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 : The first Cape performance opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 22 November 1974, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]]. The playwright, specially invited, refused to attend as no other coloured people could attend. The cast: [[Sandra Kotzé]] (Makiet), [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jana Cilliers]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Ulrich Fobian]], [[Anna Cloete]], [[André Rossouw]], [[Juanita Swanepoel]], [[Marie Pentz]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[James Blanckenberg]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Mees Xteen]] and others. Lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]], costumes by [[Jenny de Swardt]], music by[[Theo Young]].
-Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lampbrecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zack du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
+Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lamprecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zack du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
 : Produced by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Kanna), [[Leona Rich]] (Makiet), [[Johan J. Fourie|Johan Fourie]] (Diekie), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Toefie), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Bai) and others.

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 : The first Cape performance opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 22 November 1974, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]]. The playwright, specially invited, refused to attend as no other coloured people could attend. The cast: [[Sandra Kotzé]] (Makiet), [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jana Cilliers]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Ulrich Fobian]], [[Anna Cloete]], [[André Rossouw]], [[Juanita Swanepoel]], [[Marie Pentz]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[James Blanckenberg]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Mees Xteen]] and others. Lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]], costumes by [[Jenny de Swardt]], music by[[Theo Young]].
-Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lampbrecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zak du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
+Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lampbrecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zack du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
 : Produced by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Kanna), [[Leona Rich]] (Makiet), [[Johan J. Fourie|Johan Fourie]] (Diekie), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Toefie), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Bai) and others.

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 : The first Cape performance opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 22 November 1974, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]]. The playwright, specially invited, refused to attend as no other coloured people could attend. The cast: [[Sandra Kotzé]] (Makiet), [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jana Cilliers]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Ulrich Fobian]], [[Anna Cloete]], [[André Rossouw]], [[Juanita Swanepoel]], [[Marie Pentz]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[James Blanckenberg]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Mees Xteen]] and others. Lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]], costumes by [[Jenny de Swardt]], music by[[Theo Young]].
-Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lampbrecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zark du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
+Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lampbrecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zak du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
 : Produced by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Kanna), [[Leona Rich]] (Makiet), [[Johan J. Fourie|Johan Fourie]] (Diekie), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Toefie), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Bai) and others.

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 : The first Cape performance opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 22 November 1974, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]]. The playwright, specially invited, refused to attend as no other coloured people could attend. The cast: [[Sandra Kotzé]] (Makiet), [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jana Cilliers]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Ulrich Fobian]], [[Anna Cloete]], [[André Rossouw]], [[Juanita Swanepoel]], [[Marie Pentz]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[James Blanckenberg]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Mees Xteen]] and others. Lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]], costumes by [[Jenny de Swardt]], music by[[Theo Young]].
-Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], with [[Wilna Snyman]] as Makiet.
+Staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Pieter Joubert]] as "Kanna", [[Wilna Snyman]] as "Makiet", [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Annette Engelbrecht]], [[Don Lampbrecht]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[David van der Merwe]], [[Cobus Visser]], [[Tobie Cronje]], [[Zark du Plessis]], [[André Laubscher]], [[Trudie Taljaard]], [[Magda van Biljon]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Will Roberts]].
 : Produced by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Kanna), [[Leona Rich]] (Makiet), [[Johan J. Fourie|Johan Fourie]] (Diekie), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Toefie), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Bai) and others.

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 [[Stephen Gray]]. 1985. Desegregating the theatre. ''[[Index on Censorship]]'' 4/85[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064228508533915]
-[[UTS]] theatre programme 1975.
+[[Philippa Breytenbach]]. 1974. "'n Kliphart of jy gaan huil", ''[[Die Transvaler]]'', 21 June 1974: Bylaag ("appendix") p. VI.
 [[George Ballot]] scrapbooks. (Initially held in the [[ESAT Archive]], with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/ballotm.html] and consulted 2024-1925. Now part of the [[PARC]] research collection at the [[Africa Open Institute]] at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].)
 [[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 334.

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	[[UTS]] theatre programme 1975.		[[UTS]] theatre programme 1975.
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		+	[[George Ballot]] scrapbooks. (Initially held in the [[ESAT Archive]], with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/ballotm.html] and consulted 2024-1925. Now part of the [[PARC]] research collection at the [[Africa Open Institute]] at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].)

