Story Theatre

Story Theatre refers to two titles: a play by Paul Sils and a production devised by Jill Girard and Joyce Levinsohn.

Story Theatre by Paul Sills [1]]

The original text

It is a set of modern adaptations of Grimm and Aesop folk fables. It opened on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre on October 26, 1970.

Performance history in South Africa

1974: Produced by PACT and directed by Aubrey Berg with Frantz Dobrowsky, Janice Honeyman, Paul Slabolepszy, Richard Haines and Eckard Rabe.

1975: Presented by CAPAB at the Hofmeyr Theatre, opening 5 April.

1988: Presented by Rhodes University Drama Department directed by Sydney James in March and April.

Story Theatre by Jill Girard and Joyce Levinsohn

Performance history in South Africa

1986: Presented by Children's Theatre Productions in the Intimate Theatre, directed by Jill Girard and Joyce Levinsohn.

1987: Presented by Children's Theatre Productions in the Intimate Theatre, directed by Jill Girard and Joyce Levinsohn.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills'_Story_Theatre

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

Tucker, 1997. 307-8.

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