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-: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], presented by [[PACT]] in collaboration with the Opera School of the [[Pretoria Technikon]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]], [[Drummond Marais]].
+: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], presented by [[PACT]] in collaboration with the Opera School of the [[Pretoria Technikon]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]], designed by [[Nadya Cohen]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]], [[Drummond Marais]].
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 ===Performance history in South Africa===
-: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], presented by [[PACT]] in collaboration with the Opera School of the [[Pretoria Technikon]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]].
+: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], presented by [[PACT]] in collaboration with the Opera School of the [[Pretoria Technikon]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]], [[Drummond Marais]].
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 ==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a one-act opera by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]==
-One-act chamber opera based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, with a libretto and music composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]].
+One-act chamber opera based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, with a libretto and music composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]. The work was the winning entry for a competition organized by The Department of National Education in 1987.
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	==''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw==		==''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw==
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		+	''[[The House of Usher]]'' is a 1989 horror film directed by Alan Birkinshaw and starring Oliver Reed, Donald Pleasence, and Romy Walthall. It is an adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Partly filmed in South Africa. The cast includes [[Rufus Swart]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Anne Stradi]], [[Carole Farquhar]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Lenorah Ince]], [[Jonathan Fairbirn]].

	==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a one-act opera by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]==		==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a one-act opera by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]==

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-: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]].
+: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], presented by [[PACT]] in collaboration with the Opera School of the [[Pretoria Technikon]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]].
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	Photograph of the cast of the 1999 production held by [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2008. 51. 11. 4. 4.		Photograph of the cast of the 1999 production held by [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2008. 51. 11. 4. 4.
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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 [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]]

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	==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a one-act opera by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]==		==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a one-act opera by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]==
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		+	One-act chamber opera based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, with a libretto and music composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]].
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		+	1988: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]].

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	''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' by Edgar Allan Poe.		''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' by Edgar Allan Poe.
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 : A [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] production was directed by [[David Alcock]] and [[Gary Gordon]] for Graduation in March 1999, with [[Brink Scholtz]] as Madeline Usher, [[Matthew Roberts]] as Oswald and [[Rob Murray]] as Roderick Usher.
 : [[The Mechanicals]]' staging of [[Graham Weir]] and [[Christopher Weare]]'s reworked version of the Edgar Allan Poe short story ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' will be staged at The [[Little Theatre]] in Orange Street, Cape Town until June 16. Directed by  Christopher Weare, with Andrew Laubscher, Mikkie-Dene le Roux and Gideon Lombard, Cape Times 5 June 2012.
 ==''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw==
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−	2012: [[The Mechanicals]]' staging of [[Graham Weir]] and [[Christopher Weare]]'s reworked version of the Edgar Allan Poe short story 'The Fall of the House of Usher'' will be staged at The [[Little Theatre]] in Orange Street, Cape Town until June 16.	+	2012: [[The Mechanicals]]' staging of [[Graham Weir]] and [[Christopher Weare]]'s reworked version of the Edgar Allan Poe short story ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' will be staged at The [[Little Theatre]] in Orange Street, Cape Town until June 16. Directed by Christopher Weare, with Andrew Laubscher, Mikkie-Dene le Roux and Gideon Lombard, Cape Times 5 June 2012.

	==''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw==		==''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw==