University Players - Revision history

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 /1958?: ''[[Julius Caesar]]''
 : ''[[Animal Farm]]''
 == Sources ==

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 : ''[[Dark of the Moon]]''
-: ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (on the Great Hall Steps), directed by [[John Boulter]], 1958;
+/1958?: ''[[Julius Caesar]]''
 ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]''(date?)*.

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 : ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]''
-: ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' (directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] on behalf of the University Players, 1955);
+: ''[[Dark of the Moon]]''
 : ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (on the Great Hall Steps), directed by [[John Boulter]], 1958;

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 : ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'' and ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]''
-: Christopher Fry’s ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1951 starring [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Molly Seftel]], and [[Philip Birkinshaw]];
+: ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]''
 : ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' (directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] on behalf of the University Players, 1955);

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 : ''[[A Trip to Scarborough]]'', ''[[The Vikings of Helgeland]]'' (1929?)
-: ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'', (1950);
+: ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'' and ''[[Androcles and the Lion]]''
 : Christopher Fry’s ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1951 starring [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Molly Seftel]], and [[Philip Birkinshaw]];

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 : ''[[The Tempest]]''
-: ''[[A Trip to Scarborough]]'', ''[[The Vikings of Helgeland]]'' (1929?), in which a six-year old [[Moira Lister]] made her debut; **;
+: ''[[A Trip to Scarborough]]'', ''[[The Vikings of Helgeland]]'' (1929?)
 : ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'', (1950);

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 A theatre company established at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] ([[Wits]]) in the early 1920's, beginning with three performances of ''[[The Tempest]]'' at the [[Palladium Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1923. (Incidental music was played by an ensemble of six which included Prof [[Percival Kirby]], head of the Dept of Music at [[Wits]]).
 : ''[[A Trip to Scarborough]]'' (1929), ''[[The Vikings of Helgeland]]'' (1929?), in which a six-year old [[Moira Lister]] made her debut; **;
-''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'', (1950); Christopher Fry’s ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1951 starring [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Molly Seftel]], and [[Philip Birkinshaw]];  ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' (directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] on behalf of the University Players, 1955); ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (on the Great Hall Steps), directed by [[John Boulter]], 1958; ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]''(date?)*.
+: ''[[The Boy With A Cart]]'', (1950);
 == Sources ==
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 ''[[Teaterforum]]'', 4(1), 1983, 113.
-== For more information ==
+[[Walter Greyvenstein]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]].
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	A theatre company established at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] ([[Wits]]) in the early 1920's, beginning with three performances of ''[[The Tempest]]'' at the [[Palladium Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1923. (Incidental music was played by an ensemble of six which included Prof [[Percival Kirby]], head of the Dept of Music at [[Wits]]).		A theatre company established at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] ([[Wits]]) in the early 1920's, beginning with three performances of ''[[The Tempest]]'' at the [[Palladium Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1923. (Incidental music was played by an ensemble of six which included Prof [[Percival Kirby]], head of the Dept of Music at [[Wits]]).

−	Other productions over the years include ''[[The Vikings of Helgeland]]'' (1929?), in which a six-year old [[Moira Lister]] made her debut; *; Christopher Fry’s ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1951 starring [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Molly Seftel]], and [[Philip Birkinshaw]]; ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' (directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] on behalf of the University Players, 1955); ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (on the Great Hall Steps), directed by [[John Boulter]], 1958; ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]''(date?).	+	Other productions over the years include ''[[A Trip to Scarborough]]'' (1929), ''[[The Vikings of Helgeland]]'' (1929?), in which a six-year old [[Moira Lister]] made her debut; *; Christopher Fry’s ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (1951 starring [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Molly Seftel]], and [[Philip Birkinshaw]]; ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' (directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] on behalf of the University Players, 1955); ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (on the Great Hall Steps), directed by [[John Boulter]], 1958; ''[[Tiger at the Gates]]''(date?).