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Struwwelpeter
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Struwwelpeter

Collection of cautionary tales written and illustrated by German author Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894), published in German 1845 (English translation 1848). The tales, in verse form, feature characters such as ‘Shock-head Peter’ (Struwwelpeter), ‘Johnny Head-in-Air’, and ‘Augustus who would not have any Soup’.
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No-one who saw Shockheaded Peter, the stupendous junk opera set in the world of bogeymen, and staged at Liverpool's Royal Court during the 90s, will doubt their ability to transfix an audience.
Review; PANIC Unity Theatre by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
THE Tiger Lillies are heading back to Coventry following the huge success of their show Shockheaded Peter.
Tiger Lillies are matchless by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Limbo, Panto is an outrageously ostentatious album: think the lascivious court of Charles II, Victorian opium dens, 1930s cabaret, the Tiger Lillies' musical Shockheaded Peter and the New York club Studio 54 at its disco peak, and you'll get the flavour of their keeling theatricality.
Wild Beasts, Limbo, Panto by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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