jackson Heights,
Queens, late 1950s)
.^ Cinderella went upstairs and said, "Little Bird Verdeliò, make me more homely than I am!"- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ The father went, and on his return brought the dress, hat, and shawl for the two sisters, and the little bird for Cinderella.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella put on her old ash-dress again, went home, dirtied her face, and lay down in the ashes to sleep.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
how many kisses did she give him?
(Heard in
Northern Ireland)
.^ The father went, and on his return brought the dress, hat, and shawl for the two sisters, and the little bird for Cinderella.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ Cinderella put on her old ash-dress again, went home, dirtied her face, and lay down in the ashes to sleep.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
Made a mistake and kissed a snake, how many stitches did it take?"
Songs
Some popular songs that make reference to the story of Cinderella include:
Video games
.^ Cinderella; or The Sweet Little Maid And The Magic Shoes; or, Love is A Game That We Need Not Lose: A Victorian Pantomime , by Alan Brown.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ Cinderellas stag dream sequence occurs a second time, only this time we see that the boy (the Prince) does not come back to her as he promised.- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Cinderella bears up beside the fire:" It's never dark whilst one's a cheerful heart," she says, and sings "The day when you'll forget me."- Pantomime, Burlesque, and Children's Drama 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.lib.rochester.edu [Source type: General]
^ So, as she went out of church, the prince ran after her, and held the church door open for her; and so he got hold of one of her gloves, which was caught in the door.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
^ As she was eagerly telling her godmother everything that had happened at the ball, her two sisters knocked at the door, which Cinderella ran and opened.- Cinderella 10 February 2010 13:27 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]
She, along with her entire world, will also be in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
See also
- ^ Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: HELP!, p 444, ISBN 0-393-97636-X
- ^ Although both the story's title and the character's name change in different languages, in English-language folklore "Cinderella" is the archetypal name.
- ^ "The Egyptian Cinderella"
- ^ "Cinderella", The Every-day Book and Table Book; or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac, Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science, and General Literature; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communication, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion. Vol III., ed. William Hone, (London: 1838) pp 719-20. Retrieved on 2008-06-05
- ^ Aelian, "Various History", 13.33
- ^ Herodot, "The "Histories", 2.134-135
- ^ Ulrich Marzolph, Richard van Leeuwen, Hassan Wassouf (2004), The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, p. 4, ISBN 1576072045
- ^ Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, 27 vols. (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., 1975) Vol. 6, p. 133-134 -- This encyclopedia set features this error.
- ^ Karasek, Barbara and Hallett, Martin, Folk & Fairy Tales. Ormskirk, Lancashire: Broad View Press, 2002.
- ^ Perrault: Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper
- ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Cinderella"
- ^ Perlman, Janet (1981). "The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin". NFB.ca. National Film Board of Canada. http://www.nfb.ca/film/the_tender_tale_of_cinderella_penguin. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ Anise Hollingshead, "Review of Disney's Cinderella: Magical Dreams," GameZone (10/03/2005).
External links
- Cinderella felt Board Story from *Felt Works
- Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty Felt Board Set from *Story Time Felts US
- EDSITEment Lesson Plan: Teaching aid to "Cinderella" many links and resources, variations in character, setting, and plot elements, parallel versions (from the National Endowment for the HUmanities)
- Aesop fable of Rhodopis and her rose-red slippers
- Ahmanson Library page about Cinderella
- Disney version of Cinderella at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
- Cenerentola by Giambattista Basile (English translation)
- Insights from a Cinderella Story
- Cenerentola in Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile (English translation)
- Disney Princess Cinderella
- If the Shoe Fits (1990 film)
- Photos and illustrations from early Cinderella stage versions, including one with Ellaline Terriss and one with Phyllis Dare
- SurLaLune Fairy Tales.com: The Annotated Cinderella including variations from around the world, illustrations, and more
- The Egyptian Cinderella
- Zezzolla, La Gatta Cenerentola "Cinderella" by Giambattista Basile - (original, Italian version)
- Full text of Cinderella Or, The Little Glass Slipper from "The Fairy Book"
- Cinderella Wallpapers
- Original version and psychological analysis of Cinderella
- Ashputtel by the Brothers Grimm
- Bibliography of Cinderella films