Who wrote aladdin the book

Unknown authorship but what is generally accepted is that aladdin is not part of the arabian nights as traditionally transmitted. Aladdin and the wonderful lamp the blue fairy book. Her credits include aladdin and disney princess for little golden books. An enchanting and magical collection of fairy tales of middle eastern origin. Aladdin original, musical, broadway opened in new york city mar 20, 2014 and is currently playing.

The tale of aladdin is found in the arabian nights tales or one thousand and one nights. Top ten things you didnt know about aladdin national geographic. Despite not being part of the original arabic text of the book of one thousand and one nights the. The original aladdin story its history and origins. Written by the poet tahir abu fasha who also wrote songs for umm. Sure, it was a whole new world, arguably the films most famous song. Gallands volume of the arabian nights that included aladdin was published in 1710, and he said he first heard the story in 1705. Aladdin and the little mermaid were both developing at a similar time. Aladdin the musical london west end official disney uk. The grimm brother wilhem and jacob grimm wrote the original aladdin story which was put into film in 1992. His illustrating credits include numerous titles for disney, bob the builder, and little golden books. Irrespective of who wrote what, the songs are tuneful, if not quite topdrawer. How the director of netflixs circus of books found out.

Disneys aladdin isnt the real storythe uncensored original is. 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. We were looking at the character as black, a hipster, and i suggested a fats waller. There was an earlier persian book called hazar afsana a thousand. Anytime i fell sick, this was my goto book, kind of like an old sweater that. It is unclear of who exactly had originally written aladdin. But for the past two centuries in the west and now throughout the world, only the stories of aladdin, ali. Ford for andrew langs arabian nights entertainments, published in 1898. Nicholaw won a 2011 tony award as codirector with trey parker of the book of mormon. These fantastic and exotic stories rapidly gained popularity. Alan menken tells stories behind 7 classic disney songs. The two earliest arabic manuscripts including the story of. Secret authors of the arabian nights, paulo lemos horta said he combed through diyabs memoir looking for clues to aladdin s authorship.

Diyab was at versailles a few months before he started telling galland his tales in may 1709. Friend like me, aladdin 1992 we didnt know who was going to play the genie when we wrote the song. Aladdin is part of a centuriesold storieswithinastory called the thousand and one nights also called the arabian nights. Set in the fictional arabian city of agrabah, the story follows the. Meanwhile, the sultans righthand man, jafar, is plotting to. The author of the book, aladdin and his magic lamp, is james howard kunstler.

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. Egyptian actress zouzou nabil 19201996, who gained fame as the voice of shahrazad on radio. 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. Surprising facts about aladdin and the arabian nights interesting. The original aladdin is surprisingly different from the disney version we know today. Galland writes in his memoirs that a syrian traveler named hanna diyab arrived in paris in the spring of 1709. Video how alan menken and howard ashman wrote aladdin s epic friend like me by ruthie. Aladdin is a folk tale, most probably of middle eastern origin. Who is the author of aladdin and his magic lamp answers.

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. Karen kreider is an author of childrens books and a product integrity engineer at the walt disney company. 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. The arabian nights stories were first introduced to europe in a french translation by antoine galland in 1704. It resurrects three songs written by menken and ashman for the film but not used, and adds four songs written by menken and beguelin. 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.