Good Grief, a Griffin
Good Grief, a Griffin is a musical play for young people by Eleanor Harder (1925-2022)[1] and Ray Harder ()[2]
Contents
The original text
A dramatization of The Griffin and the Minor Canon, by Frank Stockton (1834-1902)[3], it is an inventive legend of how the last living griffin visited a conservative little town and shook its citizens out of their complacency.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1971: Presented as a charity fundraiser at the Port Elizabeth Opera House, directed by Marjorie Gilbey.
1975: Performed by CAPAB
Sources
https://www.abebooks.com/9780876021316/Good-Grief-Griffin-Eleanor-Harder-0876021313/plp
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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