"The Princess and the Pea" (Danish: Prinsessen paa Ærten, lit. 'The Princess on the Pea')[1] is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who is tested to become wife to a lonely prince. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in a cheap booklet on 8 May 1835 in Copenhagen by C. A. Reitzel.
The tale is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as ATU 704, "The Princess and the Pea".[2]
The Princess And The Pea has been suggested to play 10 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.