Wooze Bear

Wooze Bear (or Wooze-Bear) is an original play by Pippa Stein.

Also referred to as WoozeBear and the Zoo-Bears or Wooze Bear and the Zoo-Bears in some sources.

The original text

It was advertised as "a new children's play"

Performance history in South Africa

1977: First performed (as Wooze Bear) at The Nunnery theatre by the Performing Arts Centre of the University of the Witwatersrand from 18th July to 6th August 1977, directed by Malcolm Purkey with Jonathan Paton as "Wooze-Bear", Pamela Paton ("Barelythear"); Pippa Stein ("Little Bear"), Lise Macarthur ("Boobs Bear") and Richard Freedman ("Dr Fraud"). Set design was by William Kentridge and Steven Sack. Poster and programme artwork was by William Kentridge. Costumes were by Ruth Jacobson.

1981: Wooze Bear and the Zoo-Bears presented by Junction Avenue Theatre Company at the Arena Theatre, Rosebank, directed by Malcolm Purkey.

Sources

E-mail correspondence from Mark Sebba (including copies of the poster and programme cover) (18 September, 2024)

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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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