The Nutcracker (adaptation)

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fairy tale adaptation literary work

The Nutcracker (adaptation) is Alexandre Dumas’s popular 19th-century retelling of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale that later served as the primary literary source for Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet.

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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 3
Dumas’s Nutcracker 1
The Nutcracker (ballet) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale adaptation ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
adaptationRelationship simplifies Hoffmann’s original story ⓘ
softens darker elements of Hoffmann’s tale ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alexandre Dumas’s adaptation of The Nutcracker ⓘ
The Nutcracker (adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: Dumas’s Nutcracker
author Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
authorNationality French ⓘ
basedOn The Nutcracker (adaptation) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre children’s literature ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
hasAntagonist Mouse King ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Marie ⓘ
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ
surface form: the Nutcracker
hasSubject battle between toys and mice ⓘ
enchanted kingdom of sweets ⓘ
toys coming to life ⓘ
influenced The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ
surface form: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
influencedBy German Romantic literature ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryInfluence classical ballet repertoire ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
notableAdaptationOf The Nutcracker (adaptation) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
originalTitle Histoire d’un casse-noisette ⓘ
primarySourceFor The Nutcracker (adaptation) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Nutcracker (ballet)
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
setting Christmas season ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
theme Christmas ⓘ
childhood imagination ⓘ
magic ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marius Petipa ⓘ
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
workType retelling ⓘ

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The Nutcracker (adaptation) → alsoKnownAs → The Nutcracker (adaptation) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dumas’s Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) → basedOn → The Nutcracker (adaptation) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The Nutcracker (adaptation) → basedOn → The Nutcracker (adaptation) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The Nutcracker (adaptation) → notableAdaptationOf → The Nutcracker (adaptation) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Alexandre Dumas → notableWork → The Nutcracker (adaptation) ⓘ
The Nutcracker (adaptation) → primarySourceFor → The Nutcracker (adaptation) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nutcracker (ballet)