Mother Goose

Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes.

Original text

Translations and adaptations

A version of Mother Goose, written by Glynn Day.

Performance history in South Africa

1925: A version by Percy Ford presented by African Theatres at His Majesty's Theatre, Johannesburg in December - January 1926, directed by Phil Levard.

1926: The African Theatres production was also presented at the Opera House, Cape Town (February) and Theatre Royal, Durban (March).

1974: Presented by St Stephen's Repertory Society at the St Stephen's Hall, directed by Nan Cunningham.

1978: Presented by Fish Hoek Dramatic Society at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre, directed by Doug Anderson.

1984: Pantomime version presented by PEMADS at the Little Theatre, directed by Robin Williams.

1987: Directed by Glynn Day for a Baxter Theatre/Glynn Day Children's Theatre Production, performed in the Baxter Studio and on tour at the Ford Little Theatre in 1987. The cast: Pippa Duffy, Glynn Day, Corinne Willoughby, Sharon Day, Ricardo Koopman, John Dennison.

1989: Glynn Day's adaptation with music by Pippa Duffy, presented by Story Spinning Theatre was directed by John Dennison and performed in the Baxter Studio in March 1989.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987

Baxter Diary, February-March 1989.

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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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