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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wildefirst published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince".
Contents
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• 1 "The Happy Prince" o 1.1 Adaptations
• 2 "The Nightingale and the Rose" o 2.1 Adaptations o 2.2 Literary Adaptations
• 3 "The Selfish Giant" o 3.1 Adaptations
• 4 "The Devoted Friend"
• 5 "The Remarkable Rocket"
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 External links
"The Happy Prince"[edit]

Illustration for the first edition by Walter Crane
In a town where a lot of poor people suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who in reality has never experienced true happiness. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds. The statue is then torn down and melted leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow which are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city by God, so they may live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise.
Adaptations[edit]
• A radio drama adaption by Columbia Workshop was broadcast on 26 December 1936.
• A record album was produced in the 1940s by American Decca Records, with Orson Welles narrating and Bing Crosby as the Prince.[1]
• In 1969 New Zealand group the La De Das recorded and performed a rock opera based on the story. Band members Bruce Howard

References: There are many adaptations of this story in the form of operas and ballets. These include: • One act opera by Renzo Bossi, an Italian composer, (Como 1883 - Milan 1965) in one act, op • A cantata by Henry Hadley, an American composer and conductor, (Somerville, Massachusetts, 1871 - New York, 1937) The Nightingale and the Rose, (libretto E.W. Grant), op. 54, S, SSAA, orchestra (New York, 1911); see the link. • An opera by Hooper Brewster-Jones, an Australian composer (Orroroo, S. Australia, 1887 - Adelaide, 1949) The Nightingale and the Rose, 1927 (after Wilde of which only an orchestral suite survives. • A ballet by Harold Fraser-Simson, an English composer, (London, 1872 - Inverness, 1944) The Nightingale and the Rose, (based on Wilde) (1927); [www.fullerswood.fsnet.co.uk/fraser-simson.htm see the link]. • A ballet by Janis Kalnins, a Canadian composer and conductor of Latvian parentage. (Pärnu, Estonia, 3 November 1904 - Fredericton 30 November 2000) Lakstigala un roze [The Nightingale and the Rose], (after Oscar Wilde), Riga, 1938. • One act ballet by David Earl, a South African composer (b 1951) - The Nightingale and the Rose, 1983 Literary Adaptations[edit]