Confetti

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Confetti is described as "An Entertainment for Performance by 4 Men and 3 Women" by Ian Ferguson ().

The original text

The original performance text consisted of a collection dramatised sketches, based on well-known European fairytales, namely:

The Wise Woman,

The Irish Pig

The Soldier's Tale

The Donkey, The Miller and his Son

The Gingerbread Man

The Three Rogues

The Three Wishes

The Squire's Bride

The Frog Prince


Originally performed in

The text later published by DALRO in 1978, with two texts added - The Goldsmith's Daughter and The Little Match-Girl.

A sequel, Confetti II, was later written as well.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1980: Presented by PACOFS under the direction of Henry Mylne starring Mitzi Booysen, Pieter Brand, Laurens Cilliers, Antoinette Kellermann, Roelf Laubscher, Nico Liebenberg and Roelien Spruyt, opening at the Observatory Theatre on 24 June.

Sources

Along Came a Spider Theatre programme 1980 (announcement of future productions)

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