Nutcracker and Mouse King / the Tale of the Nutcracker
Bok av E. T. A. Hoffmann och Alexandre Dumas m.fl.
E. T. A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816)" is a fairy tale of a young girl's magical dream, filled with stories with dark undertone. In 1844, Dumas adapted the tale as a children's story, which is now well known as a ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipas with Tchaikovsky's music.