The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is an original fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
A dramatized version of The Snow Queen was written by Michael Martin-Harvey ()[], with music by Margaret More ()[] in the 1940s.
Adapted for the stage by Cecil Jubber.
Performance history in South Africa
Late 1940s: The Martin-Harvey and More text and music were commissioned and performed several times as Christmas entertainment in Johannesburg under the direction of Myrrha Bantock.
1953: Presented by the University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department at the Little Theatre in December, directed by Gretel Mills.
1965: Presented by the Arts Theatre Club at the Guild Theatre, directed by Elaine Shaw.
Sources
Inskip, 1972. p.141.
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