What pair of authors used themes and characters from a fairy tale published in 1812?
Snow White "Snow White" is a 19th-century German fairy tale which is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection "Grimms' Fairy Tales". It was titled in German: Sneewittchen (in modern orthography "Schneewittchen") and numbered as Tale 53. The name "Sneewittchen" was Low German and in the first version it was translated with "Schneeweißchen". The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854.
The Fairy of the Lake The Fairy of The Lake is a play written by John Thelwall in 1801. It was published in his book "Poems Chiefly Written in Retirement". It is a melodrama set in approximately the Fifth Century and centres on Arthurian legend. The play was never performed in its time, as it was banned for being too provocative around the same time when Thelwall himself was arrested and tried for treason in England.