what happens to tom canty after prince edward assumes his rightful place as king of england?

Novel by Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper

First United states edition
Author	Mark Twain
Land	United States
Language	English
Discipline	Edward Half-dozen of England
Genre	Realistic fiction Children'south literature
Publisher	James R. Osgood & Co.
Publication date	1881
Text	The Prince and the Pauper at Wikisource

The pauper and Prince Edward as imagined in 1882

The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was beginning published in 1881 in Canada, earlier its 1882 publication in the United States.^[1] The novel represents Twain's first try at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of ii young boys who were born on the same day and are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive, alcoholic father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry 8 of England.

Plot [edit]

Tom Canty, youngest son of a very poor family living in Offal Courtroom located in London, has always had a better life, encouraged by the local priest, who has taught him to read and write. Loitering around the palace gates one twenty-four hours, he meets Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales. Coming too close in his intense excitement, Tom is caught and about browbeaten past the Royal Guards. However, Edward stops them and invites Tom into his palace chamber. There, the two boys get to know ane another. Fascinated by each other'south life and their uncanny resemblance to each other and learning they were even born on the same day, they decide to switch places "temporarily". The Prince hides an detail, which the reader later learns is the Great Seal of England, then goes exterior; however, dressed as Tom, he is not recognized by the guards, who bulldoze him from the palace. He somewhen finds his way through the streets to the Canty home. There, he is subjected to the brutality of Tom'southward alcoholic and abusive begetter, from whom he manages to escape, and meets Miles Hendon, a soldier and nobleman returning from war. Although Miles does not believe Edward's claims to royalty, he humours him and becomes his protector. Meanwhile, news reaches them that King Henry 8 has died and Edward is at present the rex.

Tom, dressed as Edward, tries to cope with courtroom customs and manners. His fellow nobles and palace staff think the prince has an illness that has acquired memory loss, and fearfulness he will go mad. They repeatedly enquire him about the missing Swell Seal of England, but he knows naught most it. However, when Tom is asked to sit in on judgments, his common-sense observations reassure them his mind is audio.

As Edward experiences the brutal life of a London pauper immediate, he becomes aware of the stark class inequality in England. In item he sees the harsh, punitive nature of the English judicial system under which people are burned at the pale, pilloried and flogged. He realizes that the accused are convicted on flimsy evidence and branded or hanged for petty offences, and vows to reign with mercy when he regains his rightful place. When Edward declares to a gang of thieves that he is the king and will put an cease to unjust laws, they assume he is insane and hold a mock coronation.

Later on a serial of adventures, including a stint in prison, Edward interrupts the coronation equally Tom is about to be fabricated male monarch. The nobles are shocked at their resemblance but refuse to believe that Edward is the rightful king wearing Tom's clothes until he produces the Groovy Seal of England that he hid earlier leaving the palace.

Edward and Tom switch dorsum to their original places and Edward is crowned Male monarch Edward Half dozen of England. Miles is rewarded with the rank of earl and the family right to sit down in the king'south presence. In gratitude for supporting the new king'south claim to the throne, Edward names Tom the "Rex'southward Ward", a privileged position that he holds for the remainder of his life.

The ending explains that although Edward died at the age of 15, he reigned mercifully due to his experiences, while Tom lived to be a very old man.

Themes [edit]

The introductory quote—"The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; / Information technology blesseth him that gives and him that takes: / 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: information technology becomes / The throned monarch better than his crown"—is office of "The quality of mercy" speech communication from Shakespeare'due south The Merchant of Venice.

