The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) quality. "The Sleeping Beauty" is Tchaikovsky's longest ballet, lasting nearly four hours at full length (counting the intermissions). The complete score runs practically 3 hours. It is nearly always cut. At the premiere, Tsar Alexander III summoned Tchaikovsky to the imperial box. The Tsar made the simple remark 'Very nice,' which seemed to have irritated Tchaikovsky, who had likely expected a more favorable response. "The Royal Court": "The Fairies": Carabosse, the evil fairy "The Four Suitors": "The Prince's Hunting Party": "Fairy-Tale Characters": Setting Prologue (The Christening)<br>King Florestan XXIV and his Queen have welcomed their first child, Princess Aurora, and declare
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty included in the Animation Show of Shows. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty is a six-minute-long CG/flash animated socially satirical black comedy short film written by Kathleen O'Rourke, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Darragh O'Connell of Brown Bag Films in 2008. The plot centers on Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, who loses the plotline as she tells her own version of "Sleeping Beauty" to her terrified granddaughter. Granny O'Grimm started life as a character in a sketch in Kathleen O'Rourke's comedy show created by John Walsh and Kathleen. Director Nicky Phelan saw Granny O'Grimm's