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1999: A [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] production was directed by [[David Alcock]] and [[Gary Gordon]] for Graduation in March 1999, with [[Brink Scholtz]] as Madeline Usher, [[Matthew Roberts]] as Oswald and [[Rob Murray]] as Roderick Usher. | 1999: A [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] production was directed by [[David Alcock]] and [[Gary Gordon]] for Graduation in March 1999, with [[Brink Scholtz]] as Madeline Usher, [[Matthew Roberts]] as Oswald and [[Rob Murray]] as Roderick Usher. | ||
| + | 2012: [[The Mechanicals]]' staging of [[Graham Weir]] and [[Christopher Weare]]'s reworked version of the Edgar Allan Poe short story ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' will be staged at The [[Little Theatre]] in Orange Street, Cape Town until June 16. Directed by Christopher Weare, with Andrew Laubscher, Mikkie-Dene le Roux and Gideon Lombard, Cape Times 5 June 2012. | ||
| − | + | ==''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw== | |
| − | ==''[[The House of Usher]]''[ | + | ''[[The House of Usher]]'' is a 1989 horror film directed by Alan Birkinshaw and starring Oliver Reed, Donald Pleasence, and Romy Walthall. It is an adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Partly filmed in South Africa. The cast includes [[Rufus Swart]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Anne Stradi]], [[Carole Farquhar]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Lenorah Ince]], [[Jonathan Fairbirn]]. |
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| + | ==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a one-act opera by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]== | ||
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| + | One-act chamber opera based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, with a libretto and music composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]]. The work was the winning entry for a competition organized by The Department of National Education in 1987. | ||
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| + | 1988: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the [[State Theatre]], presented by [[PACT]] in collaboration with the Opera School of the [[Pretoria Technikon]], directed by [[Michael Williams]], conducted by [[Neville Dove]], designed by [[Nadya Cohen]]. Perfomed by [[Mari Opperman]], [[Johan Botha]], [[Pierre du Toit]], [[Willie van Staden]], [[Dewald Norval]], [[Drummond Marais]]. | ||
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Photograph of the cast of the 1999 production held by [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2008. 51. 11. 4. 4. | Photograph of the cast of the 1999 production held by [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2008. 51. 11. 4. 4. | ||
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| + | [[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]]. | ||
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
Contents
The original tale by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is an original short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)[1], dealing with issues of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities. It was first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and later included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) (Wikipedia[2])
Stage and film adaptions relevant to South Africa
The Fall of the House of Usher a stage play by Steven Berkoff
The Play
Adapted by Steven Berkoff (1937-)[3] to a stage play with the same title.
Performance history in South Africa
1985: Presented by CAPAB Drama at the Nico Malan Arena, first performed 18 April 1985. Music, mime and voice were a integral part of this production. Cellist Angela Paynter played from a score composed by Péter Louis van Dijk. Direction and design by Marthinus Basson, mime coreography and coaching by Chris Goetsch, lighting by Pieter de Swardt. Members of the cast were David Dennis, Jennifer Steyn and Romano Gorlei.
1999: A Rhodes University Drama Department production was directed by David Alcock and Gary Gordon for Graduation in March 1999, with Brink Scholtz as Madeline Usher, Matthew Roberts as Oswald and Rob Murray as Roderick Usher.
2012: The Mechanicals' staging of Graham Weir and Christopher Weare's reworked version of the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Fall of the House of Usher will be staged at The Little Theatre in Orange Street, Cape Town until June 16. Directed by Christopher Weare, with Andrew Laubscher, Mikkie-Dene le Roux and Gideon Lombard, Cape Times 5 June 2012.
The House of Usher[4] a film by Alan Birkinshaw
The House of Usher is a 1989 horror film directed by Alan Birkinshaw and starring Oliver Reed, Donald Pleasence, and Romy Walthall. It is an adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Partly filmed in South Africa. The cast includes Rufus Swart, Norman Coombes, Anne Stradi, Carole Farquhar, Philip Godawa, Lenorah Ince, Jonathan Fairbirn.
The Fall of the House of Usher a one-act opera by Hendrik Hofmeyr
One-act chamber opera based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, with a libretto and music composed by Hendrik Hofmeyr. The work was the winning entry for a competition organized by The Department of National Education in 1987.
Performance history in South Africa
1988: Premiered on 24 November 1988 at the Arena of the State Theatre, presented by PACT in collaboration with the Opera School of the Pretoria Technikon, directed by Michael Williams, conducted by Neville Dove, designed by Nadya Cohen. Perfomed by Mari Opperman, Johan Botha, Pierre du Toit, Willie van Staden, Dewald Norval, Drummond Marais.
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Theatre pamphlet
Photograph of the cast of the 1999 production held by NELM: Photograph collection [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2008. 51. 11. 4. 4.
Ivan Meredith. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Cape Town.
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