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2011: Produced by [[The Mechanicals]] (''[[Cape Times]]'' 15 Feb 2011).
 
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 17:47, 18 April 2024

Cowboy Mouth is a one act play by Sam Shepard [1] and Patti Smith [2].

The original text

Premiered at The American Place Theatre, New York City in 1971.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans entitled Heiland by Birrie le Roux, produced at the Woordfees 2013.

Performance history in South Africa

1980: at the Market TheatreDirected by Charles Comyn with a cast that included Jeremy Crutchley, Michele Maxwell, Mkhosi "Eddie" McAndi . (Another source states that the director had been Sam Shepard - but this is probably a mistake, since no evidence could be found that Shepard had ever visited South Africa).

1980: Produced and directed by Neil McCarthy at the People's Space in November, in a double bill with Red Cross, with Bryony Mortimer, Gary Carter, Natalie Gamsu, Dawid Minnaar and Megan Kruskal.

1991: This play was the debut production of the Makeshift Moon Theatre Company presented at the National Arts Festival, 1991, directed by Ashraf Jamal, starring Tim Greene, Rosalind Butler and Neil Cave.

2011: Produced by The Mechanicals (Cape Times 15 Feb 2011).

2013: Produced in Afrikaans at the Woordfees in Stellenbosch as Heiland

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Mouth_(play).

Market Theatre Foundation material held by Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, [3] (re Market Theatre production, 1980).

Supplement to Cape Argus, 19 November 1980.

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

National Arts Festival programme, 1991. 161.

Vrye Weekblad 12-18 July 1991.

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