The Cure - Revision history

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The Cure by Athol Fugard and the Serpent Players (1960s)

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 Circa 1962: The play was the company's first production,  done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.
-: Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] on tour as a double bill with ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]''.
+: Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] on tour as a double bill with ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]'', ''inter alia'' playing in the [[St Stephen's Church Hall]], Port Elizabeth.
 : Performed by the [[Serpent Players]], including [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]] and [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]] in Grahamstown in September 1971

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-?: The play was the company's first production,  done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.
+Circa 1962: The play was the company's first production,  done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.
 : Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] on tour as a double bill with ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]''.

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 ?: The play was the company's first production,  done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.
-: Performed by the Serpent Payers on tour as a double bill with ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]''.
+: Performed by the [[Serpent Players]] on tour as a double bill with ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]''.
 : Performed by the [[Serpent Players]], including [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]] and [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]] in Grahamstown in September 1971

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	196?: The play was the company's first production, done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.		196?: The play was the company's first production, done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.
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		+	1970: Performed by the Serpent Payers on tour as a double bill with ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]''.

	1971: Performed by the [[Serpent Players]], including [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]] and [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]] in Grahamstown in September 1971		1971: Performed by the [[Serpent Players]], including [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]] and [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]] in Grahamstown in September 1971

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 162		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 162

−	=''[[The Cure]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and the [[Serpent Players]] (~~1960s~~)=	+	=''[[The Cure]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and the [[Serpent Players]] (1968)=

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 ==The original text==
-If [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, pp 131, 161) is to be believed, this is most likely to be a reference to '''''[[A Perfect Cure]]''''', a little known play in one act by William Sapte, Jr. (fl. late 1800s), which was apparently performed in Cape Town by [[Clara Tellett]] (fl. mid 19th century) under both titles in 1862.
+If [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, pp 131, 161) is to be believed, this is most likely to be a reference to '''''[[A Perfect Cure]]''''', a little known play in one act by William Sapte, Jr. (fl. late 1800s), which was apparently performed in Cape Town by [[Clara Tellett]] (fl. mid 19th century) under both titles in 1862. Bosman possibly took this information from adverts, reviews or the acting [[Clara Tellett]]'s company's documentation, but there is some doubt about the veracity of the information, for the sources consulted seem to suggest that the play in question may only date from the 1890s. The likely answer is that the play performed was actually the better known play called '''''[[A Cure for the Heartache]]''''' (Morton).
-It could also be a renamed/wrongly named version of '''''[[A Cure for the Heartache]]''''' a comedy, in five acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)]. First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on  10 January 1797 and printed by P. Wogan,1797, it was vastly popular in Cape Town over the course of the 19th century.
+It is possible that may actually be a renamed/wrongly named (and shortened?) version of '''''[[A Cure for the Heartache]]''''' a comedy, in five acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)]. First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on  10 January 1797 and printed by P. Wogan,1797, it was vastly popular in Cape Town over the course of the 19th century.
 However, it ''could'' also be a version of any other of the numerous plays containing the terms "the cure" or "a cure" written in the 19th century. A possibility for example would be  '''''[[Kill or Cure]]''''',  a popular farce in one act by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)],  first performed at the Olympic theatre, Monday, October 29th, 1832 and published in London by J. Miller, 1834.