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Founded by [[Henry Goodman]] in 1976?*, based in Cape Town but intended to tour the Western Cape with shows ranging from drama to comedy to [[Street theatre|street theatre]] – and the very beginnings of [[Industrial theatre|industrial theatre]]. Before anyone had heard the term – took improvised plays into the workplace where audiences were invited to take part to solve problems. Members included [[Shirley Johnston]],
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The [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] is something of a conundrum, being mentioned as a Cape Town based touring company in at least one source, but without further substantiation by others.  
  
Their production of Kafka’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'', directed by [[Richard E. Grant]] and [[Mike O’Brien]] and starring [[Steven Berkoff]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] and [[Ian Roberts]] was staged at the Market in 1980
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''(Not to be confused with '''The Roundabout Theatre Company''', a leading non-profit theatre company based in New York City founded in 1965 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Theatre_Company].)''
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==The company==
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The company was apparently founded in 1979 by Henry Goodman according to another source, and was based in Cape Town. It was apparently intended to tour the Western Cape with shows ranging from drama to comedy to [[Street theatre|street theatre]] and the very beginnings of [[Industrial theatre|industrial theatre]]. Before anyone had heard the term they took improvised plays into the workplace where audiences were invited to take part to solve problems.
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Sources briefly referring to the company include [[Percy Tucker]] (1997) and names mentioned as performers for the company are those of [[Shirley Johnston]] and [[Henry Goodman]], **
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However no further references or detail on such a theatre company can be found. One probable explamatiom is that this may have been be a confusion with the well known '''[[Troupe Theatre Company]]''' founded in 1979.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[Percy Tucker]], 1997
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
 
== For more information ==
 
== For more information ==

Latest revision as of 11:35, 27 April 2024

The Roundabout Theatre Company is something of a conundrum, being mentioned as a Cape Town based touring company in at least one source, but without further substantiation by others.

(Not to be confused with The Roundabout Theatre Company, a leading non-profit theatre company based in New York City founded in 1965 [1].)

The company

The company was apparently founded in 1979 by Henry Goodman according to another source, and was based in Cape Town. It was apparently intended to tour the Western Cape with shows ranging from drama to comedy to street theatre – and the very beginnings of industrial theatre. Before anyone had heard the term they took improvised plays into the workplace where audiences were invited to take part to solve problems.

Sources briefly referring to the company include Percy Tucker (1997) and names mentioned as performers for the company are those of Shirley Johnston and Henry Goodman, **

However no further references or detail on such a theatre company can be found. One probable explamatiom is that this may have been be a confusion with the well known Troupe Theatre Company founded in 1979.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

For more information

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