	[[Wilhelm Grütter\| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 334.		[[Wilhelm Grütter\| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 334.

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 ''[[Kanna hy kô hystoe]]'' ("Kanna's Coming Home") is a verse play by [[Adam Small]] (1936-2016).
-The above is the published Afrikaans title, but the text has also been spelled in various other ways over the years, including ''[[Kanna hy kó hys toe]]'', ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' or ''[[Kanna, hy kó hystoe]]''.
+The above is the published [[Afrikaans]] title, but the text has also been spelled in various other ways over the years, including ''[[Kanna hy kó hys toe]]'', ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' or ''[[Kanna, hy kó hystoe]]''.
 == The text ==
-An upsetting, but superbly  moving,  [[Afrikaans]] verse play about the issues of voluntary exile, forced removals and the trials and tribulations of a "coloured" family in [[District Six]] in Cape Town. One of the best plays to come out of the [[apartheid]] era, considered by some the best [[Afrikaans]] play.
+An upsetting, but superbly  moving,  [[Afrikaans]] verse play about the issues of voluntary exile, forced removals and the trials and tribulations of a "[[coloured]]" family in [[District Six]] in Cape Town. One of the best plays to come out of the [[apartheid]] era, considered by some the best [[Afrikaans]] play of the Twentieth century.
 Small originally published an [[Afrikaans]] short story with the basic plot in the ''avant garde'' literary journal ''[[Sestiger]]'' of August 1964. This was later expanded and reworked as a play.

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 : Done by the [[Eersterus Performing Arts Council]], Pretoria (in association with [[PACT]]) , directed by ** and starring [[Dot Feldman]], **.
-: Performed in English at was the [[Baxter Theatre]] as ''[[Kanna Comes Home]]'', directed by [[Peter Krummeck]] with an ethnically mixed cast that included several members of the [[Cape Flats Players]], and playing to multiracial audiences. According to [[Stephen Gray]], "this is the
+: Performed in English at was the [[Baxter Theatre]] as ''[[Kanna Comes Home]]'', directed by [[Peter Krummeck]] with an ethnically mixed cast that included several members of the [[Cape Flats Players]], and playing to multiracial audiences. The cast included: [[Ismael Losper]], [[Joanna Fraser]], [[Vincent Nel]], [[Paul Cookson]], [[Kim Bradnick]], [[Sandra Braaf]], [[Peter Braaf]], [[Cyril du Plessis]], [[Vanessa Reynolds]], [[Wayne Bowman]], [[Pepe Hendricks]], [[Margaret Marsh]], [[Ivan Sylvester]], [[Elgene Florist]], [[Michael Botha]]. According to [[Stephen Gray]], "this is the
 first ever production of the work, initially published in 1965, to play in "normal" circumstances, unhampered by any direct form of discriminatory legislation".[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064228508533915]

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 -4: Done by the [[Baxter Theatre]] in June 2004, directed by [[Royston Stoffels]], design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and featuring [[Peter Butler]], [[Denise Newman]], [[Liande Snell]], [[Irvine van der Merwe]], [[Paul Savage]], [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[Mary Daniels]], [[Carmen Maarman]], [[Merlin Balie]], [[Theodore Jantjies]] and [[Abbe-Gail Hartogh]].
-: Performed in the [[Mango-Wynand Mouton Theatre]] at the ''[[Vrystaat Kunstefees]]'' in July, directed by [[Gerben Kamper]] with [[June van Merch]] (as "Makiet"), [[Brendon Daniels]] (as "Kanna"), [[Crystal Donna Roberts]], [[Jefferson Korkee]], [[Angelo Mockie]] and others.
+: Performed in the [[Mango-Wynand Mouton Theatre]] in Bloemfontein, as part of the annual ''[[Vryfees]]'' in July, directed by [[Gerben Kamper]] with [[June van Merch]] (as "Makiet"), [[Brendon Daniels]] (as "Kanna"), [[Crystal Donna Roberts]], [[Jefferson Korkee]], [[Angelo Mockie]] and others.
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	''[[Cape Times]]'', 9 June 2004.		''[[Cape Times]]'', 9 June 2004.
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		+	Programme: [[Vrystaat Kunstefees]] 2013[https://vrystaatkunstefees.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pan-African-Creative-Exchange-Preliminary-Program-2020-1.pdf]

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