Confetti
Confetti is described as "An Entertainment for Performance by 4 Men and 3 Women" by Ian Ferguson (1937-).
Contents
The original text
First performed in the mid-1970s, with the original performance text consisting of a collection dramatised sketches, based on well-known European fairytales:
The Donkey, The Miller and his Son
When the text was published by DALRO in 1978, it also included two further texts, added as an appendix: The Goldsmith's Daughter and The Little Match-Girl.
According to the handwritten annotations in a performer/director's script for the 1980 production by PACOFS, the text was selectively used, with replacements and new material added. The final selection appears to have consisted of:
Sleeping Beauty (referred to as a burlesque)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1980: Presented by PACOFS, adapted and directed by Henry Mylne with Mitzi Booysen, Pieter Brand, Laurens Cilliers, Antoinette Kellermann, Roelf Laubscher, Nico Liebenberg and Roelien Spruyt. It opened at the Observatory Theatre, Bloemfontein, on 24 June.
Sources
Along Came a Spider Theatre programme 1980 (announcement of future productions)
Annotated script used for the 1980 PACOFS production, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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