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	2004: The [[Dimpho di Kopane]] adaptation/production performed at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]]. Directed by [[Mark Dornford-May]], designed by [[Jessica Dornford-May]], musical direction by [[Charles Hazlewood]]. With [[Lungelwa Blau]], [[Bongani Bubu]], [[Mvuyisi Mjali]], [[Ruby Mthethwa]], [[Jim Ngxabaze]], [[Sibusiso Ziqubu]], [[Otto Siqubu]], [[Bulelwa Cosa]], [[Andries Mbali]].		2004: The [[Dimpho di Kopane]] adaptation/production performed at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]]. Directed by [[Mark Dornford-May]], designed by [[Jessica Dornford-May]], musical direction by [[Charles Hazlewood]]. With [[Lungelwa Blau]], [[Bongani Bubu]], [[Mvuyisi Mjali]], [[Ruby Mthethwa]], [[Jim Ngxabaze]], [[Sibusiso Ziqubu]], [[Otto Siqubu]], [[Bulelwa Cosa]], [[Andries Mbali]].
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		+	2004: [[Dimpho di Kopane]] presented its ''Season South Africa'' from October 27 to December 5 in the synod hall of the Cathedral of St John the Divine in Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan. They presented four works in repertory: ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'', ''[[U-Carmen]]'', ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' and ''[[Ikumkanikazi yeKhephu]]''.

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 There was a London revival at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, produced by Sir Nigel Playfair, for which the music was freely rearranged by Frederic Austin.
-Since 1920 there had been several "rewrites" of ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' and it later formed the basis of Bertolt Brecht’s immensely popular ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (1928)[].
+Since 1920 there had been several "rewrites" of ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' and it later formed the basis of Bertolt Brecht’s immensely popular ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (1928).
 In 1953 a Technicolor film version was made of Gay's opera,  directed by Peter Brook and starring Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, [[Stanley Holloway]] and others.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera_(film)]
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 [[Louis Burke]] made a South African adaptation of Gay's play for the [[CAPAB]] production of 1965.
-Another South African version attempting to fuse Baroque (Old England) and African (contemporary South Africa) elements was produced by the opera company, [[Dimpho di Kopane]] in 2002.
+Another South African version attempting to fuse Baroque (Old England) and African (contemporary South Africa) elements was produced by the opera company, [[Dimpho di Kopane]] in 2002, titled ''[[Ibali loo Tsotsi]]''.
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 : Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].
-: Presented by [[UCT Opera School]] and [[UCT Drama Department]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Peter Klatzow]] and [[Mavis Taylor]], produced by [[Angelo G0bbato]].
+: Presented by [[UCT Opera School]] and [[UCT Drama Department]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Peter Klatzow]] and [[Mavis Taylor]], produced by [[Angelo Gobbato]].
 : South African version by the company [[Dimpho di Kopane]] first performed by [[Dimpho Di Kopane]] on 22 February 2002 at the [[Joseph Stone Theatre]] in Athlone, with [[Pauline Malefane]].  The production was staged at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in the autumn of 2002.

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 : Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].
-: Presented by [[UCT Opera School]] and [[UCT Drama Department]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Peter Klatzow]] and [[Mavis Taylor]], produced by [[Angelo Gabbato]].
+: Presented by [[UCT Opera School]] and [[UCT Drama Department]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Peter Klatzow]] and [[Mavis Taylor]], produced by [[Angelo G0bbato]].
 : South African version by the company [[Dimpho di Kopane]] first performed by [[Dimpho Di Kopane]] on 22 February 2002 at the [[Joseph Stone Theatre]] in Athlone, with [[Pauline Malefane]].  The production was staged at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in the autumn of 2002.

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 : Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].
 : South African version by the company [[Dimpho di Kopane]] first performed by [[Dimpho Di Kopane]] on 22 February 2002 at the [[Joseph Stone Theatre]] in Athlone, with [[Pauline Malefane]].  The production was staged at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in the autumn of 2002.
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 [[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : South African version by the company [[Dimpho di Kopane]] first performed by [[Dimpho Di Kopane]] on 22 February 2002 at the [[Joseph Stone Theatre]] in Athlone, with [[Pauline Malefane]].  The production was staged at Wilton's Music Hall, London, in the autumn of 2002.
-: The [[Dimpho di Kopane]] adaptation/production performed at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]]. Directed by [[Mark Dornford-Yates]], designed by [[Jessica Dornford-May]], musical direction by [[Charles Hazlewood]]. With [[Lungelwa Blau]], [[Bongani Bubu]], [[Mvuyisi Mjali]], [[Ruby Mthethwa]], [[Jim Ngxabaze]], [[Sibusiso Ziqubu]], [[Otto Siqubu]], [[Bulelwa Cosa]], [[Andries Mbali]].
+: The [[Dimpho di Kopane]] adaptation/production performed at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]]. Directed by [[Mark Dornford-May]], designed by [[Jessica Dornford-May]], musical direction by [[Charles Hazlewood]]. With [[Lungelwa Blau]], [[Bongani Bubu]], [[Mvuyisi Mjali]], [[Ruby Mthethwa]], [[Jim Ngxabaze]], [[Sibusiso Ziqubu]], [[Otto Siqubu]], [[Bulelwa Cosa]], [[Andries Mbali]].
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