König Drosselbart
König Drosselbart (or Die hochmütige Prinzessin) is a German fairy tale collected and published by the Brothers Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859)[1]
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The original tale
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by various authors as King Grisly-Beard, King Thrushbeard or King Grizzle-Beard[2].
The story was translated into Afrikaans by Lydia Pienaar (1936-)[3] and published in in 1970.
The Afrikaans version adapted as an Afrikaans stage play for children in 1963 and called Koning Lysterbaard, probably by the director of the production, Esther van Ryswyk (). A copy of the typed text was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Performance history in South Africa
1963: Staged by the Libertas Teaterklub in Stellenbosch as its first full-length children's production, Koning Lysterbaard, based on a tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm, directed by Esther van Ryswyk.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Pienaar
The text of the typed text of Koning Lysterbaard, held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.
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