Talk:A Little Princess

A Little Princess
I made changes noting that the stageplay was called The Little Princess in New York. I am certain of this from the New York Times, theater programs, etc. What I am uncertain of is exactly when the name was changed to A Little Princess in London. The information I have is that when the play opened at "Terry's" in London on January 19, 1903 (after it opened in New York), it was renamed A Little Princess (see my The Little Princess page). I do not know of this title being used before then. So I edited "By the time it transferred to New York at the start of 1903, however, the title been shortened to the one with which it became famous: A Little Princess" to "Around the time it transferred to New York at the start of 1903, however, the title was shortened to the one with which it became famous: A Little Princess. (It was A Little Princess in London, but The Little Princess in New York.)" I have not consulted primary source materials on the history of the London stage to verify this, but I feel that I am justified in making the edit because the original sentence was incorrect in the first place, implying that the play was A Little Princess in New York. BWongchaowart 02:43, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I checked the London Times and J. P. Wearing's The London Stage, 1900–1909: A Calendar of Plays and Players. There is no reason to believe that the play was called A Little Princess before it transferred to Terry's Theatre on January 19, 1903. BWongchaowart 20:49, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Film/TV adaptations
I have added the 1973 BBC TV production of A Little Princess to this section. I saw it when it was repeated in 1974; I have not seen the later LWT version but I feel sure the BBC one must be as good and deserves a mention.

John Greaves 22:43, 17 August 2005

Thackeray Origins?
Can anyone find some outside mention of the fact that the book seems to have been inspired by the first chapter of Thackeray's "Vanity Fair"? "Vanity Fair's" first chapter describes two girls, Becky and Amelia, leaving a finishing school a la Miss Minchin's. Amelia is a sweet kind girl who is beloved by all and who's politely sent off by the headmistress. She is also rich. Becky is a poor girl with "oddly attractive" green eyes who has a sharp temper and was treated "worse than any servant in the kitchen" by the headmistress throughout her stay. Due to her poverty, she had to teach french classes to younger girls and live in a garret.

Some other points of connection:

In "A Little Princess," Sara befriends the younger orphan Lottie, who begins to call her mamma. In "Vanity Fair," Amelia befriends the younger orphan Laura, who says "I shall call you mamma."

In "A Little Princess," Sara can speak perfect French while as Miss Minchin cannot, and Sara inadvertantly embarrasses Miss Minchin through this ability. In "Vanity Fair," Becky can speak perfect French while as the headmistress cannot, and Becky (on purpose) embarrasses the headmistress through this ability.

As previously mentioned, both Sara and Becky had to teach classes at the school to earn their keep.

Both books have a strict, evil headmistress, and her younger, kinder, submissive and somewhat stupid sister (whom the headmistress bullies). In "A Little Princess," the younger sister is named Amelia, seemingly after Thackeray's sweet (and not very bright) Amelia. The name "Becky" also reappears in the book as that of the school's scullery maid.

Sara and Becky were both sent to the school by their fathers after their mothers died, only to have the father die as well.

Sara is given a doll by her father that she talks to, and is later given another doll by Miss Minchin on her father's credit. Becky is also given a doll by the headmistress (before she comes to school), and she also talks to it, albeit in a different way.

And so on.

Desperate need for cleanup
Reading the second paragraph of the article broke something in my brain and there are other points in the article that are just as strange. B class is too kind, this article should be rated C under Wikipedia's standards. Someone better than I, please fix this! 98.117.116.215 (talk) 18:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Class assignment question: Is the content up-to-date? There is one mention of a 2004 Broadway play being in production. That may be an area to update. Monte141 (talk) 14:37, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Adaptations in LC catalogue
These are some of the LC catalogue records pertaining to adaptations.
 * 1903 print 1911 print 1917 film 1995 film

The article lead mentions "1902 play A Little Un-fairy Princess based on that story", not in the catalogue afaik, but perhaps represented by the 1911 publication. --P64 (talk) 21:19, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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Video Games category
I added the LGBT category because the game A Little Lily Princess is a yuri related game. Saku ura Cart elet  Talk 02:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I removed the LGBT category. I don't think this article should be categorized there only because of the related game. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 17:35, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

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Additions
I read this book for school and there's a LOT more that could be added. 1: At least two mentions for Melchizedec, the rat that Sara befriends. There's literally a chapter NAMED after him!!! 2: A mention of "The Magic" and Sara's reaction to it. 3: The Indian Gentleman's servent's monkey please! this is my list. You can take what should be added and add it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragonia Lover (talk • contribs) 14:39, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

rewrite and sources needed
I moved these sections to talk because of lack of WP:RS and WP:TRIVIA. It doesn't seem practical to list every stage performance of this work - and even if listed, sources are needed for most of the listing.-Classicfilms (talk) 03:48, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

--Musicals Due in part to the novel's public domain status, several musical versions of A Little Princess have emerged in recent years, including: Some of these productions have made significant changes to the book, story and characters, most notably the Sickinger/Atkey version, which moves the action to Civil War-era America.
 * A Little Princess, Music and Lyrics by Eric Rockwell and Margaret Rose, Book by William J. Brooke. World premiere at the Sacramento Theater Company, April 2013.
 * A Little Princess, Princess Musicals - Book and Lyrics by Michael Hjort, Music by Camille Curtis.
 * Sara Crewe, premiered May 2007 at Needham (Boston, MA) Community Theater, first full production November 2007 at the Blackwell Playhouse, Marietta, Georgia; music, lyrics, and book by Miriam Raiken-Kolb and Elizabeth Ellor
 * Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, 2006; music and libretto by Susan Kosoff and Jane Staab
 * A Little Princess, TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, California, premiered 2004; music by Andrew Lippa; book by Brian Crawley; directed by Susan H. Schulman
 * A Little Princess, Wings Theatre, (Off-Broadway, New York, 2003) Book and Direction by Robert Sickinger; music and lyrics by Mel Atkey, musical director/arranger/pianist Mary Ann Ivan
 * A Little Princess, Children's Musical Theater San Jose, May 2002. Book and lyrics by Tegan McLane, music by Richard Link
 * A Little Princess, Bodens Youth Theatre, London, premiering February 2012; music and lyrics by Marc Folan, book by Adam Boden
 * Off-Broadway U.S. Premiere, The Hudson Guild Theater, NYC, May 2014

In addition, Princesses, a 2004 musical currently in development for Broadway, features students at a boarding school presenting a production of A Little Princess. Music and book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner; lyrics and direction by David Zippel.

--Other theatre
 * A theatre adaptation by Belt Up Theatre was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 as 'Belt Up Theatre's A Little Princess'.
 * An adaptation of the book, entitled Sara Crewe: The Little Princess was written by Steve Hays and was featured at CityStage in Springfield MA, performing six shows and starred Carlie Daggett in The title role.
 * A theatre adaptation was written by Lauren Nichols and performed by all for One productions, inc., with original music composed by a young girl, Torilinn Cwanek, at the Allen County Public Library Auditorium in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in February 2013, performing six shows.
 * The London Children's Ballet performed ballet adaptions in 1995 (Choreographer: Harold King), 2004 (Choreographer: Vanessa Fenton) and 2012 (Choreographer: Samantha Raine).
 * Hess Oster's adaptation for youth performers (StagePlays, 2013) has been performed by STARS Drama (2013), Actor's Youth Theatre (2013), Bordentown Theatre (2014), Fruits of the Spirit Academy (2015), Mosaic Children's Theatre (2015), and Shine Performing Arts (2017).

--Video games
 * A Little Lily Princess, a 2016 visual novel game by Hanabira.