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Musical based on a German children's book From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shockheaded Peter is a 1998 musical using the popular German children's book Struwwelpeter (1845) by Heinrich Hoffmann as its basis.
| Shockheaded Peter | |
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| Music | Adrian Huge Martyn Jacques Adrian Stout |
| Lyrics | Martyn Jacques |
| Book | Julian Bleach Anthony Cairns Graeme Gilmour Tamzin Griffin |
| Basis | Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann |
| Productions | 1998 West Yorkshire 1999 Off-Broadway 2002 West End 2005 Off-Broadway revival |
| Awards | 1999 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Design 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment |
Created by Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Julian Crouch, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock, Phelim McDermott, Michael Morris and The Tiger Lillies (Martyn Jacques, Adrian Huge and Adrian Stout) the production combines elements of pantomime and puppetry with musical versions of the poems with the songs generally following the text but with a somewhat darker tone. Whereas the children in the poems only sometimes die, in the musical they all do. Commissioned by the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and the Lyric Hammersmith in West London, the show debuted in 1998 in Leeds before moving to London and subsequently to world tours.[1]
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