Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault (; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales. The best known of his tales include "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "Le Chat Botté" ("Puss in Boots"), "La Belle au bois Dormant " ("The Sleeping Beauty") and "Barbe Bleue" ("Bluebeard"). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later.
Kilcock They include "Grease", "The King and I", "Oliver!", "Finian's Rainbow", "Godspell", "My Fair Lady", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Man of La Mancha", a multi award-winning "Sweeney Todd", "The Pirates of Penzance", "Carousel", "The Witches of Eastwick", "Billy", "Sweet Charity", "Guys and Dolls" and "Zorba". They also have recently presented pantomime productions of "Treasure Island", "Aladdin", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Sinbad", "Robin Hood", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty". Plays include "Da", "Juno and the Paycock", "The Memory of Water", "The Plough and the Stars", "Allo, Allo", "Dancing at Lughnasa", and "The Beauty Queen of Leenane". The Society