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2005: Premiere production staged by the [[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[Sylvaine Strike]] assisted by [[Brian Webber]], with [[Toni Morkel]] (Mamma Myrtle Frost), [[Shelley Meskin]] (Iris Frost) and [[Daniel Buckland]] (Irving Frost) - set designed by [[Chen Nakar]]. After the [[Grahamstown Festival]] the same production was performed at the Adelaide Festival [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Festival] in Australia and in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town.
 
2005: Premiere production staged by the [[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[Sylvaine Strike]] assisted by [[Brian Webber]], with [[Toni Morkel]] (Mamma Myrtle Frost), [[Shelley Meskin]] (Iris Frost) and [[Daniel Buckland]] (Irving Frost) - set designed by [[Chen Nakar]]. After the [[Grahamstown Festival]] the same production was performed at the Adelaide Festival [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Festival] in Australia and in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town.
  
2006: The same production was staged in the [[Laager]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
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2006: The same production was staged in the [[Laager]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in Johannesburg, 22 August - 24 September.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
[[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] website [http://www.fortunecookietheatrecompany.com/prod_travellers.html].
 
[[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] website [http://www.fortunecookietheatrecompany.com/prod_travellers.html].
  
''The Star'', 28 June 2005.
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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''[[The Star]]'', 28 June 2005.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 16:11, 13 March 2024

The Travellers is a 2005 play workshopped by Sylvaine Strike and the company of the premiere production.

Subject

A family of travelling players performing during war time on a minute stage.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2005: Premiere production staged by the Fortune Cookie Theatre Company at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by Sylvaine Strike assisted by Brian Webber, with Toni Morkel (Mamma Myrtle Frost), Shelley Meskin (Iris Frost) and Daniel Buckland (Irving Frost) - set designed by Chen Nakar. After the Grahamstown Festival the same production was performed at the Adelaide Festival [1] in Australia and in the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town.

2006: The same production was staged in the Laager at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, 22 August - 24 September.

Sources

Fortune Cookie Theatre Company website [2].

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

The Star, 28 June 2005.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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