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First performed as ''[[Laughing Dandino]]'' in December 1975 by the [[Bergvliet Dramatic Society]], directed by [[Jill Fletcher]], with [[Dorothy Le Croisette]] (Narrator), Kevin Barry (Manuel the Blacksmith), [[Ron Fenton]] (Burgomaster),  Tom Bassett (Priest), [[Joan Lawrence]] (Schoolmistress),  
 
First performed as ''[[Laughing Dandino]]'' in December 1975 by the [[Bergvliet Dramatic Society]], directed by [[Jill Fletcher]], with [[Dorothy Le Croisette]] (Narrator), Kevin Barry (Manuel the Blacksmith), [[Ron Fenton]] (Burgomaster),  Tom Bassett (Priest), [[Joan Lawrence]] (Schoolmistress),  
Embla Newton (Burgomaster’s wife), [[Tony Fletcher]] (Dandino) -
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Embla Newton (Burgomaster’s wife), [[Tony Fletcher]] (Dandino), [[Bibby Saleckie]], [[Leslie Tennant]] and [[Pam Davis]]. The puppeteers were [[Christopher Coomer]], [[Duncan Cameron]], [[Nicola Mitchell]],  [[Monica Korpershoek]], [[Jane Evans]], [[Hector Coull]] and [[Anna-Marie Robb]], while the children were played by [[Pat Utley]], [[Mark Banks]], [[Craig Lee]], [[Ross Fenton]], [[Timothy Clark]] and [[Tina Hack]].
 
 
Puppets
 
Housegoblin - Christopher Coomer
 
Punchinello - Duncan Cameron
 
Candytufts - Nicola Mitchell and Monica Korpershoek
 
Gisla - Jane Evans
 
Don Carlos - Hector Coull
 
Grandmother - Anna-Marie Robb
 
 
 
Children
 
Catherine - Pat Utley
 
Joseph - Mark Banks
 
Rudi - Craig Lee
 
Eric - Ross Fenton
 
Peter - Timothy Clark
 
Rosa - Tina Hack
 
 
 
Others
 
Bibby Saleckie
 
Leslie Tennant
 
Rich Stephanie - Pam Davis
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 08:05, 25 April 2016

Laughing Dandino is an stage adaptation of The Story of the Laughing Dandino, a children's story,by Ursula Moray Williams (1911-2006)

The original text

The novel was published in 1948.

A complete draft typescript of a play adaptation of The Story of Laughing Dandino by the author is held in the Ursula Moray Williams Collection at Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books (Reference Number(s) GB 1840 UMW/01/01/11/03, possibly created c 1948)[1].

Translations and adaptations

Laughing Dandino, another adaptation for the stage, was made by Jill Fletcher in 1975.

Performance history in South Africa

First performed as Laughing Dandino in December 1975 by the Bergvliet Dramatic Society, directed by Jill Fletcher, with Dorothy Le Croisette (Narrator), Kevin Barry (Manuel the Blacksmith), Ron Fenton (Burgomaster), Tom Bassett (Priest), Joan Lawrence (Schoolmistress), Embla Newton (Burgomaster’s wife), Tony Fletcher (Dandino), Bibby Saleckie, Leslie Tennant and Pam Davis. The puppeteers were Christopher Coomer, Duncan Cameron, Nicola Mitchell, Monica Korpershoek, Jane Evans, Hector Coull and Anna-Marie Robb, while the children were played by Pat Utley, Mark Banks, Craig Lee, Ross Fenton, Timothy Clark and Tina Hack.

Sources

Correspondence with Frazer Fenton

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1840-umw/umw/01/01/11

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