As a child, I was fed Grimm tales and similar books by parents and teachers knowledgeable about what they were giving me.

It took me a long time as a child in Germany, saturated with Grimm tales, to accept my stepmother.

And as in the Grimm tales, cruelty and bloodshed abound.

Some translations of the Grimm tale give the princess the name Rosamond.

Where they not Dwarfs in the original Brothers Grimm tale?

In the Grimm tale, the woodcutter and his wife are the children's biological parents and share the blame for abandoning them.

In 1997 she published a sequel, More Grimm Tales.

"Grimm Tales" continues at the New Victory through Jan. 3.

This retelling of the Grimm tale could also be called a dramatic monologue - or a one-woman show with minimal props.

"Grimm Tales" is a bold, inventive, sometimes enchanting theatrical endeavor, performed with great good humor and energy by the members of the talented cast.