Adaptations of Kipling's Just So Stories

Many adaptations of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have been made in various countries, as cartoons, musicals and a children's opera.

Cartoons

• A 1936 black and white Soviet cartoon of How the Whale Got His Throat. ^[1]
• A 1938 black and white Soviet cartoon of How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin. ^[2]
• The Elephant's Child was twice made into a Soviet cartoon by the Soyuzmultfilm studio, in 1936 ( The Elephant's Child  [ ru ] ^[3] ) and in 1967 ( The Elephant's Child  [ ru ] ^[4] ).
• The Cat Who Walked by Himself, a Soviet drawn animation screen version created by Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya at Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1968. ^[5]
• A 1981 stop-motion adaptation of The Beginning of the Armadillos by the Soyuzmultfilm studio. ^[6]
• A 1983 Marble Arch/Interama/Strengholt Films cel-animated series Just So Stories, adapted from a collection of ten children's stories created by Sheila Graber. ^[7]
• A 1984 Kyinaukfilm stop-motion adaptation of How the First Letter Was Written. ^[8]
• The Cat Who Walked by Herself , a 1988 Soviet stop-motion animated feature film based on "The Cat that Walked by Himself" from a film studio Soyuzmultfilm. ^[9]
• Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, a 1992 British animated compilation of twelve of Rudyard Kipling's classic tales, created by Bevanfield Films and BBC, and directed by Timothy Forder.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Just So Stories, a French-British animated co-production from Les Films de L'Arlequin and Je Suis Bien Content and France 3 was produced in 2008.^{[ citation needed ]}

Television

• Story Chest: Just So Stories, a 2024 adaptation of some of the stories produced by school's TV company Time Capsule Video Ltd.

Music

• Samuil Marshak's Russian translation of the final poem from The Beginning of the Armadillos was made into a song by Viktor Berkovsky and Moris Sinelnikov. ^[10] The song became popular after performances by the duet of Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina. ^[11]

Musicals

• Just So , a 1984 musical by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles. ^[12]

Operas

• The Elephant's Child was made into a children's opera by Daron Hagen in 1996, for the Kings Singers.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «A BRAVE SAILOR»".
2. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «WHY RHINOCEROS HAS SKIN WITH WRINKLES»".
3. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «A LITTLE ELEPHANT»".
4. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «A LITTLE ELEPHANT»".
5. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «THE CAT WHO WALKED BY HIMSELF»".
6. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «THE LITTLE HEDGEHOG PLUS TORTOISE»".
7. "Teesside has world-wide animation appeal" (Press release). University of Teesside. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
8. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN»".
9. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «THE CAT WHO WALKED BY HERSELF»".
10. На далекой Амазонке
11. Татьяна и Сергей Никитины - На Далекой Амазонке
12. "Stiles and Drewe - Just So - History". Stiles and Drewe. Retrieved 11 April 2018.