Jack and the Beanstalk
A South African version by Michelle Botha and Thomas Barlow. One-act. Cast: mixed (for Children).
Done in South Africa by Children's Theatre in 1984, with Michael Brunner, **.
Other versions done in South Africa include a pantomime by Janice Honeyman and Ralph Trewhela and a production written and directed by Glynn Day, performed in the Baxter Studio in 1986, starring John Dennison, Pippa Duffy, Joey Wishnia and Patrick Walton. (Chad Abrahams, James Plaatjies, Annette Hamilton, Liana Collet, Bronwyn van Graan, Matthew Roberts??).
A puppet play version by Teatro Dei Piccolo ('Theatre of the Little People') and Keith Anderson.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
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