The Homecoming

There appear to be three plays called The Homecoming that have been performed and/or written in South Africa.

The Homecoming, a two act play by Harold Pinter

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Huis Toe by Hugo Taljaard in 2012.

Performance history in South Africa

1977: In South Africa it was directed by Leonard Schach for The Company of Four and staged in the Concert Hall at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town. The cast consisted of Keith Grenville (Lenny), Michael Howard (Max), Don Maguire (Sam), Michael Richard (Joey), Glynn Day (Teddy) and Jacqui Singer (Ruth). The set was designed by Emile Aucamp, the wardrobe by Helen Rooza and the lighting by Derrick Markotter. The stage director was Avril Bee.

2012: Huis Toe, the Afrikaans translation by Hugo Taljaard, was staged at the Woordfees and Aardklop festivals, directed by Henry Mylne, with Armand Aucamp (Teddy), Amalia Uys (Ruth), Deon Coetzee (Max), Neels van Jaarsveld, Werner Coetser and Johan Engelbrecht.

Sources

Programme notes for Schach's 1977 production of the The Homecoming by Pinter.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

Beeld, 2 October 2012.

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The Homecoming, a playscript by Johan Kapp (circa 1980s)

All that is known of it so far is that a playscript of a work with this title is held by the National English Literary Museum - (Collection: ARTSCAPE: 2006. 38. 130).

The Homecoming, a one act play by Robert Schenkkan (1953-)[1]

The original text

The play is one of the nine plays that go to make up The Kentucky Cycle, first performed in 1991 and winner of the Pulizer Prize in 2004. (See the entry on The Kentucky Cycle for more details on the play.)

Performance history in South Africa

2003: Performed by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department in the H.B. Thom Theatre, opening on 23 April, directed by Charles Dumas, as part of a performance of The Kentucky Cycle. The casting was as follows: Brenda Julius, Reinard Cronje, Ben Claassen, Jackie van den Heever, Jan Hendrik Opperman, Stian Bam.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schenkkan

http://www.personal.psu.edu/cxd28/

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