When Charles Dickens Met Hans Christian Andersen: The Nightmare Visit - Booktryst (blog)


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When Charles Dickens Met Hans Christian Andersen: The Nightmare Visit
Booktryst (blog)
by Stephen J. Gertz In June 1847, Hans Christian Andersen, who had won acclaim throughout Europe and America for his childrens stories, visited England for the first time. The great Dane earned triumphal social success during his summer in London as ...

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Isadoora opens 'Striking 12' for two-week run - Door County Advocate

Isadoora opens 'Striking 12' for two-week run
Door County Advocate
Janet Anderson makes her directorial debut with this production. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Little Match Girl," "Striking 12" is the story of a grumpy guy who resolves to avoid the hectic, loveless world on New Year's Eve until he's ...

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Charles Dickens takes pride of place at book fair - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times
Charles Dickens takes pride of place at book fair
Los Angeles Times
In 1847, Dickens and the fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen ("The Little Match Girl," "Thumbelina") hit it off at a social event in London. The visiting author invited Dickens to come by his lodgings a few days later, and when Dickens showed up ...

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THE LITTLE MERMAID to Make Dutch Premiere in May - Broadway World

THE LITTLE MERMAID to Make Dutch Premiere in May
Broadway World
The story of The Little Mermaid was inspired by the famous short story from 1836 by Hans Christian Andersen and based on the Disney film The Little Mermaid in 1989. The script for the musical is written by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug ...

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RHS Presents 'Once Upon A Mattress' - Patch.com

RHS Presents 'Once Upon A Mattress'
Patch.com
The Broadway classic features a cast of 95 students accompanied by a 25-piece student orchestra and retells Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of The Princess and the Pea. “This show is one of Broadway's crown jewels,” notes Musical Director and ...

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Daily Bread - Philippine Star

Daily Bread
Philippine Star
Hans Christian Andersen, author of such well-known fairy tales as “The Emperor's New Clothes,” had a phobia of being buried alive. As a result, he always carried a note in his pocket telling anyone who might find him unconscious not to assume he was ...

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Theater of Voices review: Radiant and wrenching - San Francisco Chronicle

Theater of Voices review: Radiant and wrenching
San Francisco Chronicle
In an effort to decouple the pathos and emotional directness of Bach's Passion settings from their Christian contexts, he wrote a vocal work that replaced the biblical narrative with a similarly heart-wrenching tale from Hans Christian Andersen, ...
Review: Two works by composer David Lang showcased at Stanford San Jose Mercury News

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