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| − | GERARD [GIRARD?], Jill. (19*-) Director. * Initally working with [[Joyce Levinsohn]], she sought to resurrect theatre for children, after the demise of the [[Children’s Theatre Organization]]. They initally worked under the name of the [[Children's Theatre]], doing ''[[The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen]]'' at the [[Sandown Hall]] in 1980, an Easter holiday production, ''[[Tales of Beatrix Potter]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1983, ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' and ''[[Aladdin]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1986 and an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s ''[[Just So Stories]]'' in the old elephant house at the Johannesburg Zoo in the same year. She then went on to form her own company, [[People’s Theatre]], based at the [[Intimate Theatre]]. They presented ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' and ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' in 1991, ''[[Peter Pan]]'' in 1992 and with the backing of Nedbank and Penguin Publishers, she took a tour of ''[[Peter Rabbit and Other Tales]]'' to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban in 1993. (Tucker, 1997)
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