![]() ![]() Sam and I said, well, this is a feminist fairy tale, and not everyone will be comfortable with it. You be brave, you be bold, you be confrontational. "It wasn't commercial theater, so from the top down they (the National Theatre) said to us, do not dumb this down. ![]() Although tipped for a Broadway transfer, it was concluded that the show wasn’t commercial enough for American audiences, with Amos saying: Music and lyrics were written by Tori Amos who is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. It follows the journey of Althea and Prince Digby as their two kingdoms, Lagobel and Sealand, go to war. The show follows the story of Princess Althea who is afflicted by a constant weightlessness, keeping her head in the clouds literally and metaphorically! When her mother dies, Althea rejects the nationwide sorrow and ends up floating high above the kingdom, weightless, away from the emotions down below. Based on a Scottish fairy tale by George MacDonald, The Light Princess premiered at the Royal National Theatre’s Lyttleton Theatre in 2013, starring Rosalie Craig in the lead role. ![]()
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