Sunday, June 1, 2008

Mermaid shows in our time and project title

1. 'The Little Mermaid', a fairy tale, first published in 1937, by the Danish poet and author Hans
Christian Andersen.


Vilhelm Pedersen illustration
- It is about a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human price.
- Only allowed by his father to swim to the surface at the age of 15
- Saved a Prince from drowning
- Sold her voice to the evil sea witch and lost her tail in order to get near to the Prince
- In the end, didn't get the Prince, was transformed into deadly cold sea foam
- No name - only use 'the prince', 'the little mermaid', 'the sea witch', etc.

2. An American traditional-animated feature film by The Walt Disney Animation Studios - 'The Little Mermaid'

The Little Mermaid original poster



The Little Mermaid poster


3. A stage musical by Disney Theatrical based on the animated film 1989 'The Little Mermaid' and the classic story of The Little Mermaid fairy tale, 'The Little Mermaid' (musical)-2007

Sierra Boggess as Ariel in the stage musical

Playbill cover for The Little Mermaid at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

4. Neptune's Daughter (1914) film starring Annette Kellerman and directed by Herbert Brenon, the first feature film about mermaids.

After all the research that I've done, I've decided my project title on; 'The Legendary and Mythology on Mermaids in Persisting Mermaid Shows in our time.'