Don't cook Cinderella [sound recording]
Simon, Francesca200505UU
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A thoroughly subversive and hilarious twist on favourite fairy-tale characters, brilliantly read by Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale with lots of silly sound effects and music. Unabridged. It's just an ordinary day at Mother Goose's Academy. There's Miss Good Fairy teaching the Three Little Pigs, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to read and write, while Miss Bad Fairy is inciting the Ugly Sisters, the Big Bad Wolf, Troll, Wicked Stepmother, Wicked Witch and Jealous Queen to gobble them all up. The result? Chaos! Witty, fast-paced and anarchic, this is a complete story with ten short chapters ('C.A.T. Spells Dog', 'What Troll Learned', 'Snakes and Snails for Lunch') that take us through the school day. This is a wonderful romp that Horrid Henry fans will revel in. '[Simon Russell Beale's] Big Bad Wolf is growlier than Marlon Brando, and his Jealous Queen more languorous than a casting-couch seductress. Inviting mimicry , too, are the snorts of the three little pigs and the lip-smacking 'yumyumyum' of the nasty but dim Troll' Daily Telegraph.
Main title:
Don't cook Cinderella [sound recording] / Francesca Simon; Illustrated by Tony Ross; Read by Simon Russell Beale.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Imprint:
London : Orion Audio Books : [distributor] Littlehampton Book Services Ltd : [distributor] Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Jonathan Ball Publishers SA : [distributor] Arthur Barker Ltd, 2005.
Collation:
(60 min) (96p.) ; 13x14x1 cm.
Notes:
CD-Audio. CD standard audio format. Audiobook.
Biography/History:
Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her English husband, Martin, and their son. When she is not writing books she is doing theatre and restaurant reviews or chasing after her Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti. Simon Russell Beale has starred on stage, screen and TV and has been in numerous roles for The Royal Shakespeare Company. He has won the Lawrence Olivier Theatre Award 3 times and in 2003 was appointed a CBE. His most recent stage success was as King Arthur in the highly acclaimed Monty Python's Spamalot. Other audio titles include Orion's Don't Cook Cinderella by Francesca Simon.
ISBN:
97807528724070752872400
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3347609