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	1990: Presented in Afrikaans by [[PEAAT]], with [[Noel Roos]].		1990: Presented in Afrikaans by [[PEAAT]], with [[Noel Roos]].
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		+	1991: A revival production produced by [[Pieter Toerien]].

	1996: Presented by [[BAT]] at the [[KKNK]] Rimpelfees, 1996, directed by [[Tinus Meyer]].		1996: Presented by [[BAT]] at the [[KKNK]] Rimpelfees, 1996, directed by [[Tinus Meyer]].

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	1990: Presented in Afrikaans by [[PEAAT]], with [[Noel Roos]].		1990: Presented in Afrikaans by [[PEAAT]], with [[Noel Roos]].
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−	1991: Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] opening 10 August 1985 and at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in December 1985, directed by [[Rex Garner]] and [[Robert Whitehead]], starring New Zealand-born [[Darryl Forbes Dawson]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] ("Alan Strang"), [[Christine le Brocq]], [[Joanna Palmer]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Shelagh Holliday]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Drummond Marais]], [[Merle Lifson]] and [[Robert Butler]].

	1996: Presented by [[BAT]] at the [[KKNK]] Rimpelfees, 1996, directed by [[Tinus Meyer]].		1996: Presented by [[BAT]] at the [[KKNK]] Rimpelfees, 1996, directed by [[Tinus Meyer]].

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	1990: Performed in the [[Afrikaans]] version by [[PACOFS]] with [[James van Helsdingen]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Diane Olivier]], [[Hennie Baird]] and [[Ernst Eloff]]		1990: Performed in the [[Afrikaans]] version by [[PACOFS]] with [[James van Helsdingen]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Diane Olivier]], [[Hennie Baird]] and [[Ernst Eloff]]
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		+	1990: Presented in Afrikaans by [[PEAAT]], with [[Noel Roos]].

	1991: Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] opening 10 August 1985 and at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in December 1985, directed by [[Rex Garner]] and [[Robert Whitehead]], starring New Zealand-born [[Darryl Forbes Dawson]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] ("Alan Strang"), [[Christine le Brocq]], [[Joanna Palmer]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Shelagh Holliday]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Drummond Marais]], [[Merle Lifson]] and [[Robert Butler]].		1991: Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] opening 10 August 1985 and at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in December 1985, directed by [[Rex Garner]] and [[Robert Whitehead]], starring New Zealand-born [[Darryl Forbes Dawson]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] ("Alan Strang"), [[Christine le Brocq]], [[Joanna Palmer]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Shelagh Holliday]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Drummond Marais]], [[Merle Lifson]] and [[Robert Butler]].

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	== Translations and adaptations ==		== Translations and adaptations ==
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		+	With [[CAPAB]]'s new open racial policy it was at last possible for [[CAPAB]] and Toerien’s production company to obtain the rights to [[Peter Schaffer]]'s play and perform it in 1975, first in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]] and afterwards in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], as well as the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]].
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	Shaffer adapted the play for a 1977 film starring Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, and Jenny Agutter, directed by Sidney Lumet.		Shaffer adapted the play for a 1977 film starring Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, and Jenny Agutter, directed by Sidney Lumet.

