
Cinderella
Written by P.H. Adams and Conrad Carter
Directed by Fred Cawte 1969
*performed at the Wildhorse Theatre, Fort Steele heritage Town

The Cast
Debbie Skelton ..… Cinderella
Brent Carver …........ Buttons
Val Salmon …..…..…. Fairy Godmother
Joan Arlt .................… Prince Charming
Maurice MacKay …. Baron Hangover
Cliff Owen .............… Baroness Hangover
Janet Littlejohn ..... Hortense Hangover
Pat Townsend ........ Ermyntrud Hangover
The Chorus
Cathy Dresler
Diane Douglas
Bronwyn Jones
Laverne Atchison
Christine Tengum
June Cawte
Diana Wiznowich
Patricia Clarke
The Crew
Patricia Clarke ........… Choreography
Louise Stropky ....…. Make-up
Bob Little, Bud Abbot &
Dennis Doyle …….……. Stage Crew
About
This version of the Cinderella Pantomime was published in 1944 via Samuel French Company.
This rags-to-riches story, of which the first literary version in Europe was Giambattista Basile’s Pentamerone (1634), with other popular versions including the Brothers Grimm’s darker retelling. In Grimm's version, the stepsisters cut off their own toes to fit into the glass slipper!
The most popular Cinderella pantomime story owes its popularity to Perrault. Either Charles or Pierre Perrault retold this already ancient tale in “Histories ou Contes du temps passé”, published in Paris in 1697. It was developed by a series of productions in the 1800s and became increasingly popular in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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