... also be making comparisons with the designs, styles, characterisations and ideas within the plays. The play "More Grimm Tales" is a European folklore tale, which was written in the 19th century it incorporates the fairytales of the "Grimm Brothers". The story was developed and adapted by Carol Ann Duffy who rewrote the story in 1953 and turned them into play form, the play I am performing "Snow White" was written in 1900s but although it was written at that time the play can be set in any time period. I am comparing this play to "the complete works of Shakespeare" which too was modernised, Shakespeare's plays were originally written in the 1600s (17 century), "The Complete Works Of Shakespeare" modernised the plays and brought them forward to the 21st century (2004) making them written in the past but set in modern times, the reason for this was to make them ...

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