Ashes
There are two plays called Ashes that have been performed in South Africa.
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Ashes by David Rudkin (1939-)[1])
The original text
Productions include those at Stadsteater Hamburg (1973), Open Space Theatre [2] (1974), staged off-Broadway in 1977 and winner of an Obie award.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1976: Performed in the Space Theatre, Cape Town, directed and lit by Dimitri Nicolas-Fanourakis with Yvonne Bryceland, Bill Curry, Val Fletcher and Bill Flynn. The designer was Bee Berman and the stage manager was Joe Gibbon. Brian Astbury describes it as one of the best productions that ran at this theatre, even though it was panned by three critics and closed by the censors five days after opening.
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Ashes by Philip Rademeyer
The original text
Published by Junkets, 2015. ISBN 9780994679185.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2014: Staged at the Galloway Theatre by Rust Co-Operative, directed by Philip Rademeyer, with Stefan Erasmus and Shaun Gabriël Smith.
2015: A second production was staged, starring Stefan Erasmus and Jason Jacobs.
Sources
Rust Co-Operative website [3]
Die Burger, 12 June 2015.
SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
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