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The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" (Danish: Snedronningen) is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. (Danish: Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling. 1845.)[1] The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. The story is one of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories. It is regularly included in selected tales and collections of his work and is frequently reprinted in illustrated storybook editions for children. Contents Narrative division[edit] "The Snow Queen" is a tale told in seven 'stories' (Danish: Historier): - About the Mirror and Its Pieces - A Little Boy and a Little Girl - The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Knew Magic - The Prince and the Princess - The Little Robber Girl - The Lapp Woman and the Finn Woman - What Happened at the Snow Queen's Palace and What Happened Afterwards Story[edit] An evil troll (called the "devil")[2] has made a magic mirror that distorts the appearance of everything it reflects. It fails to reflect the good and beautiful aspects of people and things, while magnifying their bad and ugly aspects. The devil, who teaches a "devil school," took the mirror and his pupils throughout the world, delighting in using it to distort everyone and everything; the mirror made the loveliest landscapes look like "boiled spinach." They tried to carry the mirror into Heaven with the idea of making fools of the angels and God, but the higher they lifted it, the more the mirror grinned and shook with delight, and it slipped from their grasp and fell back to earth, shattering into millions of pieces. These splinters — some no larger than a grain of sand — were blown around and got into people's hearts and eyes, freezing their hearts like blocks of ice and making their eyes like the troll-mirror itself, seeing only the bad and ugly in people and things. Years later, a little boy Kai and a little girl Gerda live next door to each other in the garrets of buildings with adjoining roofs in a large city. One could get from Gerda's to Kai's home just by stepping over the gutters of each building. The two families grow vegetables and roses in window boxes placed on the gutters. Gerda and Kai have a window-box garden to play in, and they become devoted to each other as playmates. Kai's grandmother tells the children about the Snow Queen, who is ruler over the "snow bees" — snowflakes that look like bees. As bees have a queen, so do the snow bees, and she is seen where the snowflakes cluster the most. Looking out of his frosted window one winter, Kai sees the Snow Queen, who beckons him to come with her. Kai draws back in fear from the window. By the following spring, Gerda has learned a song that she sings to Kai: Where the roses deck the flowery vale, there, infant Jesus thee we hail! Because roses adorn the window box garden, the sight of roses always reminds Gerda of her love for Kai. On a pleasant summer day, splinters of the troll-mirror get into Kai's heart and eyes while he and Gerda are looking at a picture book in their window-box garden. Kai becomes cruel and aggressive. He destroys their window-box garden, he makes fun of his grandmother, and he no longer cares about Gerda, since all of them now appear bad and ugly to him. The only beautiful and perfect things to him now are the tiny snowflakes that he sees through a magnifying glass. The following winter, Kai goes out with his sled to play in the snowy market square and — as was the custom — hitches it to a curious white sleigh carriage, driven by the Snow Queen, who appears as a woman in a white fur-coat. Outside the city she reveals herself to Kai and kisses him twice: once to numb him from the cold, and a second time to make him forget about Gerda and his family; a third kiss would kill him. She takes Kai in her sleigh to her palace. The people of the city conclude that Kai died in the nearby river. Gerda, heartbroken, goes out to look for him and questions everyone and everything about Kai's whereabouts. She offers her new red shoes to the river in exchange for Kai; by not taking the gift at first, the river lets her know that Kai did not drown. Gerda next visits an old sorceress with a beautiful garden of eternal summer. The sorceress wants Gerda to stay with her forever, so she causes Gerda to forget all about Kai, and causes all the roses in her garden to sink beneath the earth, since she knows that the sight of them will remind Gerda of her friend. Gerda's warm tears raise one bush above the ground, and it tells her that it could see all the dead while it was under the earth, and Kai is not among them. Gerda