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The Tintookies

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The Tintookies
Written byHal Saunders
Based onstory by Peter Scriven
Directed byPeter Scriven
Music byKurt Herweg
Lyrics byHal Saunders
Date premieredJune 12, 1956 (1956-06-12)
Place premieredNewtown, Sydney
Original languageEnglish
SubjectAboriginal culture
Genremusical comedy

The Tintookies is a 1956 Australian musical comedy from Peter Scriven. Produced with marionettes, it was produced by the Elizabethan Theatre Trust.[1][2]

The play toured Australia.[3] It was very popular and established Scriven's company.[4][5]

It led to a sequel Little Fella Bindi.[6]

The play was revived in 1965.[7]

Premise

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The story of the Tintookies, the little people who live in the sandhills.

References

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  1. ^ "Theatre Programme - Peter Scriven, 'Tintookies in a New Play Little Fella Bindi', 1958". Museums Victoria.
  2. ^ "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 30 May 1956. p. 34. Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Cynthia Strachan saw the puppets and found we're all just great big kids..." The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 26 October 1956. p. 10. Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Van Straten, Frank. "Peter Scriven MBE 1930 – 1998". Live Performance Australia.
  5. ^ "You're Sure to Like Those "Tintookies"". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 20 October 1956. p. 19. Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Tintookies in "Little Fella Bindt"". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 18. Australia, Australia. 8 October 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Return of the Tintookies", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 87 (4460), Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 21 August 1965 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-698983608, retrieved 23 July 2023 – via Trove
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