SuitabookThe secret in the wings
Mary Zimmerman
- Reading
- Pause at the shifts between tales and notice what the stage directions or production choices might make the audience imagine; this can help keep the bleak pauses in perspective.
- Themes
- Fear and story: A child’s situation with a frightening babysitter frames fairy tales that pause at bleak moments before later resuming. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The tales are described as having dark mystery and bleak turning points, while the babysitter is frightening to the child. The eventual handling of the framing story is not clear.