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That Scatterbrain Booky
1981 novel by Bernice Thurman Hunter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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That Scatterbrain Booky is a 1981 novel by Bernice Thurman Hunter. It was the first in a trilogy.[1]
She was nominated for a 1982 Toronto Book Award.[2]
Adaptations
A play based on the book debuted at the Cascade Theatre as part of the 10th Annual Children's Book Festival, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto in November 1986.[3]
A new musical by Joey Miller debuted in March 1991 at the Young People's Theatre, Toronto,[4] running for at least two months.[5]
The production received eight nominations for the 1991 Dora Mavor Moore Awards,[6] winning three:[7]
- Outstanding new revue or musical (writer and composer), Joey Miller (win)
- Outstanding production (producer), Young People's Theatre
- Outstanding direction, Peter Moss (win)
- Outstanding choreography, William Orlowski (win)
- Outstanding performance by a male, Paul Brown
- Outstanding performance by a female, Mary Ann MacDonald
- Outstanding set design, Leslie Frankish
- Outstanding costume design, Leslie Frankish
The book was adapted into a TV film in 1992, produced by Atlantis Communications and Peter Moss. It starred Renessa Blitz as Booky, and appearances from Gerard Parkes and Patricia Hamilton.[8]
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