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Other productions include: ''[[The Children of Camp Fortuna]]'', ''[[The Princess of Tartary]]'' by Daniele Vare (Min Sack – prod).1959, ''[[Little Gipsy Gay]]'' by Molly Masters & Evelyn Wales, ''[[The Land of the Dragon]]'' by Madge Miller (Min Sack -prod) 1961. ''[[The Stranger]]'' by [[Brian Way]]. | Other productions include: ''[[The Children of Camp Fortuna]]'', ''[[The Princess of Tartary]]'' by Daniele Vare (Min Sack – prod).1959, ''[[Little Gipsy Gay]]'' by Molly Masters & Evelyn Wales, ''[[The Land of the Dragon]]'' by Madge Miller (Min Sack -prod) 1961. ''[[The Stranger]]'' by [[Brian Way]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:58, 29 May 2026
Inspired by Cobie Court, the Pretoria Theatre for Children was founded in 1958 in the Baker Memorial Hall.
Productions
1959: Court also produced the first production for the PTC, Beauty is Fled by P.V. Carroll on 16/17 October 1959 with pupils of the Hatfield Primary School.
Other productions include: The Children of Camp Fortuna, The Princess of Tartary by Daniele Vare (Min Sack – prod).1959, Little Gipsy Gay by Molly Masters & Evelyn Wales, The Land of the Dragon by Madge Miller (Min Sack -prod) 1961. The Stranger by Brian Way.
1978: How Jan Klaasens Cured the King
1980: Heidi
1981: The Amazing Adventures of Tambootie the Puppet
1982: The Tinder Box
1984: The Wizard of Oz
1985: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Macbeth - An Experimental Play (adapted and directed by Dirk Klopper, Piet van der Walt Theatre)
1987: Aladdin
Sources
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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