genre cinderella 
Sigmund Romberg ( July 29 , 1887  November 9 , 1951 ) was an Austro - Hungarian composer who spent most of his ___MASK100___ life in the United States . He is best known for his musicals and operettas , particularly " The Student Prince " ( 1924 ), " The Desert ___MASK96___ " ( 1926 ) and " The New Moon " ( 1928 ). A troll is a class of being in ___MASK16___ and Scandinavian ___MASK75___ . In Old Norse sources , beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks , mountains , or caves , live together in small ___MASK66___ units , and are rarely helpful to human beings . " Master ___MASK70___ , or The Booted ___MASK70___ ", commonly known in English as " Puss in Boots ", is a European literary ___MASK11___ about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power , wealth , and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low - born master . The oldest record of written history dates from Italian author Giovanni Francesco Straparola , who included it in his " The Facetious Nights of Straparola " ( c . 1550  53 ) in XIV  XV . Another version was published in 1634 , by Giambattista Basile with the title " Cagliuso ". The tale was written in French at the close of the seventeenth century by Charles Perrault ( 1628  1703 ), a retired civil servant and member of the " Académie française ". The tale appeared in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript two years before its 1697 publication by Barbin in a collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault called " Histoires ou contes du temps passé ". The book was an instant success and remains popular . Perrault ' s " Histoires " has had considerable impact on world culture . The original Italian title of the first edition was " Costantino Fortunato ", but was later known as " Il gatto con gli stivali " ( lit . " The cat with the boots "); the French title was " Histoires ou contes du temps passé , avec des moralités " with the subtitle " Les Contes de ma mère l ' Oye " (" Stories or Fairy Tales from Past Times with Morals ", subtitled " Mother Goose Tales "). The frontispiece to the earliest English editions depicts an old woman telling tales to a group of children beneath a placard inscribed " MOTHER GOOSE ' S TALES " and is credited with launching the Mother Goose legend in the English - speaking world . " Puss in Boots " has provided inspiration for composers , choreographers , and other artists over the centuries . The cat appears in the third act " pas de caractère " of Tchaikovsky ' s ___MASK13___ " The Sleeping Beauty ", for example , and makes appearances in other media , most famously the sequels to the animated film " Shrek ( film )". Puss in Boots is a popular pantomime in the UK . The Brothers Grimm (' or '), Jacob ( 1785  1863 ) and Wilhelm Grimm ( 1786  1859 ), were German academics , philologists , cultural researchers , lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing ___MASK75___ during the 19th century . They were among the best - known storytellers of folk tales , and popularized stories such as " Cinderella " (""), " The Frog Prince " (""), " The Goose - Girl " (" Die Gänsemagd "), " Hansel and Gretel " (""), " Rapunzel ", " Rumpelstiltskin " ("")," Sleeping Beauty " (""), and " Snow White " (""). Their first collection of folk tales , " Children ' s and Household Tales " ("), was published in 1812 . Children ' s ___MASK24___ or juvenile ___MASK24___ includes stories , books , magazines , and poems that are enjoyed by children . Modern children ' s ___MASK24___ is classified in two different ways : ___MASK52___ or the intended age of the reader . ___MASK76___ is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea . Sponsors of ___MASK76___ are often businesses who wish to promote their products or services . ___MASK76___ is differentiated from public relations in that an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message . It is differentiated from personal selling in that the message is nonpersonal , i . e ., not directed to a particular individual . ___MASK76___ is communicated through various mass media , including old media such as newspapers , magazines , Television , Radio , outdoor ___MASK76___ or direct mail ; or new media such as search results , blogs , websites or text messages . The actual presentation of the message in a medium is referred to as an advertisement or " ad ". Charles Perrault ( 12 January 1628  16 May 1703 ) was a French author and member of the Académie Française . He laid the foundations for a new literary ___MASK52___ , the ___MASK11___ , with his works derived from pre - existing folk tales . The best known of his tales include " Le Petit Chaperon Rouge " (" Little Red Riding Hood "), " Cendrillon " (" Cinderella "), " Le Chat Botté " (" Puss in Boots "), " La Belle au bois Dormant " (" The Sleeping Beauty "), and " Barbe Bleue " (" Bluebeard "). Some of Perrault ' s versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later . The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera , ___MASK13___ ( such as Tchaikovsky ' s " The Sleeping Beauty "), theatre , and film . Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th - century French literary scene , and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns . ___MASK36___ ( Network extensible Window System ) is a discontinued windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid - 1980s . Originally known as " SunDew ", its primary authors were ___MASK1___ Gosling and David S . H . Rosenthal . The ___MASK36___ interpreter was based on PostScript ( as was the later Display PostScript , although the two projects were otherwise unrelated ) extending it to allow interaction and multiple " contexts " to support windows . Like PostScript , ___MASK36___ could be used as a complete programming language , but unlike PostScript , ___MASK36___ could be used to make complete interactive programs with mouse support and a GUI . ___MASK59___ or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a ___MASK59___ set , a ___MASK59___ program (" TV show "), or the medium of ___MASK59___ transmission . ___MASK59___ is a mass medium , for entertainment , education , news , and ___MASK76___ . A gnome is a diminutive spirit in ___MASK89___ magic and alchemy , first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy ___MASK24___ . Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of ___MASK38___ story tellers , but it is typically said to be a small humanoid that lives underground . ___MASK23___ is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry . These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no ___MASK40___ training . It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or " folk " music . Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music , although since the beginning of the recording industry , it is also disseminated through recordings . Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally , or to smaller , local audiences . ___MASK93___ ( English plural : " operas "; Italian plural : " opere " ) is an ___MASK81___ form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text ( libretto ) and ___MASK40___ score , usually in a theatrical setting . In traditional opera , singers do two types of singing : recitative , a speech - inflected style and arias , a more melodic style . ___MASK93___ incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre , such as acting , scenery , and costumes and sometimes includes dance . The performance is typically given in an opera house , accompanied by an orchestra or smaller ___MASK40___ ensemble , which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor . Flower Drum ___MASK96___ was the eighth ___MASK40___ by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . It was based on the 1957 novel , " The Flower Drum ___MASK96___ ", by Chinese - American author C . Y . Lee . It premiered on Broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the West End and on tour . It was adapted for a 1961 ___MASK12___ . A goblin is a monstrous creature from European ___MASK75___ , first attested in stories from the Middle Ages . They are ascribed ___MASK38___ and conflicting abilities , temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin . They are almost always small and grotesque , mischievous or outright evil , and greedy , especially for gold and jewelry . They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon . Similar creatures include brownies , dwarves , gnomes , imps , and kobolds . The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper , ___MASK50___ and online journalism , ___MASK24___ , and ___MASK40___ composition in the United States . It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American ( Hungarian - born ) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher , and is administered by Columbia University in New York City . Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty - one categories . In twenty of the categories , each winner receives a certificate and a US $ 15 , 000 cash award ( raised from $ 10 , 000 starting in 2017 ). The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal . A ___MASK5___ is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human ___MASK19___ and demonstrating human values , and which possesses certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude . Legend , for its active and passive participants , includes no happenings that are outside the realm of " possibility ", but may include miracles . Legends may be transformed over time , in order to keep them fresh and vital , and realistic . Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty , never being entirely believed by the participants , but also never being resolutely doubted . Oklahoma ! is the first ___MASK40___ written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II . The ___MASK40___ is based on Lynn Riggs ' 1931 ___MASK34___ , " Green Grow the Lilacs ". Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906 , it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams . A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée , Ado Annie . ___MASK87___ is a literary ___MASK52___ : a succinct fictional story , in ___MASK63___ or verse , that features animals , legendary creatures , plants , inanimate objects , or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized ( given human qualities , such as the ability to speak human language ) and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson ( a " moral "), which may at the end be added explicitly as a pithy maxim . A ___MASK11___ is a type of short story that typically features folkloric fantasy characters , such as dwarves , elves , fairies , giants , gnomes , goblins , mermaids , trolls , unicorns , or witches , and usually magic or enchantments . Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends ( which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described ) and explicitly moral tales , including beast fables . The term is mainly used for stories with origins in European tradition and , at least in recent centuries , mostly relates to children ' s literature . Cinderella , or The Little Glass Slipper , is a folk ___MASK79___ embodying a myth - element of unjust oppression / triumphant reward . Thousands of variants are known throughout the world . The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances , that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune . The oldest documented version comes from China , and the oldest European version from Italy . The most popular version was first published by Charles Perrault in " Histoires ou contes du temps passé " in 1697 , and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk ___MASK79___ collection " Grimms ' Fairy Tales ". A ___MASK59___ set , more commonly called a ___MASK59___ , TV , TV set , ___MASK59___ receiver , or telly , is a device that combines a tuner , display , and loudspeakers for the purpose of viewing ___MASK59___ . Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form , ___MASK59___ sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form , using cathode ray tubes . The addition of color to broadcast ___MASK59___ after 1953 further increased the popularity of ___MASK59___ sets in the 1960s , and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes . The ubiquitous ___MASK59___ set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s , such as Betamax , VHS and later DVD . It was also the display device for the first generation of home computers ( e . g ., Timex Sinclair 1000 ) and video ___MASK31___ consoles ( e . g ., Atari ) in the 1980s . In the 2010s flat panel ___MASK59___ incorporating liquid - crystal displays , especially LED - backlit LCDs , largely replaced cathode ray tubes and other displays . The King and I is a ___MASK40___ , the fifth by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II . It is based on the 1944 novel " Anna and the King of Siam " by Margaret Landon , which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens , governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s . The ___MASK40___ ' s plot relates the experiences of Anna , a British schoolteacher hired as part of the King ' s drive to modernize his country . The relationship between the King and Anna is marked by conflict through much of the piece , as well as by a love that neither can admit . The ___MASK40___ premiered on March 29 , 1951 , at Broadway ' s St . James Theatre . It ran nearly three years , then the fourth longest - running Broadway ___MASK40___ in history , and has had many tours and revivals . A lyricist or lyrist is a person who writes lyrics  words for songs  as opposed to a composer , who writes the ___MASK96___ ' s melody . The beast ___MASK87___ or animal ___MASK87___ , usually a ___MASK10___ or poem in which animals talk , is a traditional form of allegorical writing . It is a type of ___MASK87___ in which human behaviour and weaknesses are subject to scrutiny by reflection into the animal kingdom . Rodgers and Hammerstein refers to an influential , innovative and successful American ___MASK40___ theatre writing team consisting of composer Richard Rodgers ( 1902  1979 ) and lyricist - dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1895  1960 ). They created a string of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s , initiating what is considered the " golden age " of ___MASK40___ theatre . Five of their Broadway shows , " Oklahoma !", " Carousel ", " South Pacific ", " The King and I " and " The Sound of Music ", were outstanding successes , as was the television broadcast of " Cinderella ". Of the other four that the team produced on Broadway during their lifetimes , " Flower Drum Song " was well - received , and none was an outright flop . Most of their shows have received frequent revivals around the world , both professional and amateur . Among the many accolades their shows ( and film versions ) garnered were thirty - four Tony Awards , fifteen Academy Awards , the Pulitzer Prize , and two Grammy Awards . A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish . Mermaids appear in the ___MASK75___ of many cultures worldwide , including the Near East , Europe , Africa and Asia . The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria , in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover . Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods , storms , shipwrecks and drownings . In other folk traditions ( or sometimes within the same tradition ), they can be benevolent or beneficent , bestowing boons or falling in love with humans . In fairy tales , a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone , in the role that an actual godparent was expected to ___MASK34___ in many societies . In Perrault ' s " Cinderella ", he concludes the tale with the cynical moral that no personal advantages will suffice without proper connections . The fairy godmother is a special case of the donor . ___MASK40___ theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs , spoken dialogue , acting , and dance . The story and emotional content of a ___MASK40___  humor , pathos , love , anger  are communicated through the words , music , movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole . Although ___MASK40___ theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance , it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue , movement and other elements . Since the early 20th century , ___MASK40___ theatre stage works have generally been called , simply , musicals . Jerome David Kern ( January 27 , 1885  November 11 , 1945 ) was an American composer of ___MASK40___ theatre and popular music . One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century , he wrote more than 700 songs , used in over 100 stage works , including such classics as " Ol ' Man River ", " Can ' t Help Lovin ' Dat Man ", " A Fine Romance ", " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ", " All the Things You Are ", " The Way You Look Tonight ", " Long Ago ( and Far Away )" and " Who ?". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era , including George Grossmith Jr ., Guy Bolton , P . G . Wodehouse , Otto Harbach , Oscar Hammerstein II , Dorothy Fields , Johnny Mercer , Ira Gershwin and E . Y . Harburg . The Academy Awards , or " Oscars ", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy ' s voting membership . The ___MASK38___ category winners are awarded a copy of a ___MASK67___ , officially called the Academy Award of Merit , which has become commonly known by its nickname " Oscar ." The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species . In humans , a parent is the caretaker of a ___MASK72___ ( where " ___MASK72___ " refers to offspring , not necessarily age ). A " biological parent " consists of a person whose gamete resulted in a ___MASK72___ , a male through the sperm , and a female through the ovum . Parents are first - degree relatives and have 50 % genetic meet . A female can also become a parent through surrogacy . Some parents may be adoptive parents , who nurture and raise an offspring , but are not actually biologically related to the ___MASK72___ . Orphans without adoptive parents can be raised by their grandparents or other family members . Rodgers and Hammerstein ' s Cinderella is a ___MASK40___ written for television , with music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II . It is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella , particularly the French version Cendrillon , ou la Petite Pantoufle de Verre , by Charles Perrault . The story concerns a young woman forced into a life of servitude by her cruel stepmother and self - centered stepsisters , who dreams of a better life . With the help of her Fairy Godmother , Cinderella is transformed into a Princess and finds her Prince . Cinderella is the only Rodgers and Hammerstein ___MASK40___ written for television . It was originally broadcast live on CBS on March 31 , 1957 as a vehicle for Julie Andrews , who played the title role . The broadcast was viewed by more than 100 million people . It was subsequently remade for television twice , in 1965 and 1997 . The 1965 version starred Lesley Ann Warren , and the 1997 one starred Brandy Norwood in the title role . Both remakes add songs from other Richard Rodgers musicals . The ___MASK40___ has also been adapted for the stage in a number of versions , including a London West End pantomime adaptation , a New York City Opera production that follows the original television version closely and several touring productions . A 2013 adaptation starring Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana , with a new book by Douglas Carter Beane , opened in 2013 on Broadway . Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28 , 1902  December 30 , 1979 ) was an American composer of ___MASK21___ for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals . He also composed ___MASK21___ for films and ___MASK59___ . He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II . His compositions have had a significant impact on ___MASK23___ up to the present day , and have an enduring broad appeal . The Sound of ___MASK21___ is a ___MASK40___ with music by Richard Rodgers , lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse . It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp , " The Story of the Trapp Family Singers ". Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938 , the ___MASK40___ tells the story of Maria , who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun . She falls in love with the children , and eventually their widowed father , Captain von Trapp . He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy , but he opposes the Nazis . He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children . Many songs from the ___MASK40___ have become standards , such as " Edelweiss ", " My Favorite Things ", " Climb Ev ' ry Mountain ", " Do - Re - Mi ", and the title song " The Sound of ___MASK21___ ". Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II ( July 12 , 1895  August 23 , 1960 ) was an American librettist , theatrical producer , and ( usually uncredited ) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years . Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original ___MASK96___ . Many of his songs are standard repertoire for singers and jazz musicians . He co - wrote 850 songs . Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships ; his collaborators wrote the music . Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers , such as Jerome Kern , with whom he wrote " Show Boat ", Vincent Youmans , Rudolf Friml , Richard A . Whiting and Sigmund Romberg ; but he is best known for his collaborations with Richard Rodgers , which include " Oklahoma !", " Carousel ", " South Pacific ", " The King and I ", and " The Sound of Music ". ___MASK48___ is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience , or gives pleasure and delight . It can be an idea or a task , but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience ' s attention . Although people ' s attention is held by different things , because individuals have different preferences in ___MASK48___ , most forms are recognisable and familiar . Storytelling , music , ___MASK22___ , dance , and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures , were supported in royal courts , developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens . The process has been accelerated in modern times by an ___MASK48___ industry that records and sells ___MASK48___ products . ___MASK48___ evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale , ranging from an individual who chooses a private ___MASK48___ from a now enormous array of pre - recorded products ; to a banquet adapted for two ; to any size or type of party , with appropriate music and dance ; to performances intended for thousands ; and even for a global audience . Monochrome describes paintings , drawings , ___MASK57___ , or photographs in one color or values of one color . A monochromatic object or image reflects colors in shades of limited colors or hues . Images using only shades of grey ( with or without black or white ) are called grayscale or black - and - white . However , scientifically speaking , monochromatic light refers to visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths ( see spectral color ). A godparent , in many denominations of ___MASK43___ , is someone who sponsors a ___MASK72___ ' s baptism , although the term has also been used in a legal sense . In both Christian and secular views , a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the ___MASK72___ ' s upbringing and personal development , and to take care of the ___MASK72___ should anything happen to the parents . A male godparent is a godfather , and a female godparent is a godmother . The ___MASK72___ is a godchild ( i . e . godson for boys and goddaughter for girls ). Lorenz Milton Hart ( May 2 , 1895  November 22 , 1943 ) was the lyricist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart . Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon ," " Mountain Greenery ," " The Lady Is a Tramp ," " Manhattan ," " Where or When ," " Bewitched , Bothered , and Bewildered ," " Falling in ___MASK91___ with ___MASK91___ ," " My Funny Valentine ," " I Could Write a Book ", " This Can ' t Be ___MASK91___ ", " With a ___MASK96___ in My Heart ", " It Never Entered My Mind ", and " Isn ' t It Romantic ?". Charles Rudolf Friml ( December 7 , 1879  November 12 , 1972 ) was a Czech - born composer of operettas , musicals , songs and piano pieces , as well as a pianist . After ___MASK40___ training and a brief performing career in his native Prague , Friml moved to the United States , where he became a composer . His best - known works are " Rose - Marie " and " The Vagabond King ", each of which enjoyed success on Broadway and in London and were adapted for film . ___MASK8___ is a fiction ___MASK52___ set in an imaginary universe , often but not always without any locations , events , or people from the real world . Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element , theme , or setting . Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds . ___MASK8___ is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and ___MASK14___ by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes , respectively , though there is a great deal of overlap between the three , all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction . A fairy ( also " fay ", " fae ", " fair folk "; from " faery ", " faerie ", " realm of the " fays "") is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European ___MASK75___ , a form of spirit , often described as metaphysical , supernatural , or preternatural . The quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns began overtly as a literary and artistic ___MASK56___ that heated up in the early 17th Century and shook the Académie française . The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large , pointed , spiraling horn projecting from its forehead . The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural ___MASK19___ by various writers , including Ctesias , Strabo , Pliny the Younger , and Aelian . The Bible also describes an animal , the re ' em , which some versions translate as " unicorn ". " Sleeping Beauty " (" The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood ") by Charles Perrault or " Little Briar Rose " by the Brothers Grimm is a classic ___MASK11___ written by Charles Perrault , which involves a beautiful princess , a sleeping enchantment , and a handsome prince . The version collected by the Brothers Grimm was an orally transmitted version of the originally literary tale published by Charles Perrault in " Histoires ou contes du temps passé " in 1697 . This in turn was based on " Sun , Moon , and Talia " by Italian poet Giambattista Basile ( published posthumously in 1634 ), which was in turn based on one or more folk tales . The earliest known version of the story is Perceforest , composed between 1330 and 1344 and first printed in 1528 . " Little Red Riding Hood ", or " Little Red Ridinghood ", also known as " Little Red Cap " or simply " Red Riding Hood ", is a European ___MASK11___ about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf . Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century by several European folk tales , including one from Italy called " The False Grandmother ", later written among others by Italo Calvino in the " Italian Folktales " collection ; the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm . The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings . It is number 333 in the Aarne - Thompson classification system for folktales . Variations of the story have developed , incorporating various cultural beliefs and regional dialects into the story . An example of this is " Kawoni ' s Journey Across the Mountain : A Cherokee Little Red Riding Hood ", which introduces Cherokee myths and language into the traditional story . Another such example is " Petite Rouge Riding Hood ", which approaches the story from a Cajun perspective . Show Boat is a 1927 ___MASK40___ in two acts , with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II . Based on Edna Ferber ' s best - selling novel of the same name , the ___MASK40___ follows the lives of the performers , stagehands and dock workers on the " Cotton Blossom ", a Mississippi River show boat , over 40 years , from 1887 to 1927 . Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic , enduring love . The ___MASK40___ contributed such classic songs as " Ol ' Man River ", " Make Believe " and " Can ' t Help Lovin ' Dat Man ". A ___MASK59___ program is a segment of content intended for broadcast on over - the - air , cable ___MASK59___ , or Internet ___MASK59___ , other than a commercial , trailer , or any other segment of content not serving as attraction for viewership . It may be a single production , or more commonly , a series of related productions ( also called a ___MASK59___ series or a ___MASK59___ show ). A myth is any traditional story consisting of events that are ostensibly historical , though often ___MASK61___ , explaining the origins of a cultural practice or natural phenomenon . The word " myth " is derived from the Greek word mythos , which simply means " story ". ___MASK85___ can refer either to the ___MASK83___ of myths , or to a body or collection of myths . Myth can mean ' sacred story ', ' traditional narrative ' or ' ___MASK79___ of the gods '. A myth also can be a story to explain why something exists . ___MASK52___ ( or ; from French " ___MASK52___ " , " kind " or " sort ", from Latin " genus " ( stem " gener -"), Greek  , " gés ") " Bluebeard " ( French : " Barbe bleue ") is a French folktale , the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in " Histoires ou contes du temps passé ". The ___MASK79___ tells the story of a wealthy violent man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors . " The White Dove ", " The Robber Bridegroom " and " Fitcher ' s Bird " ( also called " Fowler ' s Fowl ") are tales similar to " Bluebeard ".