User blog:Grnmachine1/Into the woods setting explained

So, Into the Woods was made into a movie. I loved it!

But the setting can be confusing at times. eg, who lives where? How many villages are there? Well, heres a breif explination.

There are the woods, and a village, right? No, two villages. Jack's mother say to take the cow to the next village over, implying theres TWO villages. This is supported also by the fact the baker and his wife do not know jack or the cow despite jack's mom saying "Everyone in THIS village knows the cows been dry for weeks!" And the baker and his wife do not know that.

Now, we know that Granny and Rapunzel live in the woods, and the the princes live in the castle, which is separate from the two villages, but what about Cinderella and Little Red? Well, Cinderella likely lives in Jack's village, as we see her step mother's cart passing jack's mother in the opening scene. Little Red likely lives in the same village the baker does due to her buying bread from him. Lastly the Witch. She lives in the baker's village, which is kind of obvious, and confirmed by the witch being called "The witch next door" by the baker.

Kinda useless, but the setting can be confusing to some. Plus i have nowhere else to put this so..... here it is!