The Dam - Revision history

Darryl at 20:03, 10 December 2025

2025-12-10T20:03:02Z

Darryl at 20:01, 10 December 2025

2025-12-10T20:01:21Z

Satj: /* South African productions */

2022-11-18T05:50:13Z

South African productions

Miriamt: /* Sources */

2017-07-24T16:27:25Z

Sources

Satj: /* The Dam by Guy Butler */

2016-04-05T10:45:37Z

The Dam by Guy Butler

Satj: /* South African productions */

2016-04-05T10:44:37Z

South African productions

Satj at 10:44, 5 April 2016

2016-04-05T10:44:11Z

Miriamt: /* by Archibald J.A. Wilson */

2016-01-29T05:19:54Z

by Archibald J.A. Wilson

Miriamt: /* by Guy Butler */

2015-03-09T18:35:51Z

by Guy Butler

Miriamt at 18:35, 9 March 2015

2015-03-09T18:35:34Z

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 ''[[Helikon]]'', 1(5):87. 1952.
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 A one-act play. Published by DALRO in 1970.
 == South African productions ==

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 = ''[[The Dam]]'' by [[Guy Butler]]=
-This was the winning play of the [[Van Riebeeck Playwriting Competition]],, set up to find commissioned works for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]].
+This was the winning play of the [[Van Riebeeck Playwriting Competition]], set up to find commissioned works for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]].
-A play about an English South African farmer's relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times.
+A play about an English South African farmer's relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times.  The play was dedicated to [[Trevor Huddleston]] and the priests of the Church of Christ the King in Sophiatown. This was at a time when Huddleston and Nelson Mandela were campaigning side-by-side against apartheid policies being implemented by Malan’s government.
 First published by [[A.A. Balkema]] in 1953.

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−	~~Presented~~ by the [[Repertory Theatre Society]], later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] ~~performed~~ on 11 March 1941.	+	1941: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Repertory Theatre Society]] (later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]]) on 11 March 1941.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	Theatre programme, 1952.		Theatre programme, 1952.
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		+	''[[Helikon]]'', 1(5):87. 1952.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 = ''[[The Dam]]'' by [[Guy Butler]]=
-A commissioned work for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]]. A play about an English South African farmer’s relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times.
+This was the winning play of the [[Van Riebeeck Playwriting Competition]],, set up to find commissioned works for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]].
 First published by [[A.A. Balkema]] in 1953.
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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 =''[[The Dam]]'' by [[Archibald J.A. Wilson]]=

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 == South African productions ==
 : Produced by [[NTO]], directed by [[Marda Vanne]], with [[Rolf Lefebvre]], [[Marcia Colville]], [[June Range]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Noëlle Ahrenson]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Michal Grobbelaar]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Frank Wise]]. Decor by [[Geoffrey Long]].
 == Sources ==

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-==by [[Guy Butler]]==
+There are two South African plays by this name.
-A commissioned work for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]] and produced by [[NTO]] in 1952, directed by [[Marda Vanne]], starring [[Rolf Lefebvre]], [[Marcia Colville]], [[June Range]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Noëlle Ahrenson]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Michal Grobbelaar]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Frank Wise]]. Decor by [[Geoffrey Long]]. A play about an English South African farmer’s relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times.
+A commissioned work for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]]. A play about an English South African farmer’s relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times.
 This was the winning play of the Van Riebeeck Playwriting Competition.
-Source: Theatre programme, 1952.
+== Sources ==
-==by [[Archibald J.A. Wilson]]==
+=''[[The Dam]]'' by [[Archibald J.A. Wilson]]=
 A one-act play. Published by DALRO in 1970.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 D|D]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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	A one-act play. Published by DALRO in 1970.		A one-act play. Published by DALRO in 1970.
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		+	Presented by the Repertory Theatre Society, later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] performed on 11 March 1941.