Marin Theatre Company's THE LITTLE MERMAID Opens Tomorrow
Before the show, children will be provided materials to create their very own decorative fish to hang on a wall or a "twirling mermaid" to hang from the ceiling. Additionally, MTC is again partnering with Amazing Fairytale Parties to offer young patrons the chance to meet a real-life Little Mermaid for children and families to take pictures with!
No collection of fairy tales would be complete without the works of the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Many of the more than 160 fairy tales he wrote, including The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, The Little Match Girl, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Mermaid, have become literary classics enjoyed by children and adults the world over.
Andersen was born on April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark to a very poor family. His father, who died when Andersen was only 11, would entertain him with old Danish legends and stories from The Arabian Nights, which influenced his writings as an adult.
Andersen spent most of his twenties traveling the world and writing poems, books, and plays, which met with some success, though it was not until he was 30 years old that he started writing fairy tales. His first small book of fairy tales immediately became popular, and from then on his fame grew rapidly, spreading from country to country.
In 1867 he returned to Odense to be honored by his country. He published his last fairy tales in 1872, and after a long illness, he died in Copenhagen on August 4, 1875.
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