The Snow Queen (Musical Stage Version)

Neil Duffield,Hans Christian Andersen

ISBN 10: 1906582408 / ISBN 13: 9781906582401

Published by Aurora Metro Publications, 2011

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Seller Inventory # rev1892012898

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Snow Queen (Musical Stage Version)
• Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906582408
• ISBN 13: 9781906582401
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 99.8 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This vibrant adaptation of beloved children’s author Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen stays true in plot to the original and is ideal for use in schools, amateur groups, youth theatre groups, etc.

A great Christmas tale for all the family.

About the Author

Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author and poet best known for his classic children's works, including "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Emperor's New Clothes".





The fairy stories of Hans Christian Andersen have become so popular among children and adults that they have almost become folk tales, part of the world’s oral tradition of storytelling. The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, The Nightingale, The Red Shoes, The Little Match Girl, Thumbelina, and The Little Mermaid have been enjoyed everywhere for more than 150 years. Andersen, an only child, was born in the Danish city of Odense in 1805; his mother took in washing and his father, who died when he was 11, was a shoemaker. He went to a local school and worked for a weaver and a tailor before, aged 14, moving to Copenhagen. He wrote his first story in 1828. He produced his first novel in 1835 and later wrote five more. He also wrote plays (but was never thought to be much of a dramatist), poetry, which is still popular in Denmark, travel books and an autobiography.

But his lasting fame rests on his 168 fairy tales, from The Tinder Box in 1835 to Urbanus, not published till 1949; The Nightingale was published in 1843 and is said to have been inspired by his unrequited passion for the soprano Jenny Lind, who became known as the ‘Swedish nightingale’. There are now Hans Christian Andersen museums in Odense and Copenhagen, which is also home to the statue of the Little Mermaid.