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The Company, Johannesburg (1972-)

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The Company, Johannesburg (1972-)

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The Company, Johannesburg (1972-)

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The Company, Johannesburg (1972-)

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The Company, Johannesburg (1972-)

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	''[[Market Plays]]''. [[Stephen Gray]] (ed.) 1986. [[AD Donker]].		''[[Market Plays]]''. [[Stephen Gray]] (ed.) 1986. [[AD Donker]].
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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

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 : ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]''
-Other productions were , ''[[The Flat and Sharp Bazaar]]'' and ''[[The Drapes Come]]''.
+Other productions (dates unknown) include ''[[The Flat and Sharp Bazaar]]'' and ''[[The Drapes Come]]''.
 ==[[The Company]] and The [[Market Theatre]] (1976-)==

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 : ''[[May Day Adventure Story]]''
-In 1975, they presented ''[[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].  The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was  eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape.
+: They presented ''[[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].  The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was  eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape.
-Other productions were ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'', ''[[The Flat and Sharp Bazaar]]'' and ''[[The Drapes Come]]''.
+: ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]''
 ==[[The Company]] and The [[Market Theatre]] (1976-)==

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 * to create and perform indigenous work wherever possible
 * to present current international hits alongside the classics
 In 1975, they presented ''[[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].  The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was  eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape.
 Other productions were ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'', ''[[The Flat and Sharp Bazaar]]'' and ''[[The Drapes Come]]''.
 In 1975, [[The Company]] was awarded the tender to convert the old Johannesburg market building into an arts complex. The new venue was named the [[Market Theatre]] and opened in 1976, with [[The Company]] as its resident producing body. On October 19th 1976 [[The Company]] did the ''[[Marat/Sade]]'' (Weiss), directed by [[Barney Simon]], as opening production in the [[Market Theatre]] main theatre.
-They went on under the auspices of the [[Market Theatre]] to present works such as  ''[[Bacchus in die Boland]]'' (1978), ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1978), ''[[Charles Dickens]]'' (1981), ''[[And Green And Golden]]'' (1982/83), ''[[Children of a Lesser God]]'' (1983), ''[[This is for Keeps]]'' (1983), ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' (1986).
+They went on under the auspices of the [[Market Theatre]] to present works such as:
 For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.

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 They went on under the auspices of the [[Market Theatre]] to present works such as  ''[[Bacchus in die Boland]]'' (1978), ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' (1978), ''[[Charles Dickens]]'' (1981), ''[[And Green And Golden]]'' (1982/83), ''[[Children of a Lesser God]]'' (1983), ''[[This is for Keeps]]'' (1983), ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' (1986).
-For more information, see the [[Market Theatre]].
+For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.
 =[[The Company]], Cape Town (1973)=

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 [[Barney Simon]] was the artistic director and [[Mannie Manim]] was the administrative director within the [[Arena Theatre]]. It had a core company of actors – [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[David Eppel]], [[Judith Cornell]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Sue Kiel]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lindsay Reardon]] and [[John Oakley-Smith]].
-The Company's aims were:
+[[The Company]]'s aims were:
 * to perform theatre with and for all South Africans
-* to perform indigenous work wherever possible
+* to create and perform indigenous work wherever possible
 * to present current international hits alongside the classics

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	[[Ian Gray]] 1973. There's a theatre on the way upstairs. In: ''[[Showbiz South Africa]]''. June, 1973: p.41		[[Ian Gray]] 1973. There's a theatre on the way upstairs. In: ''[[Showbiz South Africa]]''. June, 1973: p.41
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		+	''[[Market Plays]]''. [[Stephen Gray]] (ed.) 1986. [[AD Donker]].

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

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	[[Barney Simon]] was the artistic director and [[Mannie Manim]] was the administrative director within the [[Arena Theatre]]. It had a core company of actors – [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[David Eppel]], [[Judith Cornell]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Sue Kiel]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lindsay Reardon]] and [[John Oakley-Smith]].		[[Barney Simon]] was the artistic director and [[Mannie Manim]] was the administrative director within the [[Arena Theatre]]. It had a core company of actors – [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[David Eppel]], [[Judith Cornell]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Sue Kiel]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lindsay Reardon]] and [[John Oakley-Smith]].
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		+	The Company's aims were:
		+	* to perform theatre with and for all South Africans
		+	* to perform indigenous work wherever possible
		+	* to present current international hits alongside the classics

	In 1975, they presented ''[[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape.		In 1975, they presented ''[[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape.