Knock Drama warmly invites you to “Jack and The Beanstalk” on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th January 2010 in Knock Presbyterian Church, Church Hall, Kings Road, Belfast
The story tells of a boy named Jack who was sent to the market one day by his mother to sell their last possession, the cow. As Jack proceeded to the market he met a stranger who offered to trade five “magic beans” for the cow. Jack accepted the trade and returned back home with the beans in his pocket. Jack’s mother was angered that he had not obeyed her instructions to sell the cow and threw the beans out of the window.
The earliest printed edition which has survived is the 1807 book The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk, printed by Benjamin Tabart, although the story was already in existence sometime before this, as a burlesque of the story entitled The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean was included in the 1734 second edition of Round About Our Coal-Fire.
Come along and see how we tell the tale!
Tea and coffee will be served during the interval.
Doors open from 7:00 p.m. with the performance starting at 7:30 p.m.
Hope to see you there!!
