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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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−	~~A comedy-thriller by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.~~	+	'''See''' ''[[Die Physiker]]''
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−	~~The English translation, by , first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in 1963. Directed by~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
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−	~~Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play~~'s first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] (Herbert Georg Beutler (Newton) patient) and [[Margaret Inglis]] (Fraulein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd, Alienist) who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]] (A Dead Nurse), [[Helen Braithwaite]] (Marta Boll, Head Nurse), [[Frank Douglass]] (Richard Voss, Inspector of Police), [[Bryan Bales]] (Police Doctor and Oskar Rose, Missionary), [[Hugh Fowler]] (Guhl, Policeman and Adolf-Friederich, Missionaries' ~~son), [[Karl Winter]] (Blocher, Policeman), [[Leslie Zulberg]] (Policeman), [[George Lane]] (Ernst Heinrich Ernesti (Einstein), patient), [[Bess Finney]] (Frau Lina Rose, Missionary~~'~~s Wife), [[Don Clifford]] (Wilfred-Kaspar, Missionaries~~' son), [[Allan Zulberg]] (Jorg-Lukas, Missionaries' son), [[Gabriel Bayman]] (Johann Wilhelm Mobius, patient), [[Mary Miller]] (Monika Stettler, Nurse), [[Gilbert Xaba]] (McArthur, Chief Male Attendant), [[Billy Rutherford]] (Uwe Sievers, Male Attendant), [[Maurice Cinamon]] (Murillo, Male Attendant). Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant stage managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time, referred to as ''~~comedie-noire~~''~~. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".~~
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−	~~Produced by [[CAPAB]], opening in Port Elizabeth on 10 March 1964.~~
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−	[[~~Wilhelm Grütter\| Grütter, Wilhelm~~]], ''~~[[CAPAB]] 25 Years'', 1987. Unpublished research. p 415. (Ms in [[Centaps]] archives.)~~
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−	~~Programme Alexander Theatre. No 166 September, 1963.~~
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1928: pp~~
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−	~~Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]~~

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−	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] (Herbert Georg Beutler - Newton) and [[Margaret Inglis]] (Fraulein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd) who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan ~~Bayles~~]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant stage managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time, referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".	+	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] (Herbert Georg Beutler (Newton) patient) and [[Margaret Inglis]] (Fraulein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd, Alienist) who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]] (A Dead Nurse), [[Helen Braithwaite]] (Marta Boll, Head Nurse), [[Frank Douglass]] (Richard Voss, Inspector of Police), [[Bryan Bales]] (Police Doctor and Oskar Rose, Missionary), [[Hugh Fowler]] (Guhl, Policeman and Adolf-Friederich, Missionaries' son), [[Karl Winter]] (Blocher, Policeman), [[Leslie Zulberg]] (Policeman), [[George Lane]] (Ernst Heinrich Ernesti (Einstein), patient), [[Bess Finney]] (Frau Lina Rose, Missionary's Wife), [[Don Clifford]] (Wilfred-Kaspar, Missionaries' son), [[Allan Zulberg]] (Jorg-Lukas, Missionaries' son), [[Gabriel Bayman]] (Johann Wilhelm Mobius, patient), [[Mary Miller]] (Monika Stettler, Nurse), [[Gilbert Xaba]] (McArthur, Chief Male Attendant), [[Billy Rutherford]] (Uwe Sievers, Male Attendant), [[Maurice Cinamon]] (Murillo, Male Attendant). Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant stage managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time, referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

−	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant ~~satege~~ managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time, referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".	+	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] (Herbert Georg Beutler - Newton) and [[Margaret Inglis]] (Fraulein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd) who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant stage managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time, referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".

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−	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time ~~and~~ referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".	+	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time, referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".

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−	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]].	+	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. The play's first run was at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January of the same year. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]]. It is a comedy thriller and considered to be "parable" of the time and referred to as ''comedie-noire''. The play examines the moral position of the scientist in a "world shadowed by a mushroom cloud".

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−	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by [[Langford-Inglis]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]].	+	Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]].

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-[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], ''[[CAPAB]] 25 Years'', 1987. Unpublished research. p 415.
+[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], ''[[CAPAB]] 25 Years'', 1987. Unpublished research. p 415. (Ms in [[Centaps]] archives.)
 Programme Alexander Theatre. No 166  September, 1963.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by Robert Langford and Margaret Inglis, in conjunction with the Alexander Theatre. Directed by Langford and Inglis, ho also played the leads, with Angela Davidson, Helen Braithwaite, Frank Douglass, Bryan Bayles, Hugh Fowler, karl Winter, Leslie Zulberg, George Lane, Bess Finney, Don Clifford, Allan Zulberg, Gabriel Bayman, Mary Miller, Gilbert Xaba, Billy Rutherford, Maurice Cinamon.
+Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by [[Langford-Inglis]] in conjunction with the [[Alexander Theatre]]. Directed by [[Robert Langford]] and [[Margaret Inglis]],  who also played the leads, with [[Angela Davidson]], [[Helen Braithwaite]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Bryan Bayles]], [[Hugh Fowler]], [[Karl Winter]], [[Leslie Zulberg]], [[George Lane]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Don Clifford]], [[Allan Zulberg]], [[Gabriel Bayman]], [[Mary Miller]], [[Gilbert Xaba]], [[Billy Rutherford]], [[Maurice Cinamon]]. Sets by [[Roy Cooke]], House manager [[Michael Coulson]], Stage manager [[Karl Winter]], Assistant satege managers [[Angela Davidson]] and [[Hugh Fowler]].
 Produced by [[CAPAB]], opening in Port Elizabeth on 10 March 1964.
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-''The Physicists'', by ***. Produced by [[CAPAB]], opening in Port Elizabeth on 10 March 1964. (Source:  [[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 415)
+A comedy-thriller by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 P|P]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 P|P]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+Produced in South Africa in September 1963 by Robert Langford and Margaret Inglis, in conjunction with the Alexander Theatre. Directed by Langford and Inglis, ho also played the leads, with Angela Davidson, Helen Braithwaite, Frank Douglass, Bryan Bayles, Hugh Fowler, karl Winter, Leslie Zulberg, George Lane, Bess Finney, Don Clifford, Allan Zulberg, Gabriel Bayman, Mary Miller, Gilbert Xaba, Billy Rutherford, Maurice Cinamon.
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]