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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
[[NAPAC]] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''[[Candide]]'' and ''Sweet Charity'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by Harold Prince [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Prince], with Angela Lansbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury]
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1989: [[NAPAC]] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''[[Candide]]'' and ''Sweet Charity'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by Harold Prince [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Prince], with Angela Lansbury [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury]
 
in the cast at The Drama, [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.
 
in the cast at The Drama, [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.
  
Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 2003.
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2003: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 2003.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 18:14, 31 August 2024

A 1966 Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. [1]

The original text

It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for the 1957 Italian film Le notti di Cabiria (English: Nights of Cabiria).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1989: NAPAC staged Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide and Sweet Charity, collectively marked as The Trilogy directed by Harold Prince [2], with Angela Lansbury [3] in the cast at The Drama, Natal Playhouse, Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.

2003: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 2003.

Sources

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