Try for White - Revision history

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 A play about miscegenation and the effects of this has on the families involved.  The text was never formally published till 2003 (see below) and an unpublished manuscript is housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.
-A prompt text used by the original stage manager, [[Paddy Canavan]], was edited by [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]] and published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
+A prompt text used by the original stage manager and actress, [[Paddy Canavan]], was edited by [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]] and published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
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 == Sources ==
-Prompt text of ''Try for White'', [[South African Theatre Journal]] 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
+Prompt text of ''[[Try for White]]'', ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
-Photocopy of [[Paddy Canavan]]'s annotated prompt text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
+Photocopy of [[Paddy Canavan]]'s annotated prompt text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]]  ([[PARC]])  at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122

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		+	Photocopy of [[Paddy Canavan]]'s annotated prompt text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

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 == Sources ==
-Text of ''Try for White'', [[South African Theatre Journal]] 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
+Prompt text of ''Try for White'', [[South African Theatre Journal]] 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122

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 == The original text ==
-A play about miscegenation and the effects of this has on the families involved.  The text was never formally published and an unpublished manuscript is housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.
+A play about miscegenation and the effects of this has on the families involved.  The text was never formally published till 2003 (see below) and an unpublished manuscript is housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.
-A prompt text used by the original stage manager, [[Paddy Canavan]], was edited by [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]] and eventually published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
+A prompt text used by the original stage manager, [[Paddy Canavan]], was edited by [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]] and published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-On 18 April 1965 the BBC transmitted a filmed version of the play on BBC2 in a television drama anthology series called ''Theatre 625'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_625]. The film was produced by Cedric Messina, directed by Alan Gibson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gibson_%28director%29] and the cast included: [[Yootha Joyce]], [[Joss Ackland]], [[Gary Bond]], [[Zoe Randall]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[Nan Munro]] and [[Maxine Holden]].
+On 18 April 1965 the BBC transmitted a filmed version of the play on BBC2 in a television drama anthology series called ''Theatre 625'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_625]. The film was produced by [[Cedric Messina]], directed by Alan Gibson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gibson_%28director%29] and the cast included: [[Yootha Joyce]], [[Joss Ackland]], [[Gary Bond]], [[Zoe Randall]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[Nan Munro]] and [[Maxine Holden]].
 The play text was used as the basis for the screenplay by [[Emil Nofal]] and [[Jans Rautenbach]]

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-'''''Try for White''''' is a 1959 play by [[Basil Warner]]. A play about miscegenation and the effects of this on families.  The text is unpublished and housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.
+''[[Try for White]]'' is a play by [[Basil Warner]] (19**-2004).
-An edited version of the text (editors [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]]), based on the prompt text belonging to stage manager [[Paddy Canavan]], was published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
+== The original text ==
-== The original text ==
+A play about miscegenation and the effects of this has on the families involved.  The text was never formally published and an unpublished manuscript is housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
-The play was used as the basis for the screenplay by [[Emil Nofal]] and [[Jans Rautenbach]]
+On 18 April 1965 the BBC transmitted a filmed version of the play on BBC2 in a television drama anthology series called ''Theatre 625'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_625]. The film was produced by Cedric Messina, directed by Alan Gibson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gibson_%28director%29] and the cast included: [[Yootha Joyce]], [[Joss Ackland]], [[Gary Bond]], [[Zoe Randall]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[Nan Munro]] and [[Maxine Holden]].
 for ''[[Katrina]]'' (1969), the controversial [[Afrikaans]] feature film, produced by Noval and directed by Rautenbach.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : First performed by the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in Cape Town on January 17, 1959. In the cast: [[Jane Fenn]], [[Walter Glennie]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Minna Millsten]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]]. It was directed by [[Leonard Schach]] and decor by [[Bruce Palmer]]. This production opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] in February 1959 before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It also starred [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Michael Turner]]. [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] replaced [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast.