Singing a New ‘Toon

For the record, “Beauty and the Beast” was written by Giovan Francesco Straparola (c.1480-1557) and first published in “Piacevoli notti” in 1550. It was first set to music in Andre Gretry’s opera “Zemire et Azor” in 1771.

In their overt lust for recognition by the motion picture academy, Ms. Woolverton and the politically correct folks at Disney should acknowledge the guys who created their gold mine.

MICHAEL O’MAHONY

Beverly Hills