The Three Wishes - Revision history

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The Three Wishes a one act play by Ian Ferguson

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The original play

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The original play

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	Annotated script used for the 1980 [[PACOFS]] production, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.		Annotated script used for the 1980 [[PACOFS]] production, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

		+	[[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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	Mid 1970s: A short sketch, based on the tale, was written by [[Ian Ferguson]] and performed as part of the [[PACT]] production of [[Ian Ferguson\|Ferguson's]] "entertainment" called ''[[Confetti]]''.		Mid 1970s: A short sketch, based on the tale, was written by [[Ian Ferguson]] and performed as part of the [[PACT]] production of [[Ian Ferguson\|Ferguson's]] "entertainment" called ''[[Confetti]]''.
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		+	1976: Presented by [[Omnitheatre]] at the [[Rhodes University Theatre]].

	=''[[The Three Wishes]]'' a sketch by [[Ian Ferguson]]=		=''[[The Three Wishes]]'' a sketch by [[Ian Ferguson]]=

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 : Presented in Cape Town with [[Hansel Hewitt]] as director.  The Cape Town production had a coloured cast which, rather uniquely at the time, played to multiracial audiences.
-: Staged at the [[Library Theatre]] as the last production for [[Children's Theatre]] with [[Stanley Coghan]], [[June Hern]].
+: Staged at the [[Library Theatre]] as the last production for [[The Children's Theatre]] with [[Stanley Coghan]], [[June Hern]].
 : Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Drie Wense]]'' by the [[Nasionale Kinderteater]], directed by [[Johan Bernard]], stage managed by [[Johan Geyser]], and featuring [[Lydia Theron]]. Taken on tour of the Transvaal.

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 ==Performances==
-: First staged by [[Children's Theatre Incorporated]] in Johannesburg in 1954 with [[Anna Romain Hoffman]] as director, and in Cape Town in 1955 with [[Hansel Hewitt]] as director.  The Cape Town production had a coloured cast which, rather uniquely at the time, played to multiracial audiences.
+: First staged by [[Children's Theatre Incorporated]] in Johannesburg in 1954 with [[Anna Romain Hoffman]] as director, and  with [[Stanley Coghan]], [[June Hern]] in the cast.
 : Staged at the [[Library Theatre]] as the last production for [[Children's Theatre]] with [[Stanley Coghan]], [[June Hern]].

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 Mid 1970s: A short sketch, based on the tale, was written by [[Ian Ferguson]] and performed as part of the [[PACT]] production of [[Ian Ferguson|Ferguson's]] "entertainment" called ''[[Confetti]]''.
-=''[[The Three Wishes]]'' a one act play by [[Ian Ferguson]]=
+=''[[The Three Wishes]]'' a sketch by [[Ian Ferguson]]=
 Originally written for and published in ''[[Confetti]]'', an "entertainment" by Ferguson, performed in the mid-1970s and published by [[DALRO]] in 1978.

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	A play in two acts by [[James Ambrose Brown]], inspired by an Arabian fairy tale. It tells the story of a dreamy Cape-Malay fisherman whose wife sends him to find the magic genie trapped in a bottle at the bottom of the sea. The text published by [[DALRO]] in 1978.		A play in two acts by [[James Ambrose Brown]], inspired by an Arabian fairy tale. It tells the story of a dreamy Cape-Malay fisherman whose wife sends him to find the magic genie trapped in a bottle at the bottom of the sea. The text published by [[DALRO]] in 1978.
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−	~~Another version, in the form of a short sketch based on the tale, was written by Ian Ferugson and include3d in the text of ''[[Confetti]]'' (also published by [[DALRO]] in 1978)~~

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The original play==
-A play in two acts by [[James Ambrose Brown]], inspired by an Arabian fairy tale. It tells the story of a dreamy Cape-Malay fisherman whose wife sends him to find the magic genie trapped in a bottle at the bottom of the sea.
+A play in two acts by [[James Ambrose Brown]], inspired by an Arabian fairy tale. It tells the story of a dreamy Cape-Malay fisherman whose wife sends him to find the magic genie trapped in a bottle at the bottom of the sea. The text published by [[DALRO]] in 1978.
-Published by [[DALRO]] in 1978.
+Another version, in the form of a short sketch based on the tale, was written by Ian Ferugson and include3d in the text of ''[[Confetti]]'' (also published by [[DALRO]] in 1978)
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	1968: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Drie Wense]]'' by the [[Nasionale Kinderteater]], directed by [[Johan Bernard]], stage managed by [[Johan Geyser]], and featuring [[Lydia Theron]]. Taken on tour of the Transvaal.		1968: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Drie Wense]]'' by the [[Nasionale Kinderteater]], directed by [[Johan Bernard]], stage managed by [[Johan Geyser]], and featuring [[Lydia Theron]]. Taken on tour of the Transvaal.
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		+	Mid 1970s: A short sketch, based on the tale, was written by [[Ian Ferguson]] and performed as part of the [[PACT]] production of [[Ian Ferguson\|Ferguson's]] "entertainment" called ''[[Confetti]]''.

	=''[[The Three Wishes]]'' a one act play by [[Ian Ferguson]]=		=''[[The Three Wishes]]'' a one act play by [[Ian Ferguson]]=

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	[[DALRO]] text of ''[[Confetti]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]], 1978.		[[DALRO]] text of ''[[Confetti]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]], 1978.
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		+	Annotated script used for the 1980 [[PACOFS]] production, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

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 =Sources=
-[[DALRO]] text of ''[[The Three Wishes]]'', 1978.
+[[DALRO]] text of ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' by [[James Ambrose Brown]], 1978.
+[[DALRO]] text of ''[[Confetti]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]], 1978.