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1967: Presented by [[USAT]] in May in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]. Fanfares and song composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]]. | 1967: Presented by [[USAT]] in May in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]. Fanfares and song composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]]. | ||
| − | 1974: Staged by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[John Hussey]], with [[Eckard Rabe]] (Troilus), [[Annelisa Weiland]] (Cressida),[[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Priam), [[Dale Cutts]] (Hector), [[James White]] (Paris), [[Martin Aylott]] (Helenus), [[Garth Tuckett]] (Margarelon), [[Adrian Egan]] (Aeneas), [[Sandy Robertson]] (Antenor), [[Lynette Marais]] (Andromache), [[Diane Ridler]] (Cassandra), [[Simon Allen]] (Servant), [[Jo-Anne Bayes]] ( | + | 1974: Staged by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[John Hussey]], with [[Eckard Rabe]] (Troilus), [[Annelisa Weiland]] (Cressida),[[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Priam), [[Dale Cutts]] (Hector), [[James White]] (Paris), [[Martin Aylott]] (Helenus), [[Garth Tuckett]] (Margarelon), [[Adrian Egan]] (Aeneas), [[Sandy Robertson]] (Antenor), [[Lynette Marais]] (Andromache), [[Diane Ridler]] (Cassandra), [[Simon Allen]] (Servant), [[Jo-Anne Bayes]] (Attendant), [[Norman Coombes]] (Agamemnon), [[George Jackson]] (Menelaus), [[Don McCorkindale]] (Achilles), [[Richard Haines]] (Ajax), [[John Hayter]] (Ulysses), [[Anthony James]] (Nestor), [[Marko van der Colff]] (Diomedes), [[David Sherwood]] (Patroclus), [[John Boulter]] (Pandarus), [[Robert van Leyden]] (Calchas), [[Nigel Vermaas]] (Thersites), [[Bryan Bales]] (Alexander) and [[Diane Wilson]] (Helen). Assistant director and choreographer: [[Geoffrey Sutherland]]. Sets designed by [[Richard Cook]] and costumes by [[Christa Scholtz]]. |
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Latest revision as of 08:10, 23 September 2015
Troilus and Cressida [1] is a tragedy by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) believed to have been written in 1602.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1967: Presented by USAT in May in the H.B. Thom Theatre. Fanfares and song composed by Hubert du Plessis.
1974: Staged by PACT Drama, directed by John Hussey, with Eckard Rabe (Troilus), Annelisa Weiland (Cressida),Siegfried Mynhardt (Priam), Dale Cutts (Hector), James White (Paris), Martin Aylott (Helenus), Garth Tuckett (Margarelon), Adrian Egan (Aeneas), Sandy Robertson (Antenor), Lynette Marais (Andromache), Diane Ridler (Cassandra), Simon Allen (Servant), Jo-Anne Bayes (Attendant), Norman Coombes (Agamemnon), George Jackson (Menelaus), Don McCorkindale (Achilles), Richard Haines (Ajax), John Hayter (Ulysses), Anthony James (Nestor), Marko van der Colff (Diomedes), David Sherwood (Patroclus), John Boulter (Pandarus), Robert van Leyden (Calchas), Nigel Vermaas (Thersites), Bryan Bales (Alexander) and Diane Wilson (Helen). Assistant director and choreographer: Geoffrey Sutherland. Sets designed by Richard Cook and costumes by Christa Scholtz.
Sources
PACT theatre programme, 1974.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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