flees and meets a crow, who tells her that Kai is in the princess's palace. Gerda goes to the palace and meets the princess and the prince, who is not Kai, but looks like him. Gerda tells them her story, and they provide her with warm clothes and a beautiful coach. While traveling in the coach Gerda is captured by robbers and brought to their castle, where she befriends a little robber girl, whose pet doves tell her that they saw Kai when he was carried away by the Snow Queen in the direction of Lapland. The captive reindeer Bae tells her that he knows how to get to Lapland since it is his home. The robber girl frees Gerda and the reindeer to travel north to the Snow Queen's palace. They make two stops: first at the Lapp woman's home and then at the Finn woman's home. The Finn woman tells the reindeer that the secret of Gerda's unique power to save Kai is in her sweet and innocent child's heart: When Gerda reaches the Snow Queen's palace, she is halted by the snowflakes guarding it. She prays the Lord's Prayer, which causes her breath to take the shape of angels, who resist the snowflakes and allow Gerda to enter the palace. Gerda finds Kai alone and almost immobile on a frozen lake, which the Snow Queen calls the "Mirror of Reason", on which her throne sits. Kai is engaged in the task that the Snow Queen gave him: he must use pieces of ice like a Chinese puzzle to form characters and words. If he is able to form the word "eternity" (Danish: Evigheden) the Snow Queen will release him from her power and give him a pair of skates. Gerda runs up to Kai and kisses him, and he is saved by the power of her love: Gerda weeps warm tears on him, melting his heart and burning away the troll-mirror splinter in it. As a result, Kai bursts into tears (which dislodge the splinter from his eye) and becomes cheerful and healthy again with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks, and also recognizes Gerda. He and Gerda dance around on the lake of ice so joyously that the splinters of ice Kai had been playing with are caught up into the dance. When they tire of dancing they fall down to spell "eternity," the very word Kai was trying to spell. Even if the Snow Queen were to return (although it is never said where), she would be obliged to free Kai. Kai and Gerda then leave the Snow Queen's domain with the help of the reindeer, the Finn woman, and the Lapp woman. They meet the robber girl, and from there they walk back to their home, "the big city." Kai and Gerda find that everything at home is the same and that it is they who have changed; they are now grown up, and are also delighted to see that it is summertime. At the end, the grandmother reads a passage from the Bible: - "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 18:3). Characters[edit] - Gerda (English: /ˈɡɜrdə/), the heroine of this tale, who succeeds in finding and saving Kai from the Snow Queen. - Kai (English: /ˈkaɪ/; Kay), a little boy who lives in a large city, in the garret of a building across the street from the home of Gerda, his playmate, whom he loves dearly. He falls victim to the splinters of the troll-mirror and the blandishments of the Snow Queen. - The Snow Queen (Snedronningen), queen of the snowflakes or "snow bees", who travels throughout the world with the snow. Her palace and gardens are in the lands of permafrost, specifically Spitsbergen. She is successful in abducting Kai after he has fallen victim to the splinters of the troll-mirror. She promises to free Kai if he can spell "eternity" with the pieces of ice in her palace. - The Troll (Trolden) or the Devil (djævlen), who makes an evil mirror that distorts reality and later shatters to infect people with its splinters that distort sight and freeze hearts. Some English translations of "The Snow Queen" translate this character as the "sprite" or the "hobgoblin". - The Grandmother (Bedstemoderen), Kai's grandmother, who tells him and Gerda the legend of the Snow Queen. Some of Grandmother's actions are essential points of the story. - The Old Lady who Knew Magic (den gamle Kone der kunne Trolddom), who maintains a cottage on the river, with a garden that is permanently in summer. She seeks to keep Gerda with her, but Gerda's thought of roses (the flower most favored by herself and Kai) awakens her from the old woman's enchantment. - The Crow (Kragen), who thinks that the new prince of his land is Kai. - The Tame Crow (den tamme Krage), who is the mate of the field crow/raven and has the run of the princess's palace. She lets Gerda into the royal bedchamber in her search for Kai. - The Princess (Prinsessen), who desires a prince-consort as intelligent as she, and who finds Gerda in her palace. She