A Modern Cinderella TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text With one impulse, Di and Laura fled to Nan, and the sisters clung together in a silent embrace, more eloquent than words. John took his mother by the hand, and led her from the room, closing the door upon the sacredness of grief.<br><br>"Yes, we are poorer than we thought; but when everything is settled, we shall get on very well. We can let a part of this great house, and live quietly together until spring; then Laura will be married, and Di can go on their travels with them, as Philip wishes her to do. We shall be cared for; so never fear for us, John."<br><br>Nan said this, as her friend parted from her a week later, after the saddest holiday he had ever known.<br><br>"And what becomes of you, Nan?" he asked, watching the patient eyes that smiled when others would have wept.<br><br>"I shall stay in the dear old house; for no other place would seem like home to me. I shall find some little child to love and care for, and be quite happy till the girls come back and want me."<br> COMMENTS: Visual Text A very sentimental re-purposing of the Cinderella story; it's not about princes and ballgowns. As you would expect from Louisa May Alcott, her godmother is a suitor; her heart is won over by a thoughtful gift of SHOES...and she is transformed through his love for her. A musical adaptation might be possible keeping the original sentimentality, which might then lend itself to a full-length adapation. The opposite impulse might also work: mocking the cornball sentimentality, in which case perhaps the parody would last only for a shorter show. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: AModernCinderella.pdf