Gretel

name

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  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Margarete, from German.
  2. 2
    A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

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"In the 1980s an opera production of "Hansel and Gretel" caused a furor because the part of the Witch was played by a man; nobody seemed to care that the part of Hansel, a trouser role, was played by a woman."

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fairy talehansel and gretel

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