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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Mr McGee and the Biting Flea
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'Six whimsical stories by award-winning children's writer, Pamela Allen, are presented in this surprising, charming, funny and frenetic production.

'The stories emerge from dozens of suitcases and crates as three curious warehouse workers transform a storeroom into enchanting little miracles of music and play.'

Source: Patch Theatre Company website, http://www.patchtheatre.org.au/mmatbfa.htm
Sighted: 01/07/2008

Notes

  • Patch Theatre Company uses six Pamela Allen stories in this production: Mr McGee, Alexander's Outing, Belinda, Brown Bread and Honey, Inside Mary Elizabeth's House and Mr McGee and the Biting Flea. The Company builds the presentation of these stories around 'a mix of musical treatments (from barbershop to Beach Boys) linked to a range of visual elements common to children's play (toys, dolls, cushions, dress-ups, play-dough, bowls, pans, utensils, balloons etc.). The stories emerge from dozens of suitcases, trunks and crates as three curious McGee characters explore their contents.'

    Source: Patch Theatre Company website, http://www.patchtheatre.org.au/mmatbfa.htm
    Sighted: 01/07/2008

Production Details

  • Produced by Patch Theatre Company.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2005
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Mr McGee Pamela Allen , Pamela Allen (illustrator), London : Hamish Hamilton , 1987 Z667858 1987 single work picture book humour children's
— Appears in: Selected Picture Books of Pamela Allen 2013; Mr McGee does not live in a house, but under a tree. One day, he finds an apple under his tree and when he eats it, strange things happen to him.
y separately published work icon Belinda Pamela Allen , Pamela Allen (illustrator), Melbourne : Viking , 1992 Z849162 1992 single work picture book children's "When Bessie goes away, Belinda won't let Tom milk her, but wily old Tom has got a trick or two up his sleeve to fool Belinda!"
y separately published work icon Alexander's Outing Pamela Allen , Pamela Allen (illustrator), Ringwood : Viking , 1993 Z847399 1993 single work picture book children's "Disobeying his mother's request to stay close to her when they go walking, Alexander straggles behind and disappears down a hole. Alexander's mother, his brothers and sisters and all the passers-by rescue him in a surprising manner."
y separately published work icon Mr McGee and the Biting Flea Pamela Allen , Pamela Allen (illustrator), Ringwood : Viking , 1998 Z915289 1998 single work picture book children's humour
— Appears in: Selected Picture Books of Pamela Allen 2013;

''Mr McGee went out to play, down to the beach one windy day,' the story begins. His happy mood is spoilt when he is bitten by a flea, a flea that he can't get rid of. The only solution is to take off all his clothes and jump into the sea because of course, fleas don't like the sea. Mr McGee and the flea are finally separated and the flea moves on to the hair of a dog instead. The pictures tell the story as well as the text.' (Publication summary)
 
y separately published work icon Inside Mary Elizabeth's House Pamela Allen , Pamela Allen (illustrator), Ringwood : Viking , 2000 Z668554 2000 single work picture book children's humour
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Works about this Work

An Inspiring Story Unfolds Louise Nunn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 2012; (p. 12)
Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage Nicola Robinson , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11)
Patch Theatre at the Top of its Game 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 30 no. 4 2008; (p. 4)
Patch Theatre at the Top of its Game 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 30 no. 4 2008; (p. 4)
Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage Nicola Robinson , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11)
An Inspiring Story Unfolds Louise Nunn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 2012; (p. 12)
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