Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor is a very popular fictional character who appears as the hero of a story-cycle[1]

BEING WRITTEN

The original story

According to Wikipedia[2], the stories are a late addition to the One Thousand and One Nights cycle, only appearing as an independent cycle in 18th- and 19th-century collections. Sinbad is said to hail from Baghdad and was active during the early Abbasid Caliphate (8th and 9th centuries A.D.). In the course of seven voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has fantastic adventures in magical realms, encountering monsters and witnessing supernatural phenomena.

Translations and adaptations

The status of the Sinbad tales and personality in Western culture has led to numerous translations, adaptations to various media and a wide range of commercial and artistic uses. Many films, television series, animated cartoons, novels, and video games have been made, most of them featuring Sinbad not as a merchant who stumbles into adventure, but as a dashing dare-devil adventure-seeker.

For more details on this see the Wikipedia entry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor

Sinbad's African Adventures by Janice Honeyman

A stage musical by Janice Honeyman, created by Janice Honeyman in 1992.

Performance history in South Africa

1992: Sinbad's African Adventures is a musical by Janice Honeyman.Presented by PACT Drama at the Johanneburg Civic Theatre, directed by Honeyman starring Gina Shmukler (Sinbad), Michael Richard (Mrs Sinbad) and a large cast including Bill Flynn and P.J. Powers. Assitant director Maralin Vanrenen, musical director Peter McLea, choreographer Christopher Kindo. Set designer Andrew Botha, costume designer Lindy Grindlay, lighting designer Jane Gosnell.

Sources

Sinbad's African Adventures theatre programme, 1992.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor

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