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<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:49, 22 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''[[The Mantis and the Moon]]'' is a children's story from Marguerite Poland's 1979 award-winning <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">collections </del>of stories inspired by African oral traditions.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''[[The Mantis and the Moon]]'' is a children's story from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Marguerite Poland<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'s 1979 award-winning <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">collection </ins>of stories inspired by African oral traditions.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Translations and adaptations==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Translations and adaptations==</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;<a href="/index.php/The_Mantis_and_the_Moon" title="The Mantis and the Moon">The Mantis and the Moon</a>&#039;&#039; is a children&#039;s story from Marguerite Poland&#039;s 1979 award-winning collections of stories inspired by African oral traditions. ==Translations...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''[[The Mantis and the Moon]]'' is a children's story from Marguerite Poland's 1979 award-winning collections of stories inspired by African oral traditions. <br /> <br /> ==Translations and adaptations==<br /> <br /> Adapted by [[Moira Katz]] (2025) in a double bill with Poland's ''[[Stubby the Caterpillar]]''.<br /> <br /> ==Performance history in South Africa==<br /> <br /> 1981: An adaptation by H. Britten presented by [[Durban Theatre Foundation Academy]], directed by [[Sandra Herrington]]. <br /> <br /> 2025: Presented by [[National Children's Theatre]] in a double bill with Poland's ''[[Stubby the Caterpillar]]'', directed by [[Ivor Jones]].<br /> ==Sources==<br /> <br /> [[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.<br /> <br /> https://www.joburgstyle.co.za/national-childrens-theatre-african-folktales-mantis-moon/<br /> <br /> Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]<br /> <br /> ==Return to==<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Films]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]</div>

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