Yo, dogg, I heard you got little girls living in your house. You know what that means? ELSA. It means you’ve seen Frozen and it’s aptly-titled sequel Frozen 2 maybe a hundred times. It means you often get “Lost in the Woods” stuck in your head once “Let it Go” has finally done what it says and gone.
But wait! Have you ever read the source material?
Like all the princessy Disney films, Frozen is based on a fairy tale: “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, a 19th Century Danish writer. You know his work. He was also responsible for “The Little Mermaid”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Princess and the Pea”, and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. And probably another 75% of the stories from Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre.
So, inspired by the oncoming cold months and the snow currently covering the North East United States, I’ve read and recorded “The Snow Queen” for you all to enjoy. It’s a different vibe than the other things I’ve shared, but I think it’s pretty good. Lots of voices in this one!
The text for this episode came from Project Gutenberg. If you are interested in reading “The Snow Queen” which is found in Andersen’s Fairy Tales, you can download a public domain e-book here.