Sleeping Beauty is one of the earliest episodes in the Faerie Tale Theatre series. The production values are lavish and the costumes heavenly. Beverly d’Angelo and Bernadette Peters lead a strong cast.
The story recounts a childless king and queen (played by Sally Kellerman and Rene Auberjonois) who are finally blessed with a child after receiving some helpful advice from a fairy. At the child’s christening, all the fairies are invited to bestow gifts upon the little princess. However, the wicked Henbane (Beverly d’Angelo) gets left off the list and gatecrashes the event, cursing the princess to a premature death from a spindle-prick. Kindly good fairy Cookie (Carol Kane) remedies the curse by changing a few details: the princess won’t die, only sleep until woken by the kiss of a true Prince.
Utterly enchanting. Christopher Reeve is perfect as the Prince, with the cast also including Ron Rifkin and George Dzundra. Beverly d’Angelo is hilarious as the addled Henbane and Bernadette Peters is an ideal princess (she even gets to sing!).
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