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| + | 1974: Presented by [[St Stephen's Repertory Society]] at the [[St Stephen's Hall]], directed by [[Nan Cunningham]]. | ||
1978: Presented by [[Fish Hoek Dramatic Society]] at the [[Fish Hoek Civic Centre]], directed by [[Doug Anderson]]. | 1978: Presented by [[Fish Hoek Dramatic Society]] at the [[Fish Hoek Civic Centre]], directed by [[Doug Anderson]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:48, 6 June 2026
Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes.
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A version of Mother Goose, written by Glynn Day.
Performance history in South Africa
1974: Presented by St Stephen's Repertory Society at the St Stephen's Hall, directed by Nan Cunningham.
1978: Presented by Fish Hoek Dramatic Society at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre, directed by Doug Anderson.
1984: Pantomime version presented by PEMADS at the Little Theatre, directed by Robin Williams.
1987: Directed by Glynn Day for a Baxter Theatre/Glynn Day Children's Theatre Production, performed in the Baxter Studio and on tour at the Ford Little Theatre in 1987. The cast: Pippa Duffy, Glynn Day, Corinne Willoughby, Sharon Day, Ricardo Koopman, John Dennison.
1989: Glynn Day's adaptation with music by Pippa Duffy, presented by Story Spinning Theatre was directed by John Dennison and performed in the Baxter Studio in March 1989.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987
Baxter Diary, February-March 1989.
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 Unpublished doctoral dissertation.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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