While written for children, The Prince and the Pauper is both a critique of social inequality and criticism of judging others by their appearance. Twain wrote of the book, "My thought is to beget a realizing sense of the exceeding severity of the laws of that mean solar day past inflicting some of their penalties upon the King himself and assuasive him a risk to see the residuum of them applied to others..."^[two]

History [edit]

Having returned from a 2d European bout—which formed the basis of A Tramp Abroad (1880)—Twain read extensively well-nigh English language and French history. Initially intended as a play, the volume was originally set in Victorian England before Twain decided to set it further back in time.^[3] He wrote The Prince and the Pauper having already started Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The "whipping-boy story", originally meant as a chapter to be part of The Prince and the Pauper, was published in the Hartford Bazar Budget of July four, 1880, before Twain deleted it from the novel at the proffer of William Dean Howells.^{[ why? ]}

Ultimately, The Prince and the Pauper was published past subscription by James R. Osgood of Boston, with illustrations by Frank Thayer Merrill and John Harley.^[iv]

The book bears a dedication to Twain's daughters, Susie and Clara Clemens, and is subtitled "A Tale For Young People of All Ages".^[3]

Adaptations [edit]

Theater [edit]

The Prince and the Pauper was adapted for the stage during Twain'southward lifetime, an adaptation that involved Twain in litigation with the playwright.^[v] In November 1920, a stage adaption by Amélie Rives opened on Broadway under the direction of William Faversham, with Faversham as Miles Hendon and Ruth Findlay playing both Tom Canty and Prince Edward.^[vi]

An Off-Broadway musical with music past Neil Berg opened at Lamb'southward Theatre on June 16, 2002. The original cast included Dennis Michael Hall as Prince Edward, Gerard Canonico equally Tom Canty, Rob Evan every bit Miles Hendon, Stephen Zinnato every bit Hugh Hendon, Rita Harvey as Lady Edith, Michael McCormick as John Canty, Robert Anthony Jones as the Hermit/Dresser, Sally Wilfert every bit Mary Canty, Allison Fischer every bit Lady Jane and Aloysius Gigl as Father Andrew. The musical closed on August 31, 2003.

English playwright Jemma Kennedy adapted the story into a musical drama which was performed at the Unicorn Theatre in London 2012–2013, directed by Selina Cartmell and starring twins Danielle Bird and Nichole Bird as the Prince and Pauper and Jake Harders every bit Miles Hendon.^[7]

Comics [edit]

1946 Classic Comics embrace

In 1946, the story was adapted into comics form by Arnold Fifty. Hicks in Classics Illustrated ("Classic Comics") #29, published by Gilberton.

In 1962, Dell Comics published Walt Disney'due south The Prince and the Pauper, illustrated by Dan Spiegle, based on the three-part idiot box adaptation produced by Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colour.^[8]

In 1990, Disney Comics published Disney's The Prince and the Pauper, past Scott Saavedra and Sergio Asteriti, based on the animated featurette starring Mickey Mouse.^[9]

Film [edit]

The novel has too been the basis of several films. In some versions, Prince Edward carries identification when he assumes Tom'southward office. While animations such equally the Mickey Mouse version retell the story, other cartoons employ parody (including an episode of the animated television show Johnny Bravo in which Twain appears, begging cartoonists to "allow this tired story die").^[x] Film critic Roger Ebert suggested that the 1983 one-act pic Trading Places (starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy) has similarities to Twain'southward tale due, to the two characters' switching lives (although not by choice).^[11]

A much-abridged 1920 silent version was produced (equally one of his kickoff films) by Alexander Korda in Austria entitled Der Prinz und der Bettelknabe. The 1937 version starred Errol Flynn (as Hendon) and twins Billy and Bobby Mauch as Tom Canty and Edward Tudor, respectively.

A Telugu film version, Raju Peda, was released in 1954 and directed and produced by B. A. Subba Rao and dubbed in to Tamil equally Aandi Petra Selvam in 1957. Afterwards a Hindi film version, Raja Aur Runk, was released in 1968 and directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma. These films "Indianized" many of the episodes in the original story.

1983 Kannada movie Eradu Nakshatragalu was inspired by The Prince and the Pauper.

The Parent Trap has a plot virtually twins swapping places - a Walt Disney adaptation of a 1949 children's volume Lottie and Lisa (German: Das doppelte Lottchen, "The double Lottie") past Erich Kästner, in which identical twins separated in early life swap places to reunite their parents. The film starred Hayley Mills as twins Susan and Sharon. The film was and then remade in 1998 and starred Lindsay Lohan in her feature motion picture debut every bit twins Hallie and Annie.

A 1977 film version of the story, starring Oliver Reed equally Miles Hendon, starring Rex Harrison (like the Duke of Norfolk), Marking Lester and Raquel Welch and directed by Richard Fleischer, was released in the United kingdom as The Prince and the Pauper and in the Us as Crossed Swords.

In 1990 Walt Disney Characteristic Animation released an animated featurette inspired by the novel and starring Mickey Mouse. In this version, Mickey "plays" both of the title roles, with a cast of other Disney characters.

It Takes 2, starring twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, is a loose adaptation of this story, in which two wait-alike girls, 1 the wealthy daughter of a wireless service tycoon and the other an orphan, switch places in order to experience each other's lives.

The 1996 Bollywood motion picture Tere Mere Sapne is loosely based upon this story, in which two boys born on exactly the same date switch places to experience the other's life, whilst learning valuable lessons along the style.

A 2000 moving-picture show directed past Giles Foster starred Aidan Quinn (equally Miles Hendon), Alan Bates, Jonathan Hyde, and identical twins Jonathan and Robert Timmins.

In 2004, The Prince and the Pauper was adapted into an 85-infinitesimal CGI-blithe musical, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, with Barbie playing the blond Princess Anneliese and the brunette pauper Erika. In 2012, a second CGI musical adaptation was released, entitled Barbie: The Princess and the Popstar. In it, Barbie plays a blonde princess named Victoria (Tori) and a brunette pop star named Keira. Both require the life of another, one day they meet and magically alter places.

In 2006, Garfield'due south 2nd live-action film, entitled Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, was another adaptation of the classic story.

A 2007 motion-picture show, A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper starred identical twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

Monte Carlo was some other loose accommodation released in 2011 past 20th Century Play a joke on and starred Selena Gomez.

Raju Peda, produced for Indian television receiver in 1954, is a Telugu-version accommodation of the novel starring N. T. Rama Rao and directed by B. A. Subba Rao.

Television receiver [edit]

A 1962 three-office Walt Disney'southward Wonderful World of Colour television adaptation featured Guy Williams equally Miles Hendon. Both Prince Edward and Tom Canty were played by Sean Scully, using the dissever-screen technique which the Disney studios had used in The Parent Trap (1961) with Hayley Mills.

The 21st episode of The Monkees, aired on Feb 6, 1967, was entitled "The Prince and the Paupers".

• The "Josie And The Pussycats" episode "Swap Plot Flop" has Valerie agreeing to pose as a kidnapped princess who looks merely like her, only for the plan to backfire.

• An episode of "The Osmonds" called "Jimmy And James In London" have Jimmy and Fuji switching places with their doppelgangers.

A 1975 BBC television adaptation starred Nicholas Lyndhurst.

In a 1976 ABC Afterschool Special, Lance Kerwin played the dual role in a modern American-based accommodation of the story entitled P.J. and the President'southward Son. The BBC produced a television accommodation by writer Richard Harris, consisting of half dozen thirty-infinitesimal episodes, in 1976. Nicholas Lyndhurst played both Prince Edward and Tom Canty.

Ringo, a 1978 TV special starring Ringo Starr, involves the erstwhile Beatles drummer trading places with a talentless look-alike.

The BBC TV comedy series Blackadder the 3rd has an episode, "Duel and Duality," where the Prince Regent believes that the Duke of Wellington is after him. The prince swaps dress with his butler Blackadder and says, "This reminds of that story 'The Prince and the Porpoise'." Blackadder corrects him: "and the Pauper," to which the prince replies "ah yes, the Prince and the Porpoise and the Pauper." Since Blackadder the 3rd is set during the early 1800s, this is an anachronism.

In 1996, PBS aired a Wishbone accommodation titled "The Prince and the Pooch" with Wishbone playing both Tom Canty and Edward 6.

The BBC produced a six-part dramatization of the story in 1996, adapted by Julian Fellowes, starring James Purefoy, with Keith Michell reprising his role of Henry VIII.

