Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country is a play by Nicholas Wright.
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The original text
The play is set in Johannesburg of the 1890s and is about the Jameson Raid. Produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, 1983.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1984: Produced by the Market Theatre Company dircted by Janice Honeyman, starring Peter Krummeck as "Leander SStarr Jameson", Barbara Kinghorn, Thoko Ntshinga, Vusi Dibakwane, Fats Dibeco, Mark Hardy, Maishe Maponya, Babs Laker, Danny Keogh, Charles Comyn, Pierre Knoesen, Ramolao Makhene,Dirk Vermeulen and others. Designs by Sarah Roberts, music by Raymond Sargent.
Sources
The Star 28 September 1983.
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
Review by Raeford Daniel, The Rand Daily Mail, 31 August 1984.
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