The Insect Play - Revision history

Darryl: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2026-06-05T15:03:12Z

Performance history in South Africa

Darryl: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2026-06-05T15:02:47Z

Performance history in South Africa

Miriamt: /* Sources */

2019-02-11T12:23:02Z

Sources

Miriamt: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2017-09-18T12:43:17Z

Performance history in South Africa

Miriamt at 12:42, 18 September 2017

2017-09-18T12:42:27Z

Miriamt at 10:21, 11 December 2015

2015-12-11T10:21:22Z

Miriamt: /* Sources */

2015-12-11T10:11:38Z

Sources

Miriamt at 08:35, 10 January 2015

2015-01-10T08:35:24Z

Miriamt at 08:33, 10 January 2015

2015-01-10T08:33:17Z

Miriamt at 07:29, 27 October 2014

2014-10-27T07:29:23Z

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 : Durban, October, produced by Mrs A. Bierman.
-: ''The Insect Play'' by the brothers Capek. Presented by the University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department and produced by [[Nancy M. Body]] in the [[Little Theatre]], March 1946. . Featuring [[Don Howie]], [[Ilse Hilsenrath]], [[John Doff]], [[Queenie Cowan]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Donald Inskip]]; scenery and costumes designed by [[Hans Ebenstein]].
+: ''The Insect Play'' by the brothers Capek. Presented by the [[University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department]] and produced by [[Nancy M. Body]] in the [[Little Theatre]], March 1946. . Featuring [[Don Howie]], [[Ilse Hilsenrath]], [[John Doff]], [[Queenie Cowan]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Donald Inskip]]; scenery and costumes designed by [[Hans Ebenstein]].
 : Presented by [[Edgewood College of Education]], directed by [[Hugh Thompson]].

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Durban, October, produced by Mrs A. Bierman.
 : ''The Insect Play'' by the brothers Capek. Presented by the University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department and produced by [[Nancy M. Body]] in the [[Little Theatre]], March 1946. . Featuring [[Don Howie]], [[Ilse Hilsenrath]], [[John Doff]], [[Queenie Cowan]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Donald Inskip]]; scenery and costumes designed by [[Hans Ebenstein]].
-It was performed by students of the [[University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art]] in [[Nunnery|The Nunnery]] at some stage between 1975 and 1983.
+: Presented by [[Edgewood College of Education]], directed by [[Hugh Thompson]].
-, 1986: Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986.
+: Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] .
 : [[David Alcock|Alcock]] also directed a production at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, (5 to 19 March 1983) starring [[Victoria Bawcombe|Vicki Bawcombe]], [[David Butler]], [[Gary Carter]], [[David Clatworthy]], [[David Dennis]], [[Shirley Ellis]] and others.
 == Sources ==

@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 ''[[Teaterforum]]'', 4(1), 1983, 113-114.
-''The Insect Play'' theatre programme ([[Little Theatre]]), 1983.
+''The Insect Play'' theatre programme ([[Little Theatre]]), 1983, donated by [[Tony Fletcher]], held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 9.
 Posters and programmes (Rhodes productions) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 17. 17 and [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 17. 18.

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 It was performed by students of the [[University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art]] in [[Nunnery|The Nunnery]] at some stage between 1975 and 1983.
-, 1986: Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986. [[David Alcock|Alcock]] also directed a production at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, (5 to 19 March 1983) starring [[Victoria Bawcombe|Vicki Bawcombe]], [[David Butler]], [[Gary Carter]], [[David Clatworthy]], [[David Dennis]], [[Shirley Ellis]] and others.
+, 1986: Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986.
 == Sources ==

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Durban, October 1939, produced by Mrs A. Bierman.
+: Durban, October, produced by Mrs A. Bierman.
 Produced by [[Muriel Alexander]] for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]. Date unknown.
-''The Insect Play'' by the brothers Capek. Presented by the University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department and produced by [[Nancy M. Body]] in the [[Little Theatre]], March 1946. . Featuring [[Don Howie]], [[Ilse Hilsenrath]], [[John Doff]], [[Queenie Cowan]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Donald Inskip]]; scenery and costumes designed by [[Hans Ebenstein]].
+: ''The Insect Play'' by the brothers Capek. Presented by the University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department and produced by [[Nancy M. Body]] in the [[Little Theatre]], March 1946. . Featuring [[Don Howie]], [[Ilse Hilsenrath]], [[John Doff]], [[Queenie Cowan]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Donald Inskip]]; scenery and costumes designed by [[Hans Ebenstein]].
 It was performed by students of the [[University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art]] in [[Nunnery|The Nunnery]] at some stage between 1975 and 1983.
-Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986. [[David Alcock|Alcock]] also directed a production at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, (5 to 19 March 1983) starring [[Victoria Bawcombe|Vicki Bawcombe]], [[David Butler]], [[Gary Carter]], [[David Clatworthy]], [[David Dennis]], [[Shirley Ellis]] and others.
+, 1986: Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986. [[David Alcock|Alcock]] also directed a production at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, (5 to 19 March 1983) starring [[Victoria Bawcombe|Vicki Bawcombe]], [[David Butler]], [[Gary Carter]], [[David Clatworthy]], [[David Dennis]], [[Shirley Ellis]] and others.
 == Sources ==
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 ''South African Opinion'', 3(2):22; ''Trek'', 10(18):18, 1946.
 ''[[Teaterforum]]'', 4(1), 1983, 113-114.
@@ Line 30: / Line 32: @@
 Posters and programmes (Rhodes productions) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 17. 17 and [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 48. 17. 18.
- [[ESAT Bibliography Lea-Lev|Leveson]], 2011. 177 (Muriel Alexander production).
+[[ESAT Bibliography Lea-Lev|Leveson]], 2011. 177 (Muriel Alexander production).
 == Return to ==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ''Pictures from the Insects' Life'' (Ze života hmyzu), also known as ''The Insect Play'' or ''The Life of the Insects'', by the Czech writer Karel Čapek (1890-1938) and his brother Josef Čapek, a satire in which insects stand in for various human characteristics: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle.
 Durban, October 1939, produced by Mrs A. Bierman.
@@ Line 7: / Line 13: @@
 It was performed by students of the [[University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art]] in [[Nunnery|The Nunnery]] at some stage between 1975 and 1983.
-Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986.
+Directed by [[David Alcock]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in 1981 and in May 1986. [[David Alcock|Alcock]] also directed a production at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in 1983 starring [[Vicki Bawcombe]], [[David Butler]], [[Gary Carter]], [[David Clatworthy]], [[David Dennis]], [[Shirley Ellis]] and others.
 == Sources ==
@@ Line 17: / Line 23: @@
 ''[[Teaterforum]]'', 4(1), 1983, 113-114.
 ''AfricaWide Database''
+== Return to ==
 Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 I|I]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]