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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
[[NAPAC] staged Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', Leonard Bernstein’s ''[[Candide]]'' and ''Sweet Charity'', collectively marked as ''The Trilogy'' directed by [[Harold Prince]], with Angela Lansbury in the cast at The Drama, [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.
 
  
Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 2003.
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1989: [[NAPAC]] production, directed by [[Terrence Shank]] as part of a triple bill of musicals. The other two productions were Sondheim’s ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' and Leonard Bernstein’s ''[[Candide]]''. Staged at The Drama, [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.
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2003: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 2003.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Correspondence from Kevin Turner, March 2025.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:50, 15 April 2025

A 1966 Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. [1]

The original text

It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for the 1957 Italian film Le notti di Cabiria (English: Nights of Cabiria).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1989: NAPAC production, directed by Terrence Shank as part of a triple bill of musicals. The other two productions were Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Staged at The Drama, Natal Playhouse, Durban, from 7 July - 20 August 1989.

2003: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 2003.

Sources

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Correspondence from Kevin Turner, March 2025.

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