The Passion

The Passion is an Easter play by Peter Krummeck (1947-2013).

The original text

Krummeck controversially turns Judas from the archetypal villain into a youthfully misguided yet likeable Zealot.

Performance history in South Africa

1983: Performed as a St John's Parish Production[1], directed by Cindy Just, performed in the Baxter Foyer. Cast: Peter Krummeck, Brian Notcutt, Marcus Saville-Deane, Digby Dones, David Griffin, Land Middelkoop, Richard Hawkins, Paul Buckby, Saul Blaauw, Winston Fryer, Vic Houliston, Mark Wilson, Jerry Dick, Colleen Thomas, Dirsten Klopper, Judy Corder.

1984: Performed again as a St John's Parish Production[2], directed by Cindy Just in the Baxter Theatre with the same cast.

1985: Presented again at the Baxter Theatre, directed by Peter Krummeck, with Peter Krummeck, Anne Prinsloo, Land Middelkoop, Paddy Clark, Christopher Meadowcroft, Joan Hannah, David Pearce, Richard Hawkins, Roelandt Middelkoop, Derek Pennington, Claude Cogill, Ed Upton, John Gibbon, Stuart McMinn, Alan Phillips, Vincent Nel, Vanessa Reynolds.

1986: Presented again by ACTS at the Baxter Theatre, with Peter Krummeck, Anne Prinsloo, Stuart McMinn, Richard Hawkins, Bernice Timoney, Brian Notcutt, Ann Stead, Paddy Clark, Tom Campbell, Land Middelkoop, Quentin Timmes, Roland Engelbrecht, Sibusiso Mthembu, Ed Upton, Joe Hareb, Claude Cogill, Sean Wells.

1987: Presented again by ACTS at the Baxter Theatre, with Peter Krummeck, Vincent Nel, Judy Bates, Land Middelkoop, Andrea Cook, Lawrence Folley, Maria Schoeman, Kim Bradnick, Brian Notcutt, Bill Jervis, Gavin Lister, Ian Hendricks, Peter StVincent, Joe Hareb, Colin Benjamin, Richard Hawkins, Mike Winfield, Doug Craig, David Patrick, Rod Palmer, Earl van Rooyen, Avron Malsent, Dave Johnson, Ed Upton, Claude Cogill, Quinton Timmes, Peter Lacey, Chris Thomson, Leroy Wasserfall, Jenny Cooler, Sally Palmer, Tessa Mackay, Margie Blake.

1999: Performed by His People Christian Church[3] in the Baxter Foyer, April 1999.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Krummeck

https://junketspublisher.blogspot.com/2013/08/adam-luke-two-novellas-by-peter.html

Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987. Cape Town: Baxter Theatre.

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