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== Founding and early history ==

The [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] was inaugurated in 1960. In 1961 the organization presented its first production, ''[[The Lark]]''. In 1974 [[Themi Venturas]] launched an "under-the-age-of-twenty" group of players for the Festival which was called the ''[[Young 'uns]]''. As their first production, they also produced ''[[The Lark]]''. Among those ''[[Young 'uns]]'' who made a significant contribution to the performing arts in South Africa are [[Alice Krige]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Themi Venturas]], [[Rocky Mann]], [[Paul Mann]], [[Peter Mann]], [[Gary Carter]], [[Amber Cummins]], [[Carol-Ann Kelleher]], [[Jacquie Gates]], [[Lorraine Kapp]], [[Ian Liston]], [[Mannie Fokos]], [[Bruce Sanderson]].

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== Impact on SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==

1974: The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[The Lark]]''.

1975: The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[The Queen and the Rebels]]''.

1976:  The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[Antigone]]''.

1977:  The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[Our Town]]''.

1978:  The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[Point of Departure]]''.

1979:  The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' (with [[Theatrum]])

1980:  The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[An Inspector Calls]]''

1990; The ''[[Young 'uns]]'' produced ''[[The Lark]]'' at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth between January 30 and February 10, 1990. Directed by [[Linda-Louise Swain]].

== Sources ==

''[[The Lark]]'' theatre programme, 1990.

Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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