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]
^"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.
^"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
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