The Tintookies

1956 play by Peter Scriven

The Tintookies
Written by	Hal Saunders
Based on	story by Peter Scriven
Directed by	Peter Scriven
Music by	Kurt Herweg
Lyrics by	Hal Saunders
Date premiered	June 12, 1956 (1956-06-12)
Place premiered	Newtown, Sydney
Original language	English
Subject	Aboriginal culture
Genre	musical 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

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

References

^ "Theatre Programme - Peter Scriven, 'Tintookies in a New Play Little Fella Bindi', 1958". Museums Victoria.
^ "Worth Reporting". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 30 May 1956. p. 34. Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "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.
^ Van Straten, Frank. "Peter Scriven MBE 1930 – 1998". Live Performance Australia.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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