The Red Shoes
Published on 7. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84842-713-6 (ISBN)
Description
'Passion has its price.'
An orphan girl, adopted by a wealthy family, is given a pair of beautiful red shoes. At first it appears her dreams have come true... but appearances can be very deceptive.
Nancy Harris's play The Red Shoes is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire and destruction. It premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 2017.
An orphan girl, adopted by a wealthy family, is given a pair of beautiful red shoes. At first it appears her dreams have come true... but appearances can be very deceptive.
Nancy Harris's play The Red Shoes is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire and destruction. It premiered at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in 2017.
Reviews / Votes
'Darkly spectacular... a bold retelling' * Irish Times * 'Charming yet spooky... mixes song and dance with a witty dash of macabre' * Irish Mail on Sunday * 'Dark and delicious' * Irish Independent *More details
Series
Edition
stage version
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-713-6 (9781848427136)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Hans Christian Andersen | Nancy Harris
The Red Shoes
Book
11/2024
Nick Hern Books
€24.00
Article in reprint
Persons
Nancy Harris's other plays include Our New Girl (Bush Theatre, London), No Romance (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) and an adaptation of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata (Gate Theatre, London).