The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) the princess accepts. Act III (The Wedding) The royal wedding is underway. Guests include the Jewel Fairies: Diamond, Gold, Silver and Sapphire, and of course the Lilac Fairy. Fairytale characters are in attendance, including Puss in Boots and The White Cat, Princess Florine and the Bluebird, and others. Aurora and Désiré perform a grand Pas de Deux, and the entire ensemble dances. The prince and princess are married, with the Lilac Fairy blessing the union. Titles of all of the numbers listed here come from Marius Petipa's original scenario, as well as the original libretto and programs of the first
Sleeping Beauty (short story) Sleeping Beauty (short story) "Sleeping Beauty" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in the magazine " Infinity Science Fiction" in April 1957, and later anthologized in" Tales from the White Hart". Like the rest of the collection, it is a frame story set in the fictional pub "White Hart", where Harry Purvis narrates the secondary tale. A discussion of bizarre names leads Harry Purvis to describe Sigmund Snoring, whose family had one of those European names that "starts with 'Sch' and carries on in the same manner" but Anglicized it with unfortunate results. Sigmund,