Blue Beard’s Closet
Blue Beard has forbidden his new bride to look in the downstairs closet. So what does she do? Of course she does.
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JR Planché
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James Robinson Planché’s most lasting influence was in theatre design, but his translations also helped to popularise classic fairy tales.
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You Shall Go to the Ball
Her sisters are squeezing themselves into their corsets for the King’s ball, but Cinderella is expecting a dreary evening at home.
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