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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by the newly formed theatre company [[Independent Performance Trust]] in a double bill with ''[[Balls and Brains]]'' at the [[Thabong]], [[Civic Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1997, starring [[Stephen Jennings]] (James Barlow), [[André Odendaal]] (Michael), [[David Clatworthy]] (Spike) and [[Nicole Franco]] (Jenny). The role of Jenny was taken by Nicole over from [[Susan Danford]] who played it in Grahamstown.
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Presented by the newly formed theatre company [[Independent Performance Trust]] in a double bill with ''[[Balls and Brains]]'' at the [[Thabong Theatre]], [[Civic Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1997, starring [[Stephen Jennings]] (James Barlow), [[André Odendaal]] (Michael), [[David Clatworthy]] (Spike) and [[Nicole Franco]] (Jenny). The role of Jenny was taken over by Nicole from [[Susan Danford]] who played it in Grahamstown.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
Review by [[Daniel Raeford]], ''The Citizen'', 14 August 1997.
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Review by [[Raeford Daniel]], ''[[The Citizen]]'', 14 August 1997.
  
Review by [[Barrie Hough]],  ''Rapport'', 17 August 1997.
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Review by [[Barrie Hough]],  ''[[Rapport]]'', 17 August 1997.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 23 May 2018

Kaptein Popfees and the Weekend Blues is a farcical comedy by Garth Holmes. It is a satirical assessment embracing such considerations as racial attitudes and marital problems and providing some telling insights into personal liability and guilt.


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Performance history in South Africa

Presented by the newly formed theatre company Independent Performance Trust in a double bill with Balls and Brains at the Thabong Theatre, Civic Theatre, Johannesburg in 1997, starring Stephen Jennings (James Barlow), André Odendaal (Michael), David Clatworthy (Spike) and Nicole Franco (Jenny). The role of Jenny was taken over by Nicole from Susan Danford who played it in Grahamstown.

Sources

Review by Raeford Daniel, The Citizen, 14 August 1997.

Review by Barrie Hough, Rapport, 17 August 1997.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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