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''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' is a play by William Arthur Rose. 

== The original text ==

Dealing with inter-racial marriages, it was originally written as a filmscript and produced in Hollywood in 1967, directed by Stanley Kramer, with Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Houghton.

==Translations and adaptations==

The film script was adapted for the stage by [[Pierre van Pletzen]] in 1991 and translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Pieter Fourie]] with the title ''[[Raai Wie Kom vir Ete?]]''.

Another version of this adapted text was performed in [[Afrikaans]], English and Xhosa as ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' in 1993.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1991: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Raai Wie Kom vir Ete?]]'' by [[TRUK]], directed by [[Francois Swart]] at [[The Arena]] in the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]], in 1991. Designs [[Chris van den Berg]], lighting by [[Jacques Mulder]]. The cast [[Peter Se-Puma]], [[Judy Louw]], [[June van Merch]], [[Antoinette Kellermann]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Patrick Ndlovu]], [[Temsie Times]]. Senior stage manager [[Johann van Heerden]]. 

1992: Performed in English as ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' by [[NAPAC]] Drama in June 1992.

1993: Performed in [[Afrikaans]], English and Xhosa as ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' (translated by [[Pieter Fourie]], adapted by [[Pierre van Pletzen]]), directed by Marthinus Basson, design by Fanie Steenkamp, lighting by Malcom Hurrell at Nico Malan with [[Louw Verwey]], [[Wilna Snyman]] nominated Best Actress [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]], [[Sam Williams]] nominated Best Supporting Actor in (1994). Also starring [[Nomkhita Bavuma]], [[Anthea Thompson]], [[Siswe Msutu]], [[Neels Coetzee]] and [[Gail Reagan]].  


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== Sources ==

PACT Theatre programme, 1991.

''[[Natal Mercury]]'', 10 June 1992.

''[[Cape Argus]]'', 8 February 1994.

Thomas Riccio. 2007. ''Performing Africa: Remixing Tradition, Theatre, and Culture''. New York, Peter Lang: p. 25

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