helps Gerda in her search for Kai by giving her warm, rich clothing, servants, and a golden coach. - The Prince (prinsen), formerly a poor young man, who comes to the palace and passes the test set by the princess to become prince. - The Old Robber Woman (den gamle røverkælling), the only woman among the robbers who capture Gerda as she travels through their region in a golden coach. - The Little Robber Girl (den lille Røverpige), daughter of the robber hag. She takes Gerda as a playmate, whereupon her captive doves and reindeer Bae tell Gerda that Kai is with the Snow Queen. The robber girl then helps Gerda continue her journey to find Kai. - Bae (English: /ˈbeɪ/; Bæ), the reindeer who carries Gerda to the Snow Queen's palace. - The Lappish Woman (Lappekonen), who provides shelter to Gerda and Bae, and writes a message on a dried cod fish to the Finn woman further on the way to the Snow Queen's gardens. - The Finnish Woman (Finnekonen), who lives just two miles away from the Snow Queen's gardens and palace. She knows the secret of Gerda's power to save Kai. Jenny Lind[edit] Andersen met Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind in 1840, and fell in love with her, but she was not interested in him romantically (although the two became friends). According to Carole Rosen, Andersen was inspired to model the icy-hearted Snow Queen on Lind after she rejected him as a suitor.[4] Media adaptations[edit] Film and television[edit] - Snezhnaya koroleva (1957) is Soviet animated film, later dubbed by Universal Studios with the voices of Sandra Dee as Gerda, Tommy Kirk as Kay and introduced by Art Linkletter.[5] In the 1990s, the film was redubbed again, this time featuring the voices of Kathleen Turner, Mickey Rooney, Kirsten Dunst and Laura San Giacomo.[6] - Snezhnaya koroleva (1966), a live-action adaptation from the Soviet Union, directed by Gennadi Kazansky.[7] - The Snow Queen (1976), a live-action/animated production released through BBC Enterprises (before restructured as BBC Worldwide), produced by Ian Keill and directed by Andrew Gosling.[8][9] - A 1985 episode of Faerie Tale Theatre starring Melissa Gilbert as Gerda and Lee Remick as the Snow Queen.[10] - Tayna snezhnoy korolevy (The Secret of the Snow Queen) (1986), another live-action adaptation from the Soviet Union, featuring Alisa Freindlich as the Snow Queen.[11] - The Snow Queen (1992), an American animated short, narrated by Sigourney Weaver.[13] - Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice (1994) The second movie of the popular anime series Sailor Moon has the Sailor Senshi dealing with a powerful Snow Princess who intends to freeze the entire Earth and make it her possession. The final season of the series Sailor Stars, also heavily borrows from the story for its opening arc; Queen Nehelenia breaks a mirror and the shards of it fall to the earth. One of the fragments get into Mamoru's eye making him cold and distant. When Nehelenia takes him to a palace in the arctic, Sailor Moon must travel there to rescue him. - The Snow Queen (1995), a British animated adaptation, directed by Martin Gates and featuring the voices of Helen Mirren (as the title character), David Jason, Hugh Laurie, Rik Mayall, and Imelda Staunton.[14] This adaptation deviates significantly from the original fairy tale. A sequel, titled The Snow Queen's Revenge, was released the following year.[15] - Snedronningen (2000), a Danish live-action adaptation, directed by Jacob Jørgensen and Kristof Kuncewicz.[16] - Snow Queen (2002), a television movie by Hallmark, directed by David Wu and starring Bridget Fonda, Jeremy Guilbaut, Chelsea Hobbs, Robert Wisden, and Wanda Cannon.[17] - A 2000 episode of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, featuring Eartha Kitt as the voice of the Snow Queen in an Inuit setting.[18] - The Snow Queen (2005), a BBC television adaptation utilising state of the art effects, merging live-action and computer-generated art.[19] Featuring songs by Paul K. Joyce and starring Juliet Stevenson and the voice of Patrick Stewart, the film was adapted from an 2003 operatic concert held at the Barbican Arts Centre.[20] - Snow Queen (2005 Animated Short Film) on the Danish Anthology series The Fairytaler. - The Snow Queen (雪の女王?) (2005–2006), a Japanese anime series, produced by NHK and animated by TMS Entertainment. - Marko Raat's Lumekuninganna (2010) takes story to contemporary time and motivates character inspired by Kai with love towards older dying woman. - Koscherfilm[21] has been working on its own adaptation[22] of The Snow Queen[23] based on the children's book Gerda and Kai-The Snow Queen Book.