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''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' is a favourite theme for [[pantomimes]] and children's plays, as well as satires.
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#REDIRECT [[Little Red Riding-Hood]]
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=The original fable=
 
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The well known tale of the young girl, her grandmother and the wolf, ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' is a European fairy tale and has its origins in various European folk tales from the 10th century, including the Italian tale of ''[[La finta nonna]]'' ("The False Grandmother"). The two best known and probably most influential versions were written by Charles Perrault ()[] and the Brothers Grimm ()[].
 
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'''For more on the original tales, see "Little Red Riding Hood" in [[Wikipedia]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood] for example.'''
 
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=Adaptations =
 
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The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings. Other names for the story are: "[[Little Red Cap]]" or simply "[[Red Riding Hood]]".
 
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==International adaptations seen in South Africa==
 
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== South African stage productions ==
 
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1948: ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'', produced and directed by [[Bill Brewer]], [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town.
 
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== Puppet and marionette versions in South Africa  ==
 
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1976: A marionette performance by [[Estelle van der Merwe]], first performed 1976 in Parys (OFS) by the [[Parys Library Marionette Group]].
 
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== Radically adapted and/or localized  South African versions ==
 
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''For more details see the individual entries.''
 
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1959: ''[[The Wolf and I]]'' a pantomime by [[Taubie Kushlick]], performed at the [[Carlton Hotel]].
 
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''[[Rooi]]'' ("Red") by [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]],
 
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''[[Rooikêppetjie]]'' ("little red cap") by [[Malan Steyn]], [[Saartjie Botha]] and cast members.
 
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= Sources =
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood
 
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
 
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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