Difference between revisions of "Confetti"
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''[[The Frog Prince]]'' | ''[[The Frog Prince]]'' | ||
| + | When the text was published by [[DALRO]] in 1978, it also included two further texts, added as an appendix: ''[[The Goldsmith's Daughter]]'' and ''[[The Little Match-Girl]]''. | ||
| + | According to the handwritten annotations in a performer/director's script for the 1980 production by [[PACOFS]], the text was selectively used, with replacements and new material added. The final selection appears to have consisted of: | ||
| − | + | ''[[The Wise Woman]]'', | |
| − | + | ''[[The Bremen Town Musicians]]'' | |
| − | + | ''[[The Soldier's Tale]]'' | |
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| + | ''[[The Three Rogues]]'' | ||
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| + | ''[[Cinderella]]'' | ||
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| + | ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (referred to as a [[burlesque]]) | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 9 December 2022
Confetti is described as "An Entertainment for Performance by 4 Men and 3 Women" by Ian Ferguson ().
Contents
The original text
The original performance text consisted of a collection dramatised sketches, based on well-known European fairytales, namely:
The Donkey, The Miller and his Son
When the text was published by DALRO in 1978, it also included two further texts, added as an appendix: The Goldsmith's Daughter and The Little Match-Girl.
According to the handwritten annotations in a performer/director's script for the 1980 production by PACOFS, the text was selectively used, with replacements and new material added. The final selection appears to have consisted of:
Sleeping Beauty (referred to as a burlesque)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1980: Presented by PACOFS under the direction of Henry Mylne starring Mitzi Booysen, Pieter Brand, Laurens Cilliers, Antoinette Kellermann, Roelf Laubscher, Nico Liebenberg and Roelien Spruyt, opening at the Observatory Theatre on 24 June.
Sources
Along Came a Spider Theatre programme 1980 (announcement of future productions)
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