Origins of the Story The plot of The Robber Bridegroom is so old and ubiquitous that folklorists classify it by number--it's a type 955, in which a mysterious man is matched with a maiden daughter, but there is something truly sinister about him. The origin of this specific variant of the tale can be traced
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:29PM on March 9, 2016