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| − | '''''Twelfth Night, or What You Will''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night] is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First performed c1601. Perhaps the most popular Shakespeare play in South African theatre, certainly performed more than any other in the 19th century. (???***)
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| − | == South African performances ==
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| − | First recorded South African performance in the [[Military Barracks]] in Cape Town in 179*?]
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| − | 1941: Produced by [[Marda Vanne]] in the [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in 1941, also playing Maria. With [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] (Olivia), [[Lydia Lindeque]] (Viola), [[Cecil Williams]] (Orsino). Settings by [[Basil South]]. Music composed or arrangend by Percival Kirby and recorded in Johannesburg.
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| − | 1949: [[Leonard Schach]] directed the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] for the opening of the [[Labia Theatre]] in May 1949. Decor and costumes were by [[Dorrit Dekk]]. In the cast were [[Joyce Bradley]], [[Dorothy Felbert]], [[Gavin Haughton]], [[Cecil Jubber]], [[Ken Taylor]].
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| − | 1953: Performed professionally in English by [[NTO]] in 1953 taken on a National tour, directed by [[Leonard Schach]], featuring [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Edna Jacobson]], [[Roma Reilly]]. [[Aedwyn Darroll]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Michael Perry]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[David Ritch]], [[Barry Lategan]], [[Timothy Spring]]. Decor and costumes [[Frank Graves]].
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| − | 1969: Presented by [[CAPAB]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], directed by [[Michael Atkinson]], August 1969, starring himself, [[Ken Leach]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Bernard Brown]], [[Paul Fosbery]] and others. Set designed by [[Raimond Schoop]], costumes designed by [[Chris van den Berg]], stage manager [[Brian Kennedy]], lighting devised by [[Scott Robertson]]. Music and songs arranged by [[Michael Tuffin]].
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| − | 1970: Staged by the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] in Durban, directed by [[Pieter Scholtz]], with himself (Orsino), [[Gillian Lomberg]] (Viola), [[Dennis Schauffer]] (Malvolio), [[Nerissa Holdcroft]] (Olivia), [[Joseph Ribeiro]] (Feste), [[Ann Wakefield]] (Maria), [[Phillip Boucher]] (Sir Toby Belch), [[Roger Orton]] (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), [[Mervyn Podmore]] (Curio & Priest), [[Michael Finlay]] (Valentine), [[Edwin Winship]] (A Sea Captain), [[Garry Gordon]] (Gentleman), [[Robert Gordon]] (Fabian), [[David Ritchie]] (Antonio), [[Michael Roland]] (Sebastian), [[Colin Stansell]] (1st Officer), [[Keith Humphrey]] (2nd Officer) and [[Jeremy Hurley]] (Servant). Costumes by [[Tom Owen]].
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| − | 1974: Staged by [[The Company]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]], with a cast including [[Lindsay Reardon]], [[Jon Ossher]], [[David Eppel]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Ron Smerczak]], [[Jud Cornell]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Sue Kiel]]. Music by [[John Oakley-Smith]].
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| − | 1989: [[Maynardville]] directed by [[Keith Grenville]] starring [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Pauline O'Kelly]], [[Don Maguire]]/[[David Muller]] (alternating as a sea captain), [[André Roothman]], [[Timothy Mahoney]], [[Peter Butler]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Fiona Coyne]], [[David Alcock]], [[Bo Petersen]], [[James Irwin]], [[Willie Fritz]], [[Edward Turner]], [[Royston Stoffels]]/[[John Dennison]], [[Carsten Rieger]], [[André Samuels]], [[Toni Mitchell]], [[Theo Vilakazi]], [[Ivan Abrahams]]. Designed by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]], music by [[Péter Louis van Dijk]]. This production was also seen at the [[Oude Libertas Theatre]].
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| − | 1990: Directed by [[Christopher Weare]] at the [[Little Theatre]], opening 1 September 1990.
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| − | 1998: Presented at[[Maynardville]] directed by [[Clare Stopford]] starring [[Peter Butler]], [[Michele Burgers]], [[Bo Petersen]], [[Langley Kirkwood]], [[Gavin van den Berg]], [[June van Merch]], [[Kurt Wustmann]], [[David Dennis]], [[Ivan D. Lucas]], [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]], [[Terence Bridgett]], [[David Isaacs]], [[Akin Omotoso]], [[Emile Serfontein]], [[Nomzamo Sishuba]], [[Jackson Vuka]]. Designer [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting designer [[Malcolm Hurrell]], music composition [[David Kramer]], choreography [[Alfred Hinkel]].
