The Road to Mecca - Revision history

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	[[Barry Hough]]. 1985. "'n Boom met sterk wortels", ''[[Beeld]]'' (Kalender, pp. 2-3)		[[Barry Hough]]. 1985. "'n Boom met sterk wortels", ''[[Beeld]]'' (Kalender, pp. 2-3)
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		+	https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105266/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_1_cdt_t_2

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

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	''(Not to be confused with the documentary film'' '''''A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad''''' ''by Georg Misch, 2009)''		''(Not to be confused with the documentary film'' '''''A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad''''' ''by Georg Misch, 2009)''
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	The film starred [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Academy Award-winner [[Kathy Bates]] and [[Athol Fugard]], was made in 1991, directed by [[Peter Goldsmid]] and [[Athol Fugard]]. Film script by [[Peter Goldsmid]], based on the Fugard text. Other cast members include: [[Louis van Niekerk]], [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Jackie Hendriks]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Anna Bernard]], [[Christine Dreyer]], [[Marléne Pieterse]], [[Peter Bibby]], [[Trevor Neethling]], [[Betty Toby]], [[Gary Marcus]], [[Karen White]], [[Katrina Arendse]], [[Elisabeth Storm]].		The film starred [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Academy Award-winner [[Kathy Bates]] and [[Athol Fugard]], was made in 1991, directed by [[Peter Goldsmid]] and [[Athol Fugard]]. Film script by [[Peter Goldsmid]], based on the Fugard text. Other cast members include: [[Louis van Niekerk]], [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Jackie Hendriks]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Anna Bernard]], [[Christine Dreyer]], [[Marléne Pieterse]], [[Peter Bibby]], [[Trevor Neethling]], [[Betty Toby]], [[Gary Marcus]], [[Karen White]], [[Katrina Arendse]], [[Elisabeth Storm]].

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	Produced by [[Frederik Botha]], [[Desireé Markgraaff]], [[Roy Sargeant]], [[Anant Singh]] and [[Madel Venter]].		Produced by [[Frederik Botha]], [[Desireé Markgraaff]], [[Roy Sargeant]], [[Anant Singh]] and [[Madel Venter]].
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		+	Music by [[Ferdi Brendgen]] and [[Nic Pickard]].

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−	The film~~, produced by [[Anant Singh]],~~ starred [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Academy Award-winner [[Kathy Bates]] and [[Athol Fugard]], was made in 1991, directed by [[Peter Goldsmid]] and [[Athol Fugard]]. Film script by [[Peter Goldsmid]], based on the Fugard text.	+	The film starred [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Academy Award-winner [[Kathy Bates]] and [[Athol Fugard]], was made in 1991, directed by [[Peter Goldsmid]] and [[Athol Fugard]]. Film script by [[Peter Goldsmid]], based on the Fugard text. Other cast members include: [[Louis van Niekerk]], [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Jackie Hendriks]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Anna Bernard]], [[Christine Dreyer]], [[Marléne Pieterse]], [[Peter Bibby]], [[Trevor Neethling]], [[Betty Toby]], [[Gary Marcus]], [[Karen White]], [[Katrina Arendse]], [[Elisabeth Storm]].
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		+	Produced by [[Frederik Botha]], [[Desireé Markgraaff]], [[Roy Sargeant]], [[Anant Singh]] and [[Madel Venter]].

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−	''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' is both a play and a film (based on the play) by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-).	+	''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' is both a play and a film (based on the play) by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-2025).

	=''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] - the play=		=''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] - the play=

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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	Theatre programmes 1984, 1989.		Theatre programmes 1984, 1989.

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 The title of the play is taken from a story by [[Don Maclennan]] which was published in ''[[Contrast]]'' magazine in July 1979 and republished in ''[[ADA Magazine]]'' in 1988.
-The play tells the story of the obsessive "Outsider Artist"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art] '''Helen Martins''' and her "Owl House"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_House] in  Nieu Bethesda, using her story to explore the nature of art and the soul of the artist.
+The play, set in Autumn 1974, tells the story of the obsessive "Outsider Artist"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art] '''Helen Martins''' and her "Owl House"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_House] in  Nieu Bethesda, using her story to explore the nature of art and the soul of the artist.
 The play not only made [[Helen Martins]] and her Owl House world famous, but also established the town of Nieu Bethesda as an tourist destination, with the Owl House a key site. The author also later bought a house in the town and worked there from time to time.
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 ''Mijn Mekka'': [programme of [[Dutch]] production of ''The Road to Mecca''].
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−	The film, produced by [[Anant Singh]], starred [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Academy Award-winner [[~~Cathy~~ Bates]] and [[Athol Fugard]], was made in 1991, directed by [[Peter Goldsmid]] and [[Athol Fugard]]. Film script by [[Peter Goldsmid]], based on the Fugard text.	+	The film, produced by [[Anant Singh]], starred [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Academy Award-winner [[Kathy Bates]] and [[Athol Fugard]], was made in 1991, directed by [[Peter Goldsmid]] and [[Athol Fugard]]. Film script by [[Peter Goldsmid]], based on the Fugard text.

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 Theatre programmes 1984, 1989.
-Nico Malan Theatre pamphlets, Aug-Nov 1989
+[[Nico Malan Theatre]] pamphlets, Aug-Nov 1989
 Filmscript [Typescript (photocopy).] [[NELM]]Collection: FUGARD, Athol]: 2012. 390. 3.
 http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=42188
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Yale Repertory Theatre production of ''The Road to Mecca'' - 1984;
-Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London -  1985; Opened on 27 February 1985, with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Charlotte Cornwell and Bob Peck, staged by [[Athol Fugard]];
+Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London -  1985.  Opened on 27 February 1985, with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], Charlotte Cornwell and Bob Peck, staged by [[Athol Fugard]];
 ''Vagen till Mecka'': programme of Scandinavian production of ''The Road to Mecca'';