Denmark's Queen Margrethe to Design Costumes and Scenery for Thumbelina

Denmarks Queen Margrethe to Design Costumes and Scenery for Thumbelina
Denmark's Queen Margrethe will design the costumes and scenery for an upcoming play based on the fairy tale Thumbelina, written by Hans Christian Andersen.

The popular 64-year-old monarch has done this kind of work before. In 2001, she designed the outfits and scenery for a play inspired by three of Andersen's fairy tales.

"It is a great honour and privilege to be able to work with another show," she said.

Margrethe said she has not yet completed the sketches for Thumbelina, but said she has "more ideas for different characters than there is room for on the stage."

The play will be performed in Copenhagen's Tivoli gardens next year.

Margrethe has also illustrated many books, including a 1977 Danish edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings. In 2003, she did decoupages to illustrate a new edition of Danish writer Karen Blixen's Seven Gothic Tales.