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| − | 1998: Staged at the [[Market Theatre]], 6 May - 6 June starring [[Esmeralda Bihl]], [[Terence Bridgett]], [[Coco Merckel]], [[Peter Butler]], [[David Dennis]], [[Langley Kirkwood]], [[Ivan D. Lucas]], [[Geoffrey Matentji]], [[Erica Petersen]], [[Carol Radebe]], [[June van Merch]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Gavin van den Berg]], [[Kurt Wustmann]] and others.
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| − | Other notable productions include **, **, **, **,. It has been performed a number of times at [[Maynardville]], beginning with ***’s version in 195*, with ** and including [[Roy Sargeant]]'s 1978 (with [[Jana Cilliers]], [[Helen Bourne]], [[Evelyn Dalberg]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[John Whiteley]], [[Daniel Davies]], [[John Burch]], [[Joseph Ribeiro]]), [[Clare Stopford]]'s 1998 (an adaptation set in a Cape fishing village, with [[Michele Burgers]], [[Bo Petersen]], [[Peter Butler]], [[David Dennis]], [[Gavin van den Berg]], [[June van Merch]], [[Ivan D. Lucas]], [[Langley Kirkwood]] and others, with music by [[David Kramer]]) and [[Geoffrey Hyland]]’s 2006 versions, with **.
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| − | An innovative production by [[The Company]] in the [[Blue Fox]], Johannesburg in the 1970s used a set consisting only of two cushions, two deck chairs and a green carpet with a hole in it.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] on request by [[PACT]] as ''[[Twaalfde Nag]]'' by [[Uys Krige]]. (HAUM, 1967).
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| − | 1964: First performed by [[PACT]] on 11 August 1964 (dir. [[Leonard Schach]], the cast including [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Lourens Odendaal]], [[Kita Redelinghuys]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Marius Weyers]], [[James Norval]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Louis van Niekerk]]).
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| − | 1975: Directed by [[Cobus Rossouw]], assisted by [[Sandra Kotzé]], for [[CAPAB]] at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], opening 29 September 1975 starring [[Nic de Jager]], [[Regardt van den Bergh]], [[Allan Dyssel]], [[Jana Cilliers]], [[André Rossouw]], [[Fanie Bekker]], [[Sandra Kotzé]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Pieter Joubert]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]], [[Jan Prinsloo]], [[Ralph van Pletzen]] and [[Gavin Power]]. Decor and costumes by [[Chris van den Berg]], lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]], music by [[Michael Tuffin]]. This production opened at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] on 21 October 1975.
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| − | 1984: Produced by [[PACOFS]] at the [[National Arts Festival|National Festival of the Arts]] in Grahamstown in 1984 under the direction of [[Truida Louw]] with [[Nico Liebenberg]], [[Christo Compion]], [[Franz Grabe]], [[Anita de Jager]], [[Danie Burger]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Hélène Truter]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Christo Potgieter]], [[Hugo Taljaard]], [[Danie Burger]], and others. Decor by [[Johan Badenhorst]], costumes by [[James Parker]].
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| − | 2005: A notable multiracial production of the Afrikaans text was done by [[Janice Honeyman]] at the [[Oude Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch, [[KKNK]] and [[Baxter Theatre]] in 2005, featuring i.a. [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]], [[Marius Weyers]], [[Peter Butler]], [[Chris van Niekerk]], [[Jeroen Kranenburg]], [[Quanita Adams]], [[Royston Stoffels]] and [[Ivan Abrahams]]. *
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Trek'' 26 September 1941, 19.
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| − | ''Helikon'', 2(9):19-21.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 119, 120, 126.
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| − | [[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
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| − | ''Twelfth Night'' theatre programme, 1969.
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| − | [[Theatre Workshop Company]] theatre programme, 1970.
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| − | ''Twaalfde Nag'' theatre programme, 1975.
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| − | [[The Company]] theatre programme (undated).
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