Noddy
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PEOPLES THEATRE SET TO WARM THE HEARTS OF HOLIDAY MAKERS THIS APRIL WITH
THE IRRESISTIBLE NODDY
"So long as one child tells me that my work brings him pleasure, just so
long shall I go on writing" - Enid Blyton
That "one" child kept asking for more as Enid Blyton wrote over 700
titles with sales of 500 million since Noddy was first created in 1949.
Noddy's worldwide impact ... whether in book, film, play or television
... was phenomenal. He became the subject of music hall jokes and
sketches; pet rabbits were named after his pixie friend Big Ears and
many a British policeman is referred to as Mr Plod. Noddy occupies
without doubt, a place in the hall of fame with colleagues such as
Mickey Mouse, Paddington Bear & Rupert.
Jill Girard, director of Peoples Theatre has once again waved her magic
wand to bring toyland to life in this holiday production of "Noddy". Set
designer Grant Knottenbelt was commissioned to recreate Toyland on
stage. Anna Vernon designed the traditional Toyland costumes and musical
director Lolly Sonmez transformed the Toyland characters into a dancing
and singing team.
Led by professional actors, Drummond Marais as Big Ears, Devon Coulter
as Mr Plod, Michael Gladwin as The Milkman, Jan Stoop as the Judge,
Alison Pope as Mother Doll and Teresa Ewan as Miss Tubby and Miss Rapp,
the remaining cast of children take on the roles of Toyland characters
such as Little Doll, Toy Soldier, Golly, Goblin and Mouse. The lead role
of Noddy is shared by two children: Gavin Mtolo and Alistair Potgieter.
The public run of "Noddy" is from the 1st April1998 through to 22nd
April 1998. Bookings can be made through Computicket or through the
theatre on (011) 403 1563.
For further information contact:
Giuli Osso
Publicity
(011) 802 1602
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Mike Rochford
artslink.co.za wrote:
>
> PEOPLES THEATRE SET TO WARM THE HEARTS OF HOLIDAY MAKERS THIS APRIL WITH
> THE IRRESISTIBLE NODDY
>
Can anyone tell me why Noddy was banned in the old South Africa ????
Or was this an urban legend ???
Was it because he had a Gollywog for a friend ???
Mike.
Henri-John Kock
Mike Rochford wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why Noddy was banned in the old South Africa ????
>
> Or was this an urban legend ???
>
> Was it because he had a Gollywog for a friend ???
It's the story that I heard as well. It might very well be true, based on what
our previous censor board considered offensive.
H-J
> Mike.
hv...@dial.pipex.com
In article <350E24...@easirun.co.za>,
Mike Rochford <mi...@easirun.co.za> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me why Noddy was banned in the old South Africa ????
>
> Or was this an urban legend ???
I think it is a legend, I seem to remember Noddy being on TV is the old SA.
The one I heard was that "Black Beauty" was banned based on the title alone.
>
> Was it because he had a Gollywog for a friend ???
Wasn't Noddy mugged by the Gollywogs and that's one of the reasons it became
non-PC here in the UK?
Mike
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Errol Back-Cunningham
In <350E38C8...@cs.up.ac.za> Henri-John Kock <hjk...@cs.up.ac.za>
writes:
>
>
>Mike Rochford wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me why Noddy was banned in the old South Africa ????
>>
>> Or was this an urban legend ???
>>
>
on what
>our previous censor board considered offensive.
I don't know that Noddy was banned in SA. I think it might have
been banned as a school text book for small children in the UK
because it had racial overtones as with Golly. The censors in
the old days had a few problems censoring english texts and
lyrics and banned 'Black Beauty' by mistake. On the other hand,
they let through lyrics to a great deal of Frank Zappa's works
(thank you mr kruger) because they couldn't figure out what lines
like 'the poodle bites, the poodle chews it' really meant.
I was once involved in the technical side of actually carrying
out the legally required cuts to imported video and 16mm master
copies prior to public release for a rental operation, and I
can tell you that it was at times the funniest and yet most
frustrating job you can imagine. eg. Line in censor cert.
reads 'Excise: 1) Fred's hand on Janet's left breast' means
that you have to search the movie for the scene and snip it -
easy enough - then you got movies like Pope Joan which had
three pages of dialog cuts (yes I remember it distinctly)
and it was a DRAG.
Errol
Lawrence Lumley
> Can anyone tell me why Noddy was banned in the old South Africa ????
>
> Or was this an urban legend ???
>
> Was it because he had a Gollywog for a friend ???
>
> Mike.
Noddy books were discontinued by the publishers in England until they could
be rewritten to exclude the golliwog, they were never banned anywhere.
L.L.
Rory Paul
I remember having a Noddy book growing up in SA however I believe that
in SA the problem was not the Gollywogs but that Noddy and Big Ears used
to share a bed i.e. they were suspected to be homosexual ?
R.
Seddon Keyter
Lawrence Lumley wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me why Noddy was banned in the old South Africa ????
> >
> > Or was this an urban legend ???
> >
> > Was it because he had a Gollywog for a friend ???
> >
> > Mike.
>
> Noddy books were discontinued by the publishers in England until they could
> be rewritten to exclude the golliwog, they were never banned anywhere.
banning of Noddy , was due to the supposed homosexual nature of Noddy and Big Ears's
relationship ! Hearsay probably . Cheers