{"product_id":"sleeping-beauty-9781854597427","title":"Sleeping Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her. Written by acclaimed director Rufus Norris for the Young Vic Theatre, London.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time there was a beautiful Princess who was loved by everyone. Well... almost everyone. Cursed by a wicked fairy, she pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOne hundred years later, a Prince wakes her with a kiss. But the Prince isn't as brave as he should be – and his mother's a bit of an ogress...\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBased on Perrault's 17th-century classic, Rufus Norris's \u003cem\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond the kiss into a perilous world of beastly shadows, nasty smells and a forest full of enchanted trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt was first performed at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in December 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Outstanding... mixes the mythic and the macabre... What makes the show so dazzling is Norris' ability to appeal to children and adults alike. Kids around me seemed entranced, as I was, by the unfolding narrative'\u003c\/p\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Weird and wonderful... Rufus Norris' darkly and drolly imaginative version... Both direct and sophisticated, primal and glintingly allusive, this \u003cem\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e continues the Young Vic's proud tradition of mounting the best Yuletide show in London'\u003c\/p\u003e * Independent *","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413997396311,"sku":"9781854597427","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781854597427.jpg?v=1730522104","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sleeping-beauty-9781854597427","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}