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 == South African productions ==
-: First produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]]. Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Nico Malan Opera House]], for the [[Pieter Toerien]] management in 1975. Schach had to meet with Publications Board about the nudity scene where the boy kills the horses. They objected to the boy's nudity, but not to the killing of the horses. Schach offered to compromise by lowering the lighting by a few degrees and the production went ahead. The production featured [[Dai Bradley]] and [[John Fraser]] as the psychiatrist, both of whom came from London to play the roles, alongside locals [[Robert Butler]], [[Kim Braden]], [[Anne Courtneidge]], [[Fiona Fraser]] as Hester, [[Michael Howard]] and [[Edwin van Wyk]]. Decor realised by [[Bill Smuts]]. This production was also staged in the [[Civic Theatre]], Bloemfontein and in  the [[Civic Theatre]], and later [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg.
+: First produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]]. Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Nico Malan Opera House]], for the [[Pieter Toerien]] management in 1975. Schach had to meet with Publications Board about the nudity scene where the boy kills the horses. They objected to the boy's nudity, but not to the killing of the horses. Schach offered to compromise by lowering the lighting by a few degrees and the production went ahead. The production featured [[Dai Bradley]] and [[John Fraser]] as the psychiatrist, both of whom came from London to play the roles, alongside locals [[Robert Butler]], [[Kim Braden]], [[Anne Courtneidge]], [[Fiona Fraser]] as Hester, [[Michael Howard]] and [[Edwin van Wyk]]. Decor realised by [[Bill Smuts]]. This production was also staged in the [[Civic Theatre]], Bloemfontein and in the [[Civic Theatre]], and later [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg.
 : Staged in  the [[Afrikaans]] translation by [[Die Geselskap]], directed by [[Mario Schiess]], featuring [[Marius Weyers]] (Martin Dysart), [[Jacques Malan]] (Alan Strang), [[Rika Sennett]] (Dora Strang), [[Abri le Roux]] (Frank Strang), [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Hester Solomon), [[Bo Petersen]] (Jill Mason), [[Louw Odendaal]] (Harry Dalton), [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Nugget), [[Elize van Vuuren]] (Verpleegster) and others. Lighting by [[Mannie Manim]]. In Pretoria it was done at the Show Grounds theatre, as it was not allowed in any city theatre.
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 : Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] opening 10 August 1985 and at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in December 1985, directed by [[Rex Garner]] and [[Robert Whitehead]], starring New Zealand-born [[Darryl Forbes Dawson]], [[Jeremy Crutchley]] ("Alan Strang"), [[Christine le Brocq]], [[Joanna Palmer]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Shelagh Holliday]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Drummond Marais]], [[Merle Lifson]] and [[Robert Butler]]. Revived in 1991 and 1999 (the latter directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with [[Sean Taylor]]).
-: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] (the translation by [[Yvette Weyers]]) by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. This was a fully nude student version of the play and was again  directed by [[Noël Roos]], with [[Waldemar Schultz]] as Alan Strang, [[Perlé van Schalkwyk]] and [[Lin-y Kruger]] alternating as the girl,  and featuring [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] as the psychiatrist and [[Adri Aucamp]] as the mother.
+: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] (the translation by [[Yvette Weyers]]) by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. This was a fully nude student version of the play and was again directed by [[Noël Roos]], with [[Waldemar Schultz]] as Alan Strang, [[Perlé van Schalkwyk]] and [[Lin-y Kruger]] alternating as the girl and featuring [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] as the psychiatrist and [[Adri Aucamp]] as the mother.
 : Performed in the [[Afrikaans]] version by [[PACOFS]] with [[James van Helsdingen]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Diane Olivier]], [[Hennie Baird]] and [[Ernst Eloff]]
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 : Presented by [[BAT]] at the [[KKNK]] Rimpelfees, 1996, directed by [[Tinus Meyer]].
-: Performed at the ''[[Baxter Teater]]'',  directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] with [[Sean Taylor]], [[Christopher Duncan]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Terry Norton]], [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]].
+: Performed at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] with [[Sean Taylor]], [[Christopher Duncan]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Terry Norton]], [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]].
-: Performed by [[UJ Arts & Culture]] at the [[Con Cowan Theatre]] at the [[University of Johannesburg]] in April. Directed by [[Alby Michaels]], with [[Jeremy Richard]], [[Pieter Rossouw]] , [[Anton Dekker]], [[Lizelle de Klerk]], [[Isadora Verwey]] and [[Jonathan Taylor]].
+: Performed by [[UJ Arts & Culture]] at the [[Con Cowan Theatre]] at the [[University of Johannesburg]] in April. Directed by [[Alby Michaels]], with [[Jeremy Richard]], [[Pieter Rossouw]], [[Anton Dekker]], [[Lizelle de Klerk]], [[Isadora Verwey]] and [[Jonathan Taylor]].
 == Sources ==

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 Shaffer adapted the play for a 1977 film starring Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, and Jenny Agutter, directed by Sidney Lumet.
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Evette Weyers]] possibly in 1978.
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Evette Weyers]] in 1978.
 == South African productions ==