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| − | + | 1961: Staged by [[Kushlick-Gluckman]], directed by [[Leon Gluckman]] | |
UCT's ''The Fantasticks'' presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in April 1968, directed by [[Robert Mohr]], starring [[Limpie Basson]], [[Grethe Fox|Grethe-Maria Fox]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Peter Grobbelaar]], [[Peter Uys]], [[David Haynes]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Philip Graham]]. Toured the Eastern Province in July 1968. | UCT's ''The Fantasticks'' presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in April 1968, directed by [[Robert Mohr]], starring [[Limpie Basson]], [[Grethe Fox|Grethe-Maria Fox]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Peter Grobbelaar]], [[Peter Uys]], [[David Haynes]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Philip Graham]]. Toured the Eastern Province in July 1968. | ||
Revision as of 05:43, 29 January 2016
The Fantasticks; book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Edmund Rostand's play Les Romanesques.
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The original text
This small-scale musical opened in the small off-Broadway Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3rd, 1960.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1961: Staged by Kushlick-Gluckman, directed by Leon Gluckman
UCT's The Fantasticks presented by University Theatre Stellenbosch at the H.B. Thom Theatre in April 1968, directed by Robert Mohr, starring Limpie Basson, Grethe-Maria Fox, Ralph Lawson, Peter Grobbelaar, Peter Uys, David Haynes, Janice Honeyman, Philip Graham. Toured the Eastern Province in July 1968.
Presented by PACT in the Breytenbach Theatre, 1972, with Eckard Rabe, Will Bernard, Frantz Dobrowsky, Marko van der Colff, Jan Engelen and Sue Kiel. Directed by Ken Leach.
PACOFS 1975, directed by Johan Bernard, starring Estelle de Waal, Elize Cawood, James Borthwick and others. Musical director Laurie Potgieter, decor and costume design by Dicky Longhurst. This production was presented in Pietermaritzburg and Durban, in association with NAPAC, in October 1975 and visited Ficksburg, Sasolburg and Bloemfontein's Little Theatre in November 1975.
Sources
Theatre programme (Kushlick-Gluckman) held by NELM: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 10. UTS theatre pamphlet
PACT Newsletter, April 1972; March 1972
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Fantasticks theatre programmes 1967, 1975.
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