[24] Richard Koscher announced[25] the script still looks for the right studio and it was released on Christmas 2012. - Russian studio Wizart Animation, production studio Bazelevs Company, and film company Inlay Film have produced a CG-animated feature film adaptation, titled The Snow Queen, which was released theatrically in Russia in 31 December 2012, internationally in 3 January 2013, and will be released in U.S. theaters on 11 October 2013 and U.S. DVD on 26 November 2013.[26][27] - Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen is inspired by "The Snow Queen", although the film's plot deviates from the original fairy tale.[28] - Elsa, based on the character from the 2013 film, Frozen, appears in the Once Upon a Time third season finale, "There's No Place Like Home", after her urn was accidentally sucked into the time-traveling portal from the Enchanted Forest in the past back to present-day Storybrooke. The first half of the fourth season centers around the arrival of Elsa and her search for her sister Anna. Elsa is portrayed by actress Georgina Haig.[29][30] - The Snow Queen is the main antagonist of the first half of the fourth season of Once Upon a Time where she is played by Elizabeth Mitchell. In this version, the Snow Queen is based more closely on the character from the original story of the same name. She is also the maternal aunt of Elsa and Anna, and has been working in Storybrooke's ice cream shop "Any Given Sundae." In this adaptation, she uses the alias "Sarah Fisher" while in Storybrooke.[31] Computer games[edit] - In December, 2011, Blue Tea Games and Big Fish Games released Rise of the Snow Queen, the 3rd installment of their Dark Parables media franchise. The storyline features elements from the Brothers Grimm's "Snow White" and Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen". - The video game Megami Ibunroku Persona (Otherwise known as Revelations: Persona) and its PSP remake made by Atlus, one of the paths the main story can take features the protagonist's school transform into an Ice Castle. It is ruled by the Snow Queen's mask who takes over the mind of the protagonist's homeroom teacher. To progress through to story, the player must collect mirror shards to repair a mirror to use against the will of the mask. Stage Plays & Musicals[edit] The story has been adapted into numerous stage plays and musicals, notably including: - An opera The Snow Queen was written in 1913 by Slovenian composer Lucijan Marija Škerjanc, but it was lost and never performed.[citation needed] - In 1969 Josef Weinberger produced "The Snow Queen", a Musical Play in Two Acts. Based on the story by Hans Andersen, Book and Lyrics by Winifred Palmer, Musical Score adapted by King Palmer from the Music of Edward Grieg. The author altered Hans Andersens' hero 'Kay' to 'Karl'.[32] - Disney has future plans to turn their 2013 film adaptation, Frozen, into a Broadway musical.[33] - A rock musical adaptation entitled "The Snow Queen: A New Musical" was produced by San Jose Repertory Theatre in December 2013, [34] with music by Haddon Kime, book by Rick Lombardo and Kirsten Brandt, and lyrics by Kime, Brandt, and Lombardo. This adaptation received positive reviews [35] after also being produced at the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Dance productions[edit] - An Off-Broadway dance theater adaptation of The Snow Queen was choreographed and produced by Angela Jones and Noel MacDuffie in 1999 with an original score by John LaSala. The soundtrack was released as an album on TownHall Records in 2000.[37] - On 11 October 2007, the English National Ballet premiered a three-act version of The Snow Queen, choreographed by Michael Corder to a score drawn from the music of Sergei Prokofiev's The Stone Flower, arranged by Julian Philips.[38] - On 23 November 2012, the Finnish National Ballet premiered a two-act version of The Snow Queen, choreographed by Kenneth Greve, music by Tuomas Kantelinen.[39] Inspired works[edit] - The Snow Queen by Evgeny Shvarts (1937): A play by the famous Soviet author loosely based on Anderson's tale, with the introduction of new characters such as the Councillor of Commerce, dealing with ice and therefore close ally of the Snow Queen. - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950): It is possible that the White Witch from C. S. Lewis's novel may be based on the Snow Queen, as she turned Narnia into a snow-covered land, and is also depicted as wearing a white fur coat, kidnapping a boy, and turning her subjects to stone for display in her castle.