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1974: Produced by [[Space Theatre|The Space]], first performed 11 September, directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] with [[Hilary Gasson]], [[Neels Bezuidenhout]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Charlotte du Toit]], [[Leslie Drayton]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Ronald France]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Keith Grenville]], [[Stephen Gurney]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Dawie Malan]], [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] and [[Maralin Vanrenen]]. Costumes designed and made by [[Neels Bezuidenhout]], music composed by [[Guy Woolfenden]], lighting designed by [[Gordon Sara]], dance choreograhed by [[Patricia Whittock|Pat Whittock]]. Set construction: [[Beni Stilborg]], [[Erik Gaard]]. Stage manager: [[Marthinus Basson]]. | 1974: Produced by [[Space Theatre|The Space]], first performed 11 September, directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] with [[Hilary Gasson]], [[Neels Bezuidenhout]], [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Charlotte du Toit]], [[Leslie Drayton]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Ronald France]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Keith Grenville]], [[Stephen Gurney]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Dawie Malan]], [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] and [[Maralin Vanrenen]]. Costumes designed and made by [[Neels Bezuidenhout]], music composed by [[Guy Woolfenden]], lighting designed by [[Gordon Sara]], dance choreograhed by [[Patricia Whittock|Pat Whittock]]. Set construction: [[Beni Stilborg]], [[Erik Gaard]]. Stage manager: [[Marthinus Basson]]. | ||
| − | + | Late 1970s (?): Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Danie Burger]] and directed by him for [[Dinkteater]]/[[Think Theatre]]. | |
| − | + | 1994: Staged by [[CAPAB]] in [[The Arena]] at the [[Nico Malan Theatre Centre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Nicholas Ashby]], [[Nicole Franco]], [[Peter Butler]], [[Paul Warwick Griffin]], [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Chris Weare]], [[Philip Boucher]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Karin van der Laag]], [[Nomkhita Bavuma]], [[Rory Avenstrup]], [[Anthony Bishop]], [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Nkosinathi Gqotso]] and [[Sizwe Msutu]]. Choreography by [[Alfred Hinkel]], designs by [[Michael Mitchell]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]], stage director [[Patrick Curtis]], stage manager [[Glen Melvill]]. | |
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''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' theatre programme ([[The Space]]) 1974. | ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' theatre programme ([[The Space]]) 1974. | ||
| − | ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' theatre programme ([[CAPAB]]) 1994. | + | ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' theatre programme ([[CAPAB]]) 1994. (Copy in the ESAT archives, [[PARC]], Stellenbosch) |
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979. | [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:25, 29 October 2026
'Tis a Pity She's a Whore [1] (circa 1629) is a Jacobean tragedy by English playwright and poet John Ford (1586 - c.1689) [2].
Contents
The original text
Published in Webster and Ford : selected plays. London : Dent, 1933.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Danie Burger
Performance history in South Africa
1962: Presented by the UCT Dramatic Society at the Little Theatre in April, directed by Robin Malan.
1974: Produced by The Space, first performed 11 September, directed and designed by Pieter-Dirk Uys with Hilary Gasson, Neels Bezuidenhout, Phillip Boucher, Charlotte du Toit, Leslie Drayton, Andrea Fine, Bill Flynn, Ronald France, Henry Goodman, Keith Grenville, Stephen Gurney, Blaise Koch, Dawie Malan, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Maralin Vanrenen. Costumes designed and made by Neels Bezuidenhout, music composed by Guy Woolfenden, lighting designed by Gordon Sara, dance choreograhed by Pat Whittock. Set construction: Beni Stilborg, Erik Gaard. Stage manager: Marthinus Basson.
Late 1970s (?): Translated into Afrikaans by Danie Burger and directed by him for Dinkteater/Think Theatre.
1994: Staged by CAPAB in The Arena at the Nico Malan Theatre Centre, directed by Mavis Taylor, with Nicholas Ashby, Nicole Franco, Peter Butler, Paul Warwick Griffin, Marthinus Basson, Chris Weare, Philip Boucher, Mary Dreyer, Karin van der Laag, Nomkhita Bavuma, Rory Avenstrup, Anthony Bishop, Ivan Abrahams, Neels Coetzee, Nkosinathi Gqotso and Sizwe Msutu. Choreography by Alfred Hinkel, designs by Michael Mitchell, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell, stage director Patrick Curtis, stage manager Glen Melvill.
Sources
Inskip, 1972. p. 148.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore theatre programme (The Space) 1974.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore theatre programme (CAPAB) 1994. (Copy in the ESAT archives, PARC, Stellenbosch)
Astbury 1979.
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