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The Company at The Market Theatre (1976-1986)

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Darryl: /* The Company and The Market Theatre (1976-1986) */

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The Company and The Market Theatre (1976-1986)

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The Company, Johannesburg

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Darryl: /* The Company, Johannesburg (1973-1986?) */

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The Company, Johannesburg (1973-1986?)

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The Company and The Market Theatre (1976-1986)

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	1990/1991: ''[[Shadowlands]]''		1990/1991: ''[[Shadowlands]]''
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		+	Dates unknown: ''[[Hardy Folk]]'' ([[Young Market Company]])

	For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.		For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.

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 ==Names==
-Initially, the name [[The Company]] was used to identify the work of the troupe. They later became known as the [[Market Theatre Company]] when they started traveling abroad. From the late 1980s productions are typically simply attributed to the [[Market Theatre]].
+Initially, the name [[The Company]] was used to identify the work of the troupe. They later became known as the [[Market Theatre Company]] when they started traveling abroad. At one point (possibly late 70s or early 80s), some productions were staged under the banner of the [[Young Market Company]]. From the late 1980s productions are typically simply attributed to the [[Market Theatre]].
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 Other productions (dates unknown) include ''[[The Flat and Sharp Bazaar]]'', ''[[Storytime]]'' (at The [[Village Theatre]] in Orange Grove), ''[[People Too]]''  and ''[[The Drapes Come]]''.
-==[[The Company]] and The [[Market Theatre]] (1976-1986)==
+==[[The Company]] at The [[Market Theatre]] (1976-1986)==
 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 (though they had to pay rent to the [[Market Theatre Foundation]] for the use of the theatres, just as any other company making use of the facilities had to).

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 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 to present works such as:
+Productions presented by [[The Company]] include:
 :  ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[The Seagull]]'', ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', ''[[Vroue van Troje]]'', ''[[Comedians]]''
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 For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.
 =[[The Company]], Cape Town (1973)=

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 ==Names==
-Initially, the name [[The Company]] was used to identify the work of the troupe. From the early 1980s, the acting company is regularly referred to as the [[Market Theatre Company]], and from the late 1980s productions are typically simply attributed to the [[Market Theatre]].
+Initially, the name [[The Company]] was used to identify the work of the troupe. They later became known as the [[Market Theatre Company]] when they started traveling abroad. From the late 1980s productions are typically simply attributed to the [[Market Theatre]].
 ==Venues==
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 ==[[The Company]] and The [[Market Theatre]] (1976-1986)==
-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.
+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 (though they had to pay rent to the [[Market Theatre Foundation]] for the use of the theatres, just as any other company making use of the facilities had to).
 They went on to present works such as:
-:  ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[The Seagull]]'', ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', ''[[Vroue van Troje]]''
+:  ''[[Pleasure and Repentance]]'', ''[[The Seagull]]'', ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', ''[[Vroue van Troje]]'', ''[[Comedians]]''
-:  ''[[People are Living There]]'', ''[[Mother Courage]]'', ''[[Luv]]'' (with [[The Academy]])
+:  ''[[People are Living There]]'', ''[[Mother Courage]]'', ''[[Luv]]'' (with [[The Academy]]), ''[[The Me Nobody Knows]]'', ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]''
 : ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'', ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', ''[[Bacchus in die Boland]]''
-: ''[[Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life]]'', ''[[The Death of Bessie Smith]]'', ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'', ''[[Angel City]]'', ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]''
+: ''[[Cincinatti – Scenes from City Life]]'', ''[[The Death of Bessie Smith]]'', ''[[Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act]]'', ''[[Angel City]]'', ''[[Holy Moses and All That Jazz]]'', ''[[Sly Fox ]]'', ''[[Veronica's Room]]'', ''[[How the Other Half Loves]]'', ''[[International Stud]]''
-: ''[[An Arabian Night]]''
+: ''[[An Arabian Night]]'', ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'', ''[[Poppie Nongena]]''
 : ''[[Woza Albert]]'' (in association with the [[Earth Players]]), ''[[Charles Dickens]]'', ''[[Ain't We Got Fun]]'', ''[[Live History Theatre]]''
-: ''[[And Green And Golden]]''
+: ''[[And Green And Golden]]'', ''[[Bedroom Farce]]''
 :  ''[[Children of a Lesser God]]'', ''[[This is for Keeps]]''
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 : ''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]'', ''[[Custom of the Country]]''
-: ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
+: ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]'', ''[[Sophiatown]]'' (in collaboration with [[Malcolm Purkey]]’s [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]]), ''[[The Dybbuk ]]''
 For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.
 =[[The Company]], Cape Town (1973)=
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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]]

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 * [[The Blue Fox]]: a converted restaurant, also in the [[Oxford Hotel]].
-* The [[Village Theatre]]: a theatre set up in a converted shop front in Orange Grove, Johannesburg by [[David Marks]] and [[Barney Simon]]).
+* The [[Village Theatre]]: a theatre set up in a converted shop front in Orange Grove, Johannesburg by [[David Marks]] and [[Barney Simon]].
 * The [[Arena Theatre]]: a converted house in Doornfontein (on the corner of St. Augustine and Louisa Streets).

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 An independent theatre company originally founded in Johannesburg during December 1973 by writer/director [[Barney Simon]] and lighting designer and theatre manager [[Mannie Manim]] to do ''avant garde[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde]'' work.
-[[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. They worked with 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:

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 Among those using the title [[The Company]] as the full name, have been:
-=[[The Company]], Johannesburg (1973-1986?)=
+=[[The Company]], Johannesburg =
 An independent theatre company originally founded in Johannesburg during December 1973 by writer/director [[Barney Simon]] and lighting designer and theatre manager [[Mannie Manim]] to do ''avant garde[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde]'' work.
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 * to create and perform indigenous work wherever possible
 * to present current international hits alongside the classics
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	1986: ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]''		1986: ''[[Danny and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
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−	~~From 1987, it seems productions were simply billed as having been produced by the [[Market Theatre]].~~

	For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.		For more information, see the '''[[Market Theatre]]'''.