Candide - Revision history

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 : ''Candide'' was the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town on 19 November 1977, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with [[Mark Baker]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Baker_%28actor%29] (Candide), [[Henry Goodman]] (Dr Voltaire), [[Roxane Folley]] (Cunegonde), [[Roberta Lassen de Aguiar]] (Paquette), [[Murray Woodfield]] (Maximillian), [[Michelle Fine]] (Old Lady), [[Meryl Handler]], [[Cobus Steyn]], [[Steve Smith]], [[Lee French]], [[Joseph Ribeiro]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Gabrielle Lomberg]], [[Cameron Hogg]], [[Miranda Park]], [[Barrie Shah]], [[Rodney Pienaar]], [[Paula van der Merwe]], [[Leslie Mongezi]], [[Rick Rogers]]. [[Michael Tuffin]] was the Musical Director, choreography by [[Gary Gordon]] and costumes by [[John Caviggia]].
-: [[NAPAC]] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''Candide'' and ''[[Sweet Charity]]'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by Harold Prince [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Prince], with Angela Lansbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury]
+: [[NAPAC]] staged [[Candide]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]], as part of a triple bill of musicals. The other productions were  [[Sweet Charity]] and Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]''. Staged at The Drama, [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.
 : Performed in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]] under the direction of [[Janice Honeyman]] in July. Music conducted by [[Graham Scott]], designs by [[Andrew Botha]], lighting by [[Stan Knight]], starring [[David Dennis]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Colleen Rae-Holmes]], [[Joseph Clark]], [[Gay Lambert]], [[Terry Lester]], [[Christien Coetzee]], [[Brian Miller]], [[Anton Stoltz]].

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	[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.		[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
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		+	Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').

	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: ''Candide'' was the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town on 19 November 1977, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with [[Mark Baker]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Baker_%28actor%29] (Candide), [[Henry Goodman]] (Dr Voltaire), [[Roxane Folley]] (Cunegonde), [[Roberta Lassen de Aguiar]] (Paquette), [[Murray Woodfield]] (Maximillian), [[Michelle Fine]] (Old Lady) and others. [[Michael Tuffin]] was the Musical Director, choreography by [[Gary Gordon]] and costumes by [[John Caviggia]].
+: ''Candide'' was the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town on 19 November 1977, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with [[Mark Baker]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Baker_%28actor%29] (Candide), [[Henry Goodman]] (Dr Voltaire), [[Roxane Folley]] (Cunegonde), [[Roberta Lassen de Aguiar]] (Paquette), [[Murray Woodfield]] (Maximillian), [[Michelle Fine]] (Old Lady), [[Meryl Handler]], [[Cobus Steyn]], [[Steve Smith]], [[Lee French]], [[Joseph Ribeiro]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Gabrielle Lomberg]], [[Cameron Hogg]], [[Miranda Park]], [[Barrie Shah]], [[Rodney Pienaar]], [[Paula van der Merwe]], [[Leslie Mongezi]], [[Rick Rogers]]. [[Michael Tuffin]] was the Musical Director, choreography by [[Gary Gordon]] and costumes by [[John Caviggia]].
 : [[NAPAC]] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''Candide'' and ''[[Sweet Charity]]'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by Harold Prince [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Prince], with Angela Lansbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury]

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 == Sources ==
 [[Baxter Theatre]] Production programme, 1977.
 [[Nico Malan Theatre]] pamphlet June - August 1990.

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 : ''Candide'' was the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town on 19 November 1977, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with [[Mark Baker]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Baker_%28actor%29] (Candide), [[Henry Goodman]] (Dr Voltaire), [[Roxane Folley]] (Cunegonde), [[Roberta Lassen de Aguiar]] (Paquette), [[Murray Woodfield]] (Maximillian), [[Michelle Fine]] (Old Lady) and others. [[Michael Tuffin]] was the Musical Director, choreography by [[Gary Gordon]] and costumes by [[John Caviggia]].
-: [[NAPAC]] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''Candide'' and ''[[Sweet Charity]]'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by [[Harold Prince]], with Angela Lansbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury]
+: [[NAPAC]] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''Candide'' and ''[[Sweet Charity]]'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by Harold Prince [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Prince], with Angela Lansbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury]
 in the cast at The Drama, [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.

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 [[Baxter Theatre]] Production programme, 1977.
-Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet June - August 1990.
+[[Nico Malan Theatre]] pamphlet June - August 1990.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	'''''Candide''''' is an operetta by Leonard Bernstein [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein] with a 1956 libretto by Lillian Hellman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman] and a 1974 ~~librettor~~ by Hugh Wheeler [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler] based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire].	+	'''''Candide''''' is an operetta by Leonard Bernstein [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein] with a 1956 libretto by Lillian Hellman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman] and a 1974 libretto by Hugh Wheeler [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler] based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire].

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==