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Prince Charming
[Partial tr. F. Roi Charmant, the name of the hero of the Comtesse d'Aulnoy's L'Oiseau Bleu (1697). In English the name first appears as that of the hero of Planché's King Charming or Prince Charming, and was later adopted for the hero of various fairy-tale pantomimes, esp. the Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.]
A fairy-tale hero; the lover every girl dreams of; a perfect young man.
[1850Times 27 Dec. 5/2 Lyceum... Then followed the principal attraction of the evening, in the shape of a new and original fairy extravaganza, in two acts, entitled King Charming; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Ibid., We would particularly notice..the final scene of the restoration of King Charming.] 1855N.Y. Daily Times 25 Dec. 4/3 The burlesque of ‘King Charming’..The legend is taken from the Countess D'Aulnoy's fairy tale of ‘L'Oiseau Bleu’, and relates to the adventures of the wonderful Prince Charming, an immortal monarch, gifted with perpetual youth. Ibid. 4/4 Mrs. H. C. Watson as Prince Charming scarcely did herself justice. 1862Welcome Guest 4 Jan. 152/3 They tell me I am good looking, but I don't believe it; although the young ladies of my acquaintance, who are too bold for me, call me ‘Prince Charming’. 1913W. J. Locke Stella Maris xv. 205 Love she had heard of, the love of Prince Charming for Princess Rose. 1920[see backfisch]. 1929E. Wilson I thought of Daisy v. 286 When Prince Charming comes along, he's always just a great, big, strong, clean-limbed American. 1931G. C. D. Odell Ann. N.Y. Stage VI. 427 A holiday frippery, Planché's King Charming, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise, ushered in, on Christmas Eve [1855], a success that lasted, without interruption, until January 12th. Ibid. 450 [Laura Keene] hired the unlucky Metropolitan theatre..and advertised the opening for December 24th, with Two Can Play at that Game and Prince Charming... The Broadway Theatre on the same evening produced King Charming, as it called Planché 's extravaganza... Prince Charming was not played at Miss Keene's..some miscreant had so slashed the chief scene of Prince Charming that the play could not be given. 1936R. C. K. Ensor England 1870–1914 vii. 215 He [sc. Rosebery] had come to the front as the Prince Charming of politics—young, handsome, rich, eloquent, candid, and popular. 1939J. Curtis What Immortal Hand iii. 36 She had not the slightest wish to marry anybody from Lowdham Street... No, she wanted some kind of Prince Charming like they had in the pictures. 1939Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xv. 225 There was a look in her eyes that made me think right away that she was feeling he was her Prince Charming. 1945G. Endore Methinks the Lady (1947) ii. 27 And your Prince Charming? You met him at Mona's? 1960E. Eliot They all married Well xiii. 201 Virginia Bonynge was too pretty..to be forever scorned by all the Prince Charmings who abounded in London. 1961Guardian 17 May 6/1 Like most other English schoolgirls, I spent many an hour dreaming... Prince Charmings used to come and carry me off on white chargers. 1975Radio Times 9 Jan. 43/2 They are destined to find their Prince Charmings at a commercial fair in Rochefort. 1976Daily Mail 25 Mar. 22/1 We all know..the story of Cinderella... Our hero is a progressive Prince Charming who doesn't mind the privilege and protocol provided he can marry the girl of his choice. Ibid., Way back in the days of Dr Kildare, Richard Chamberlain must have been every girl's idea of Prince Charming. 1977Christian IV. 124 The beast has by the kiss of love become the Prince Charming who, far from having to be shut away, is now the very life and soul of what I am. |