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| − | ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' is a well known fairy tale by | + | ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' is a well known fairy tale, based on various folk tales from the 14th century, and written up by various authors over the ages. The best known textual versions are perhaps ''La Belle au bois dormant'' ("The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood") by Charles Perrault and ''[[Dornröschen]]'' ("Little Briar Rose") by the Brothers Grimm. The story has been staged in a variety of ways over the years, very often as a pantomime, operetta, ballet, or musical, on stage, ice, and film. The quintessential film is of course the 1954 Walt Disney animated film. |
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=== ''Sleeping Beauty'' by [[Darryl Nel]]. === | === ''Sleeping Beauty'' by [[Darryl Nel]]. === | ||
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This is an operetta, written for use by primary school children. | This is an operetta, written for use by primary school children. | ||
| + | ===''Sleeping Beauty'' by [[Janice Honeyman]]=== | ||
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Revision as of 05:41, 18 January 2016
Sleeping Beauty is a well known fairy tale, based on various folk tales from the 14th century, and written up by various authors over the ages. The best known textual versions are perhaps La Belle au bois dormant ("The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood") by Charles Perrault and Dornröschen ("Little Briar Rose") by the Brothers Grimm. The story has been staged in a variety of ways over the years, very often as a pantomime, operetta, ballet, or musical, on stage, ice, and film. The quintessential film is of course the 1954 Walt Disney animated film.
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South African texts and adaptations
Sleeping Beauty by Darryl Nel.
This is an operetta, written for use by primary school children.
Sleeping Beauty by Janice Honeyman
A pantomime.
South African productions
2000: Performed as a musical by Kempton Arts and Theatrical Society.
2003: Performed as a musical by Kempton Arts and Theatrical Society
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty
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