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| − | [[Theatre Roundabout]] was a touring theatre company active in 1975/1976. | + | #REDIRECT[[Theatre Roundabout]] |
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| − | Also found as the [[Roundabout Roadshow Company]] and [[Roundabout Theatre Company]].
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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 founded by [[Brian Darnley]] in 1975.
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| − | 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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| − | Note: Percy Tucker (1997) associates [[Shirley Johnston]] and [[Henry Goodman]] with this company, suggesting Goodman founded the company in 1979. However, this may have been be a confusion with the well known [[Troupe Theatre Company]] of which Goodman was a founding member in 1979.
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| − | ==Productions==
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| − | Productions staged by the company include:
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| − | 1976: ''[[The Music Makers]]'', ''[[Grinappy]]'', ''[[The Great Wopperloop]]'' and ''[[Zoomerang]]'', presented by The [[Roundabout Roadshow Company]] at [[The Space]], directed by [[Brian Darnley]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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| − | [[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]].
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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