The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass
The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass (Till Eulenspiegel in German) is a collection of tales about the fictional character were first published anonymously in a Schwankbuch, a form of joke book, in 1511 in Strassburg, Germany.
Translated into English by by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie and published in 1860.
Contents
The original text
Adapted for the stage, simply titled The Marvellous Adventures of Tyl.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1984: Performed in Cape Town by the CAP Theatre Company at schools and community organisations, directed by Phyllis Klotz.
Sources
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Eulenspiegel
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