Who wrote aladdin the book

Meanwhile, the sultans righthand man, jafar, is plotting to. Written by the poet tahir abu fasha who also wrote songs for umm. Egyptian actress zouzou nabil 19201996, who gained fame as the voice of shahrazad on radio. Music is by alan menken beauty and the beast with lyrics from howard ashman beauty and the beast, tim rice the lion king and chad beguelin elf, who also wrote the book. Princess jasmine sang only one song in disneys 1992 animated version of aladdin. The grimm brother wilhem and jacob grimm wrote the original aladdin story which was put into film in 1992.

Sure, it was a whole new world, arguably the films most famous song. Karen kreider is an author of childrens books and a product integrity engineer at the walt disney company. Anytime i fell sick, this was my goto book, kind of like an old sweater that. Friend like me, aladdin 1992 we didnt know who was going to play the genie when we wrote the song. Today, listening to the programs archives officially uploaded to youtube last year is a striking reminder of the many classic yet obscure tales that make up the vast corpus of 1001 nights. There was an earlier persian book called hazar afsana a thousand. We were looking at the character as black, a hipster, and i suggested a fats waller. How alan menken and howard ashman wrote aladdins epic. Despite not being part of the original arabic text of the book of one thousand and one nights the arabian nights it is one of the best known tales associated with that collection. Aladdin is part of a centuriesold storieswithinastory called the thousand and one nights also called the arabian nights. It is unclear of who exactly had originally written aladdin. Aladdin is a folk tale, most probably of middle eastern origin. Top ten things you didnt know about aladdin national geographic.

These fantastic and exotic stories rapidly gained popularity. It resurrects three songs written by menken and ashman for the film but not used, and adds four songs written by menken and beguelin. The author of the book, aladdin and his magic lamp, is james howard kunstler. The original aladdin is surprisingly different from the disney version we know today.

Aladdin is a broadway musical based on the 1992 disney animated film of the same name with a book by chad beguelin, music by alan menken and lyrics by howard ashman, tim rice and beguelin. An enchanting and magical collection of fairy tales of middle eastern origin. A french translator by the name of antoine galland had heard the story from an arab syrian storyteller in aleppo, syria. Aladdin original, musical, broadway opened in new york city mar 20, 2014 and is currently playing. Her credits include aladdin and disney princess for little golden books. In the middleeastern town of agrabah, princess jasmine is feeling hemmed in by her fathers desire to find her a royal groom. Darrell baker is an illustrator for childrens books. In the past, credit for telling the tale of aladdin has often gone to antoine galland, a scholar and diplomat who served as a secretary to the french. Video how alan menken and howard ashman wrote aladdin s epic friend like me by ruthie. Aladdin and the wonderful lamp the blue fairy book. His illustrating credits include numerous titles for disney, bob the builder, and little golden books. Aladdin and the little mermaid were both developing at a similar time. Galland writes in his memoirs that a syrian traveler named hanna diyab arrived in paris in the spring of 1709. Gallands volume of the arabian nights that included aladdin was published in 1710, and he said he first heard the story in 1705.

The arabian nights stories were first introduced to europe in a french translation by antoine galland in 1704. Surprising facts about aladdin and the arabian nights interesting. Alan menken tells stories behind 7 classic disney songs. Set in the fictional arabian city of agrabah, the story follows the. The original aladdin story its history and origins. The tale of aladdin is found in the arabian nights tales or one thousand and one nights. Despite not being part of the original arabic text of the book of one thousand and one nights the.

Unknown authorship but what is generally accepted is that aladdin is not part of the arabian nights as traditionally transmitted. Secret authors of the arabian nights, paulo lemos horta said he combed through diyabs memoir looking for clues to aladdin s authorship. How the director of netflixs circus of books found out. As marina warner wrote in her book stranger magic, galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. But for the past two centuries in the west and now throughout the world, only the stories of aladdin, ali. Written by the poet tahir abu fasha who also wrote songs for umm kulthum, the series lasted 26 years on the airwaves, with 820 episodes total. Disneys aladdin isnt the real storythe uncensored original is. The original aladdin story its history and origins pook press. The two earliest arabic manuscripts including the story of.

Aladdin the musical london west end official disney uk. Nicholaw won a 2011 tony award as codirector with trey parker of the book of mormon. Diyab was at versailles a few months before he started telling galland his tales in may 1709. Who is the author of aladdin and his magic lamp answers. Irrespective of who wrote what, the songs are tuneful, if not quite topdrawer.