<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888 . It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". </P> <P> In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter, meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince," who in reality has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter . Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor . As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold . The statue is then brought down from the pillar and melted in a furnace leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow and they are thrown in a dust heap . These are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city . This is affirmed by God and they live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise . </P> <Ul> <Li> A radio drama adaption by Columbia Workshop was broadcast on 26 December 1936 . </Li> <Li> Another radio version was broadcast in the Philco Radio Hall of Fame on 24 December 1944 . This featured Orson Welles (narrator), Bing Crosby (as The Prince) and Lureen Tuttle as The Swallow . </Li> <Li> A record album called The Happy Prince was recorded on August 21, 1945 and issued in 1946 by American Decca Records, with Orson Welles narrating and Bing Crosby as the Prince . </Li> <Li> In 1969 New Zealand group The La De Das recorded and performed a rock opera based on the story . Band members Bruce Howard and Trevor Wilson conceived the idea in 1967, composing the music with Australian poet Adrian Rawlins narrating the story . </Li> <Li> An animated film adaptation of the story was produced in 1974, starring Glynis Johns as the swallow and Christopher Plummer as the Prince . </Li> <Li> Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child presented a version of the title story set in New York City featuring Ed Koch as the Happy Prince (who was the statue of the city's previous mayor) and Cyndi Lauper as a streetwise pigeon named "Pidge" (in place of the Swallow). </Li> <Li> Leo the Lion Records released a reading of the story performed by Richard Kiley on a recording (#GD01603) including a dramatization of "The Magic Fishbone" by Charles Dickens featuring Julie Harris and Ian Martin and a reading of Rudyard Kipling's story "The Potted Princess" performed by Ms. Harris . </Li> <Li> McDull, Prince de la Bun was partially based on this story . </Li> <Li> In 2012 the Irish composer Vincent Kennedy and playwright John Nee adapted the story for narrator, chorus and orchestra . The Happy Prince was premiered in County Donegal, Ireland in April 2012 with John Nee narrating and acting and Vincent Kennedy conducting and performing . It was broadcast on RTÉ Junior . </Li> <Li> A 1992 musical written by Sue Casson based on the story . </Li> <Li> In 2014, composer Stephen DeCesare released and published his adaption of the "Happy Prince" as a children's musical . "The Happy Prince Home Page". Retrieved 2005 - 01 - 07 . </Li> <Li> In 2015, Irish singer / songwriter Oliver Cole released a song called "The Happy Prince" with vocals from Gemma Hayes on his album "Year of the Bird". "Year of the Bird - Oliver Cole". Retrieved 2015 - 01 - 08 . </Li> <Li> In 2014, Brisbane composer Simon Chan recorded his production as a children's musical featuring members of Opera Queensland Meg Kiddle (the Narrator), D'Arne Sleeman (Chorus), Bernard Wheaton (the Swallow), Patrick Oxley (the Happy Prince), and accompanied by Mark Leung . </Li> <Li> In 2016, British - Canadian composer Tony Matthews composed an operetta version for children which premiered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on December 4, 2016 . "The Happy Prince". </Li> </Ul>

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