[40]' - The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (1980): A science fiction novel loosely based on Anderson's tale. - The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey (2008): Book four of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series. Fantasy novel covering the Snow Queen story as a side story to the overall plot line. - Seohyun's concept photo for Girls' Generation's 2011 studio album The Boys was inspired by The Snow Queen. - In the comic book Fables, the Snow Queen and Kai appear as minor characters. - The Snow Queen's Shadow, by Jim C. Hines (2011), part of his Princess Series. Snow White is transformed into the Snow Queen when a spell goes wrong and her magic mirror shatters. - Disney's Frozen (2013) is inspired by The Snow Queen. - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843230/episodes?season=4 See also[edit] Notes[edit] - ^ a b c The Hans Christian Andersen Center - ^ Andersen, Hans Christian (1983). "The Snow Queen". The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories. trans. Erik Christian Haugaard. United States of America: Anchor Books. Retrieved 3 December 2013. - ^ cf. Sixth Story: The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman" - ^ Rosen, Carole (2004). In Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, Brian. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved April 1, 2014. |quote=[W]hen [Lind] rejected him as a suitor she became the Snow Queen, whose heart was made of ice. - ^ Snezhnaya koroleva at the Internet Movie Database - ^ "The Snow Queen" at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Snezhnaya koroleva at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Amazon.co.uk - ^ The Snow Queen at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database - ^ "The Snow Queen" at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Tayna snezhnoy korolevy at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Lumikuningatar at the Internet Movie Database - ^ The Snow Queen at the Internet Movie Database - ^ The Snow Queen at the Internet Movie Database - ^ The Snow Queen's Revenge at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Snedronningen at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Snow Queen at the Internet Movie Database - ^ "The Snow Queen" at the Internet Movie Database - ^ The Snow Queen at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Article on 2003 performance - ^ The Snow Queen - The Movie (© TXU-001-650-698 - WGA 1382055) - ^ The Snow Queen - A story by Richard Koscher based on H.C. Andersen's short story - YouTube - ^ The Snow Queen - The Movie (© TXU-001-650-698 - WGA 1382055) - ^ Gerda and Kai | The Snow Queen Book by Richard Koscher - ^ Richard Koscher ist in vielen Medien zu Hause > Kleine Zeitung - ^ "Snow Queen". Wizart Animation. Retrieved 23 December 2011. - ^ Snow Queen Release Info in IMDb - ^ Frozen (2013) at the Internet Movie Database - ^ Snetiker, Marc (May 11, 2014). "'Once Upon a Time' season finale: 39 burning/freezing questions about [SPOILER]'s introduction!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 12, 2014. - ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (July 1, 2014). "Once Upon a Time Casts Two Frozen Characters for Season 4". TV Line. Retrieved July 1, 2014. - ^ Logan, Michael (September 18, 2014). "Once Upon a Time Gets Frozen When Anna and Elsa Visit Storybrooke". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014. - ^ "The Snow Queen". The Guide to Musical Theatre. - ^ "Disney Already Discussing 'Frozen' Becoming A Broadway Musical - /Film". Slashfilm.com. - ^ "San Jose Repertory Theatre". Sjrep.com. ""A Fairy-Tale That Rocks‘ - The Snow Queen,’ Based on a Hans Christian Anderson Story"". New York City: The New York Times. - ^ "The New York Musical Theatre Festival :: The Snow Queen". Nymf.org. - ^ "The Snow Queen". TownHall Records. Retrieved 25 April 2012. - ^ "The Snow Queen, The Coliseum, London". The Independent. Retrieved 29 January 2014. - ^ "The Snow Queen". opera.fi. Retrieved 29 September 2013. - ^ Thefreelibrary.com External links[edit] - The Snow Queen at the Hans Christian Andersen website - SurLaLune's Annotated The Snow Queen - Free audiobook from LibriVox - Once Upon a Time (season 4 - "There's No Place Like Home") (2013-2014) - Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) - Frozen Free Fall (2013) - Disney Infinity (2013) - Club Penguin (2013) - Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) - Frozen (franchise) - Get a Horse! - The Snow Queen (1845) - List of accolades received by Frozen
