[Mimeographed typed playscript for the Playhouse Theatre, Kidderminster.] Pinocchio, from Carlo Colloddi's "Pinocchio - The Story of a Puppet", freely adapted for the stage and music added by Kenneth Rose.

Author: 
Kenneth Rose, Chairman of the Nonentities Society, The Playhouse Theatre, Kidderminster [Carlo Collodi; Pinocchio]
 Pinocchio
Publication details: 
[1953.]
£120.00
SKU: 10795

4to, [iii] + 76 pp. In original orange titled wraps. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, in worn and frayed wraps. A three-act adaptation of Collodi's children's classic, with cast of characters, 'Synopsis of Scenes', and 'Musical Contents' listing the plays twenty-six songs. The history of the 'Kidderminster Playhouse 1946-1968' states that in 1953 this 'adaptation of Pinocchio, with lyrics and music by Kenneth Rose, was an undoubted triumph and has since been played all over the world.' Rose had revived the Playhouse (previously the Theatre Royal and the New Opera House) in 1946. It was controversially demolished to make way for a ring road in 1969. There is no record on COPAC of Rose's adaptation having been printed.