The Three Little Pigs
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The original tale
South African stage adaptations
The Three Little Pigs by Glynn Day
Written and directed by Glynn Day, presented in 1986 as a Baxter Theatre/Glynn Day Children's Theatre Company Production, with music and lyrics by Pippa Duffy. Cast: Pippa Duffy, Corinne Willoughby, Fiona Jonkers, Ricardo Koopman, Glynn Day, John Dennison.
A musical version with music and lyrics by Pippa Ross-Duffy was directed by Rick Everett in March 1999, Sanlam Studio at the Baxter Theatre Centre.
Sources
Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short, (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987. Cape Town: Baxter Theatre.
The Three Little Pigs by the Story Spinning Theatre Company
The Story Spinning Theatre Company presented their funny, exciting, musical version of The Three Little Pigs starring John Dennison and Joey Wishnia at the Port Elizabeth Opera House.April 12, 1998?:
The Three Little Pigs by Rob van Vuuren, James Cairns, Albert Pretorius and Tara Notcutt
Described as a comedy thriller, in which two good pigs are dead. The mutilated bodies of the brothers, decorated police officers both, were found in their respective homes on the same night of a grizzly revenge crime. The prime suspect, a wolf, is still at large… and he wants the third little pig dead. Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Performed at the KKNK in 2013 by Rob van Vuuren, James Cairns and Albert Pretorius, directed by Tara Noncut with music by Gary Thomas.
==Source:
KKNK programme, 29 March-6 April 2013)
The Three Little Pigs theatre poster, No year on poster.
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