The Slipper and the Rose - Adapted by Bryan Forbes

 Tis first edition hardback of the story of Cinderella, adapted by Bryan Forbes (the film's director) from the film's screenplay that he wrote with Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (who were also the film's music composers).

'The Slipper and the Rose' is a joyous retelling of one of the best known fairy tales in the world - the story of Cinderella, who overcomes the cruelty and envy of her stepmother and stepsisters to marry the handsome prince. It is a story that, in one form or another, has been with us for over a thousand years.

This retelling by Forbes captures the romantic spirit of Charles Perrault rather than the broad slapstick of modern pantomime, yielding a magical fable of truth and goodness triumphant.

The film itself starred Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven (as Cinderella), Annette Crosbie, Dame Edith Evans, Christopher Gable, Sir Michael Hordern, Margaret Lockwood, and Kenneth More, with Sir David Frost as executive producer, and was chosen for the Royal Film Performance 1976 in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

This superb book is now HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE and RARE to find.