The Classic Fairytales

Charles Way was born in Devon in 1955, trained as an actor at the Rose Bruford College in London, then joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-Education team, for whom he wrote his first professional play in 1978. He became Resident Writer at Theatre Centre in London and has since written over forty plays including adaptations, radio, television and large-scale community theatre. His work has been translated into French, German, Russian, Greek and Welsh and performed all over the world. In 1996 his play 'A Spell of Cold Weather' won the Writers’ Guild Award for Best Children's Play. He was also invited to the Sundance Institute in Utah to work on The Dove Maiden, which subsequently toured Britain with Hijinx Theatre Co. He is a member of the Writers’ Guild, and the Welsh Academy of Authors. He lives in Wales, with his wife and two children. ‘…more people in Wales have seen a Charles Way stage play than one by any other writer working here. He has also been produced in Britain more than any other living Welsh-based playwright… his plays can be complex, subtle, elusive, metaphorical, mythic, magical... David Adams From 'State of Play, Four Playwrights of Wales,' Gomer Press, edited by Hazel Walford Davies.

Introduction by Roger Haines 6

Sleeping Beauty 9

Cinderella 115

Beauty and the Beast 159