The Red Shoes (stage version)
Nancy Harris
The Red Shoes
by Hans Christian Andersen
Synopsis
An orphan girl, adopted by a wealthy Dublin family, is given a pair of beautiful red shoes.
At first it appears her dreams have come true... but appearances can be very deceptive.
A contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire and destruction, premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in November 2017.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
SNOGG a gypsy mountebank |
JEMMO his clown |
KAREN an orphan girl |
NELS a cobbler's apprentice |
Publication
PublisherNick Hern Books
Year2017
BindingPaperback
Pages141
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573651014
ISBN-100573651019
eISBN-139781780019963
LCCPR6108
The Red Shoes is a British adaptation play written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Nick Hern Books (2017).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books (eISBN 9781780019963).
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