Nutcracker Sweet
‘’Nutcracker Sweet’’ is a musical play by David Wood.
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The original text
Set in the Nutty May Fair, the play follows the struggle of the nuts – including Kernel Walnut, Monkey Nut, William the Conker, Gypsy Brazil and Old Ma Coconut – against the villainous confectioner Professor Jelly Bon Bon, who is searching for nuts with which to create a new chocolate assortment.
The Redgrave Theatre, Farnham commissioned Nutcracker Sweet and first performed the play for Christmas 1977. Several repertory productions followed, and in 1980 the play was presented by Whirligig Theatre on tour and at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1986: Produced by the Dramatic Society of East London at the Guild Theatre (19-27 March), and the Port Elizabeth Opera House, directed by Michele Brandenburger with musical direction by Lana Uys. The cast included Bill Young, Ian Guest-Jamie, Mickey Staddon, Cathy Pulford, Les Chapman, Gary Ashdown and Joy McFarlane.
Sources
Nutcracker Sweet programme, 1986.
https://www.davidwood.org.uk/plays/plays_nutcracker_sweet.htm
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