Richard II - Revision history

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South African performances

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First productions in Africa and South Africa

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Other South African performances

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Other South African performances

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Other South African performances

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	''Richard II'' theatre programme, [[CAPAB]] 1990.		''Richard II'' theatre programme, [[CAPAB]] 1990.

		+	[[Arts Theatre Club]] archive held by [[George Mountjoy]].

	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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	1953: In 1953, The Rhodes Centenary Year, the play was presented by a company led by John Gielgud, specially brought out from Britain.		1953: In 1953, The Rhodes Centenary Year, the play was presented by a company led by John Gielgud, specially brought out from Britain.
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		+	1954: Presented by [[East London Technical College Drama Club]] at [[John Bisseker Hall]], East London, produced by [[Mary Howe]].

	1968: In January 1968 [[Leonard Schach]] directed the play at [[Maynardville]]. Decor was by [[Pamela Lewis]] and costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. In the cast were [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Bernard Brown]] (as Richard II), [[Margaret Heale]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Michael Drin]], [[Peter Curtis]], [[Jeanne Wennberg]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Antony Sher]] (Duke of Surrey), [[Roger Spence]], [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Philip Harding]] and others. Set designed by [[Pamela Lewis]] in London, costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]]. Stage director [[David Salton]].		1968: In January 1968 [[Leonard Schach]] directed the play at [[Maynardville]]. Decor was by [[Pamela Lewis]] and costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. In the cast were [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Bernard Brown]] (as Richard II), [[Margaret Heale]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Michael Drin]], [[Peter Curtis]], [[Jeanne Wennberg]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Antony Sher]] (Duke of Surrey), [[Roger Spence]], [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Philip Harding]] and others. Set designed by [[Pamela Lewis]] in London, costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]]. Stage director [[David Salton]].

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-A history play by [[William Shakespeare]] (1564 – 1616)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare]
+''[[Richard II]]'' is a history play by [[William Shakespeare]] (1564 – 1616)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare]
 As with most of Shakespeare's plays, there are multiple names for the works, from full titles with subtitles, to shortened titles like this one. In this case ''[[Richard II]]'' is perhaps most commonly used title for the play.
-==The play and its history==
+==The original text==
 This history play is believed to have been written and performed in approximately 1595, first published in 1597.
 ==First productions in Africa and South Africa==
 On 30 September 1607 an early performance occurred abroad when the crew of [[Capt. William Keeling]] acted [[Richard II]] aboard the British East India Company ship ''[[The Red Dragon]]'', off Sierra Leone.
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 [[Jill Fletcher]] (1991) argues from the above (and other  accounts?) that the very first recorded European production in the Southern African region was a version of this play done off the coast of the Cape of Storms some time in 1608, once again on board "[[The Red Dragon]]" by [[Captain Keeling]] and his men.
-== First formal production in South Africa ==
+== South African performances ==
 : In 1953, The Rhodes Centenary Year, the play was presented by a company led by John Gielgud, specially brought out from Britain.

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 The earliest recorded performance was a private one on 9 December 1595, and another private one is recorded at the Globe Theatre on 7 Feb. 1601.
-On 30 September 1607 an early performance occurred abroad when the crew of [[Capt. William Keeling]] acted [[Richard II]] aboard the British East India Company ship ''The Red Dragon'', off Sierra Leone.
+On 30 September 1607 an early performance occurred abroad when the crew of [[Capt. William Keeling]] acted [[Richard II]] aboard the British East India Company ship ''[[The Red Dragon]]'', off Sierra Leone.
 == First formal production in South Africa ==

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−	A history play by [[William Shakespeare]].	+	A history play by [[William Shakespeare]] (1564 – 1616)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare]

	As with most of Shakespeare's plays, there are multiple names for the works, from full titles with subtitles, to shortened titles like this one. In this case ''[[Richard II]]'' is perhaps most commonly used title for the play.		As with most of Shakespeare's plays, there are multiple names for the works, from full titles with subtitles, to shortened titles like this one. In this case ''[[Richard II]]'' is perhaps most commonly used title for the play.