A 2011 episode of Phineas and Ferb ("Make Play", season 2, episode 64) follows a similar storyline, with Candace switching places with Princess Baldegunde of Drusselstein and discovering that purple life is dull.

Starting with the episode "The Shepherd" (premiered on Dec iv, 2011), the TV serial Once Upon a Time introduced a version of the story where a shepherd named David is the Pauper and Prince James is the Prince.

The 2022 Japanese anime series Princess Principal uses a like story as the groundwork for the characters Ange and Princess Charlotte; their history is revealed by Ange nether the guise of a fairy tale named "The Princess and the Pickpocket". Ten years prior to the kickoff of the serial, Ange, who was actually the real Princess Charlotte, met Princess, who was actually a common pickpocket named Ange and looked identical to her. They befriended one some other and eventually decided to trade places for a 24-hour interval. Soon after the switch, however, a Revolution broke out and divided their land, separating the girls and leaving them trapped in each other'south roles.

In The Princess Switch (a Netflix romantic Christmas film released in November 2022 starring Vanessa Hudgens) Margaret, the Duchess of Montenaro, changes place with baker Stacy who she accidentally meets. That plot results in 2 new love stories.

Video games [edit]

In 1996, C&E, a Taiwanese software visitor, released an RPG video game for Sega Genesis entitled 新乞丐王子/Xīn qǐgài wángzǐ ("New Ragamuffin Prince"). Its story was inspired past the volume, with the add-on of fantastic elements such as magic, monsters, and other RPG themes. The game was ported to PC in 1998. Information technology was eventually licensed in an English translation and released in 2006 equally Beggar Prince past independent game publisher Super Fighter Team. This was one of the first new games for the discontinued Sega platform since 1998 and is mayhap the first video game adaptation of the book.

Come across as well [edit]

• Cultural depictions of Edward Vi of England
• Man in the Fe Mask
• The Prisoner of Zenda

References [edit]

1. ^ Twain, Mark (1882). The Prince and the Pauper; A Tale for Immature People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Retrieved January xxx, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
2. ^ Cope, Jim; Cope, Wendy. "A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of Marker Twain's The Prince and the Pauper" (PDF).
3. ^ ^{a b} Emerson, Everett (2000). Mark Twain, A Literary Life . University of Pennsylvania Printing. p. 119. ISBN9780812235166. the prince and the pauper theme.
4. ^ Rasmussen, R. Kent (1995). Marking Twain A–Z. New York Oxford: Oxford University Printing. p. 314. ISBN0-nineteen-511028-5.
5. ^ "The New York Times, March 9, 1890 Mark TWAIN IS DEFEATED. "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER" Instance DECIDED". TwainQuotes.com . Retrieved 11 August 2016. Edward H,. House, the invalid playwright, has won in his arrange against Samuel 50. Clemens, (Mark Twain.) Judge Daly in the Court of Common Please yesterday handed downward a decision enjoining Daniel Frohman from producing Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson's dramatization of the wealthy Hartford humorist's novel. "The Prince and the Pauper," which recently was seen in this urban center on the stage of the Broadway Theatre.
6. ^ Staff (2001–2012). "The Prince and the Pauper". IBDB Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved i July 2012.
7. ^ "Unicorn Theatre - The Prince and the Pauper". Archived from the original on July 29, 2012.
8. ^ Walt Disney'due south The Prince and the Pauper #01654-207 (Dell, May-July 1962).
9. ^ Disney's The Prince and the Pauper (Disney Comics, Nov. 1990).
10. ^ Johnny Bravo season 2, episode 3 (Hanna-Barbera Productions, 21 August 1999).
11. ^ Ebert, Roger (9 June 1983). "Trading Places Movie Review & Moving picture Summary (1983) | Roger Ebert". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2013-04-10 .

External links [edit]

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• The Prince and the Pauper at Standard Ebooks
• The Prince and the Pauper at Project Gutenberg
• The Prince and the Pauper public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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