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Tale of Snow White returns to its gory roots at Brisbane festival by Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore and Steph Harmon

The classic Brothers Grimm fairytale turns to the darker side of its source material in new stage productions at this year's Brisbane FestivalEveryone knows that Snow White " paragon of purity, beauty, youth " is hunted down by her wicked stepmother. Or is she? In the first 1812 edition of the Brothers Grimm tale, it is not her stepmother who orders the huntsman to cut out the girl's lungs and liver to eat, but her o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20PM on September 16, 2016

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