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 == Other South African performances ==
-In 1953, The Rhodes Centenary Year, the play was presented by a company led by John Gielgud, specially brought out from Britain.
+: In 1953, The Rhodes Centenary Year, the play was presented by a company led by John Gielgud, specially brought out from Britain.
-In January 1968 [[Leonard Schach]] directed the play at [[Maynardville]]. Decor was by [[Pamela Lewis]] and costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. In the cast were [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Bernard Brown]] (as Richard II), [[Margaret Heale]], [[Elliot Playfair]],  [[Michael Drin]], [[Peter Curtis]], [[Jeanne Wennberg]], [[Phillip Boucher]] and others. Set designed by [[Pamela Lewis]] in London, costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]]. Stage director [[David Salton]].
+: In January 1968 [[Leonard Schach]] directed the play at [[Maynardville]]. Decor was by [[Pamela Lewis]] and costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. In the cast were [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Bernard Brown]] (as Richard II), [[Margaret Heale]], [[Elliot Playfair]],  [[Michael Drin]], [[Peter Curtis]], [[Jeanne Wennberg]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Antony Sher]] (Duke of Surrey), [[Roger Spence]], [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Philip Harding]] and others. Set designed by [[Pamela Lewis]] in London, costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]]. Stage director [[David Salton]].
-In 1990 [[Keith Grenville]] directed the play at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (30 May to 23 June 1990), with [[Neil McCarthy]] in the title role, which later proved to be the highlight of the 1990 [[Grahamstown Festival]] ([[Monument Theatre]] 6, 7, 9 July). Designs were by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Other members of the cast were [[Jamie Bartlett]] as Bolingbroke, [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[André Roothman]] and others.
+: In 1990 [[Keith Grenville]] directed the play at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (30 May to 23 June 1990), with [[Neil McCarthy]] in the title role, which later proved to be the highlight of the 1990 [[Grahamstown Festival]] ([[Monument Theatre]] 6, 7, 9 July). Designs were by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Other members of the cast were [[Jamie Bartlett]] as Bolingbroke, [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[André Roothman]] and others.
 == Sources ==

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 In January 1968 [[Leonard Schach]] directed the play at [[Maynardville]]. Decor was by [[Pamela Lewis]] and costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. In the cast were [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Bernard Brown]] (as Richard II), [[Margaret Heale]], [[Elliot Playfair]],  [[Michael Drin]], [[Peter Curtis]], [[Jeanne Wennberg]], [[Phillip Boucher]] and others. Set designed by [[Pamela Lewis]] in London, costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]]. Stage director [[David Salton]].
-In 1990 [[Keith Grenville]] directed the play at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (30 May to 23 June 1990), with [[Neil McCarthy]] in the title role, which later proved to be the highlight of the 1990 [[Grahamstown Festival]]. Designs were by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Other members of the cast were [[Jamie Bartlett]] as Bolingbroke, [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[André Roothman]] and others.
+In 1990 [[Keith Grenville]] directed the play at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (30 May to 23 June 1990), with [[Neil McCarthy]] in the title role, which later proved to be the highlight of the 1990 [[Grahamstown Festival]] ([[Monument Theatre]] 6. 7. 9 July). Designs were by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Other members of the cast were [[Jamie Bartlett]] as Bolingbroke, [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[André Roothman]] and others.
 == Sources ==

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	[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1977. p 127		[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1977. p 127

−	~~Theatre~~ programme, 1990.	+	''Richard II'' theatre programme, [[CAPAB]] 1990.

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 In January 1968 [[Leonard Schach]] directed the play at [[Maynardville]]. Decor was by [[Pamela Lewis]] and costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. In the cast were [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Bernard Brown]] (as Richard II), [[Margaret Heale]], [[Elliot Playfair]],  [[Michael Drin]], [[Peter Curtis]], [[Jeanne Wennberg]], [[Phillip Boucher]] and others. Set designed by [[Pamela Lewis]] in London, costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]]. Stage director [[David Salton]].
-In 1990 [[Keith Grenville]] directed the play at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], with [[Neil McCarthy]] in the title role, which later proved to be the highlight of the 1990 [[Grahamstown Festival]]. Designs were by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Other members of the cast were [[Jamie Bartlett]] as Bolingbroke, [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[André Roothman]] and others.
+In 1990 [[Keith Grenville]] directed the play at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (30 May to 23 June 1990), with [[Neil McCarthy]] in the title role, which later proved to be the highlight of the 1990 [[Grahamstown Festival]]. Designs were by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Other members of the cast were [[Jamie Bartlett]] as Bolingbroke, [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[André Roothman]] and others.
 == Sources ==
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 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 127
-Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet June-August 1990
+Theatre programme, 1990.