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Snježna kraljica Snježna kraljica, no ne sljemenska već Andersenova, stiže u Viroviticu pod redateljskom paskom Draška Zidara. Snedronningen ili Snježna kraljica jedna je od najduljih i najhvaljenijih bajki Hansa Christiana Andersena, objavljena 1845. godine. Tema joj je vječna borba dobra i zla, koju će iskusiti i dvoje najboljih prijatelja, djevočica Gerda i dječak Kai. Bajka o Snježnoj kraljici, Kaiu i Gerdi, o demonskom ogledalu, ružama i snijegu, jednom zaleđenom i jednom plamtećem srcu, ispričana je kroz sedam priča, od kojih svaka obiluje porukama, poukama, neobičnim likovima i slikama, fantastičnim ali i realističnim elementima i emocijama. Prva nas priča upućuje u povijest nastanka demonskog ogledala čiji će komadić završiti u Kaievu srcu i oku, dovesti do njegove transformacije i pokrenuti zaplet. Priroda je demonskog ogledala, uratka samog Vraga, u iskrivljavanju, prenaglašavanju i transformaciji reflektirane slike. Sve lijepo i dobro, u njemu se ogledalo ružnim i zlim, a sve ružno i zlo, postaje još naglašenije. Kada su ga vražji učenici željeli približiti Raju s ciljem ismijavanja anđela i Boga, ono se razbilo u tisuće sitnih komadića koji su se raspršili zemljom i dospjeli u mnoga ljudska srca, čineći ih hladnima poput leda. Od druge do sedme priče, kronološkim se redom niže pripovjest o Kaiu i Gerdi, nerazdvojnim prijateljima iz velikog grada, koji su većinu vremena provodili zajedno, igrajući se na svojim balkonskim vrtovima u kojima su, uz povrće, rasli i opjevani grmovi crvenih ruža. Dječju idilu i nježno prijateljstvo prekidaju komadići đavoljeg ogledala koji se zabijaju u Kaievo oko i srce, trenutno promijenivši njegovu osobnost i ponašanje. Kai postaje okrutan i hladan, racionalan i logičan. Uništava vrt, ismijava baku, ponižava Gerdu. Jedino čemu se divi, u čemu vidi smisleno savršenstvo je snježna pahuljica gledana kroz povećalo. Postavši nezadovoljan svim i svakim, Kaj se jedne zime prepušta zavodljivosti Snježne kraljice koja ga odvodi u svoji dvorac sazdan od hladnoće, leda i snijega. Snježna će ga kraljica poljubiti dva puta. Jednom da zaboravi Gerdu, svoju obitelj i djetinjstvo, drugi put kako bi postao otporan na izvanjsku, ali i vlastitu unutrašnju hladnoću. Gerda kreće u potragu za Kaiom, noseći sa sobom istinsko prijateljstvo, hrabrost i odlučnost, bezuvjetnu ljubav, toplo, neiskvareno i ubrzano srce. Ispituje sve i svakoga jesu li ga vidjeli. Pa i rijeku u kojoj se, po nagađanjima sugrađana, Kai utopio. Gerda joj u zamjenu za Kaiev život nudi svoje nove crvene cipelice. No, rijeka joj ih vraća i odvodi ju do sljedeće postaje u priči: do stare i osamljene žene koja zna čarati, u čijem je vrtu prepunom cvjeća vječno ljeto. Ona začara Gerdu i sakrije sve ruže u vrtu kako ju ne bi podsjetile na Kaia i potaknule na nastavak puta. Ali zaboravlja na ružu koja ukrašava njezin šešir i koja će biti dovoljan podsjetnik za Gerdu. Njezine tople suze čežnje za Kaiom potaknut će ruže na ponovno nicanje, a nju pokrenuti na daljnje traganje na kojem susreće vrana koji ju uvjerava kako je njezin prijatelj postao kneginjin dugo tražen i priželjkivan suprug. Uz vranovu pomoć, Gerda dolazi do kneginje ali ni tamo ne pronalazi svog prijatelja. Dirnuti njezinom pričom o Kaiu, njihovim pijateljstvom i Gerdinom odlučnošću da ga pronađe, kneginjica i knežević ju opremaju za nastavak puta. Topla odjeća i zlatna kočija privući će razbojnike koji će ju orobiti i zarobiti. Svojom naravi i opetovanom pričom o razlogu svog nezaustavljivog putovanja, Gerda će pridobiti naklonost Male razbojnice te će u društvu njezinog soba Jelenka krenuti u smjeru Snježnog pola, prema otoku Spitsberg na kojem je ustoličena Snježna kraljica. Usput se zaustavljaju dva puta, prvo kod stare Laponke, koja na listu suhog bakalara ispisuje poruku mudroj i moćnoj Čuhonki, a potom kod Čuhonke, koja može upravljati vjetrovima i spremati brojne napitke. Ona otkriva tajnu Gerdine snage, potrebne za nastavak puta i ispunjenje misije: ta se tajna nalazi u Gerdi samoj, u njezinom toplom, dobrom i neiskvrenom srcu. Nakon uklanjanja još nekoliko prepreka, Gerda pronalazi smrznutog, otupljenog i beživotnog Kaia, opčinjenog riješavanjem izazova koji mu je postavila Snježna kraljica: ukoliko od komadića leda složi riječ vječnost, postat će „svoj gospodar“ te zauzvrat dobiti „čitav svijet“ i „par novih klizaljki“. Kai isprva ne prepoznaje Gerdu, no ona zagrljajem i toplinom suza radosnica otapa njegovo zaleđeno srce, a poljupcima mu vraća vitalnost i životnu radost. Dječak i djevojčica se vraćaju kući gdje je sve ostalo isto. Sve osim njih. Kaieva baka poantira priču citirajući rečenicu iz Matejevog evanđelja da samo oni nalik djeci mogu doseći Kraljevstvo nebesko. Snježna kraljica doživjela je svu silu adaptacija, kako onih filmski i televizijskih, tako i radijskih, a najnovija domaća na daske Kazališta Virovitica stiže u režiji Draška Zidara. vrsta predstave: za djecu i mlade produkcija: Kazalište Virovitica datum premijere: 12.10. 2013