Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm.
Contents
The original tale
Dramatized versions
Performance history in South Africa
Various stage versions of it have been done in South Africa.
1973: The Space (Cape Town) (1973, adapted and directed by Lily Herzberg).
1987: In 1987 a Baxter Theatre/Glynn Day Children's Theatre production was directed by Glynn Day and John Dennison in the Baxter Studio. The cast: Patrick Walton, Lee-Ann Horwood, Glynn Day, Pippa Duffy, John Auld, Rachel Griggs, Kristie Nielsen, Andre Thomas, Maike Boer.
2003: Opera directed by Janice Honeyman, Spier Summer Arts Festival (Feb/March 2003).
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
Playscript (Typescript photocopy) held by NELM: [Collection: BAXTER ARCHIVES]: 2006. 31. 21. Accession Number:MANU-68165.
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