This dark tale collected by Hans Christian Andersen ... Karen whose vanity compels her to demand a forbidden pair of red shoes. This version of The Red Shoes shirks none of Anderson's ruthlessness ...

"Even by fairy-tale standards, Hans Christian ... out as especially bleak," said Dave Fargnoli in The Stage. "The Red Shoes" (1845) is about an orphan girl who is bewitched by a pair of red ...

Snow White currently ranks as one of the highest-grossing adaptations of the Snow White fairy tale, which include Disney's ...