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''[[Story Theatre]]'' is the title of  a set of modern adaptations of Grimm and Aesop folk fables, by Paul Sills [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills]].
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''[[Story Theatre]]'' refers to two titles: a play by Paul Sils and a production devised by [[Jill Girard]] and [[Joyce Levinsohn]].
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=''[[Story Theatre]]''  by Paul Sills [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills]]=
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
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It is a set of modern adaptations of Grimm and Aesop folk fables. It opened on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre on October 26, 1970.
It opened on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre on October 26, 1970.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1988: Presented by [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] directed by [[Sydney James]] in March and April.
 
1988: Presented by [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] directed by [[Sydney James]] in March and April.
  
== Sources ==
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=''[[Story Theatre]]'' by [[Jill Girard]] and [[Joyce Levinsohn]]=
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1987: Presented by [[Children's Theatre Productions]] in the [[Intimate Theatre]], directed by [[Jill Giard]] and [[Joyce Levinshon]].
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= Sources =
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills'_Story_Theatre
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills'_Story_Theatre
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[[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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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.
  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 307-8.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 307-8.

Revision as of 12:34, 8 May 2026

Story Theatre refers to two titles: a play by Paul Sils and a production devised by Jill Girard and Joyce Levinsohn.

Story Theatre by Paul Sills [1]]

The original text

It is a set of modern adaptations of Grimm and Aesop folk fables. It opened on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre on October 26, 1970.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1974: Produced by PACT and directed by Aubrey Berg with Frantz Dobrowsky, Janice Honeyman, Paul Slabolepszy, Richard Haines and Eckard Rabe.

1975: Presented by CAPAB at the Hofmeyr Theatre, opening 5 April.

1988: Presented by Rhodes University Drama Department directed by Sydney James in March and April.

Story Theatre by Jill Girard and Joyce Levinsohn

Performance history in South Africa

1987: Presented by Children's Theatre Productions in the Intimate Theatre, directed by Jill Giard and Joyce Levinshon.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills'_Story_Theatre

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

Tucker, 1997. 307-8.

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