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'''''Try for White''''' is a 1959 play by [[Basil Warner]]. A play about miscegenation and the effects of this on families.  The text is unpublished and housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown. An edited version of the text (editors [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]]), based on the prompt text belonging to stage manager [[Paddy Canavan]], was published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
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''[[Try for White]]'' is a play by [[Basil Warner]] (19**-2004).  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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A play about miscegenation and the effects of this has on the families involved.  The text was never formally published till 2003 (see below) and an unpublished manuscript is housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.
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A prompt text used by the original stage manager, [[Paddy Canavan]], was edited by [[Petrus du Preez]] and [[Edwin Hees]] and published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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The text was used as the basis for the script of a controversial film by [[Emil Noval]] and [[Jans Rautenbach]], entitled ''[[Katrina]]'' (197*).
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On 18 April 1965 the BBC transmitted a filmed version of the play on BBC2 in a television drama anthology series called ''Theatre 625'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_625]. The film was produced by [[Cedric Messina]], directed by Alan Gibson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gibson_%28director%29] and the cast included: [[Yootha Joyce]], [[Joss Ackland]], [[Gary Bond]], [[Zoe Randall]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[Nan Munro]] and [[Maxine Holden]].
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The play text was used as the basis for the screenplay by [[Emil Nofal]] and [[Jans Rautenbach]]
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for ''[[Katrina]]'' (1969), the controversial [[Afrikaans]] feature film, produced by Noval and directed by Rautenbach.
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'''See ''[[Katrina]]'''''
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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''Try for White'' was first performed by the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in Cape Town on January 17, 1959. In the cast: [[Jane Fenn]], [[Walter Glennie]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Minna Millsten]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]]. It was directed by [[Leonard Schach]] and decor by [[Bruce Palmer]]. The production moved to the Transvaal in February 1959.
 
  
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1959: First performed by the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in Cape Town on January 17, 1959. In the cast: [[Jane Fenn]], [[Walter Glennie]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Minna Millsten]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]]. It was directed by [[Leonard Schach]] and decor by [[Bruce Palmer]]. This production opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] in February 1959 before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It also starred [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Michael Turner]]. [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] replaced [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast.
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1960: Staged by the [[Cockpit Players]] in the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in Durban in July/August, directed by [[Leonard Schach]], with [[Joyce Bradley]] (Mrs Jane Matthews), [[Paddy Canavan]] (Mrs Wilson), [[Felicity Bosman]] (Lisa Samuels), [[Walter Glennie]] (Hockey Jagger), [[Stanley Walsh]] (Robert Matthews), [[Jane Fenn]] (Mrs Adams), [[Eveline Garratt]] (Muriel Jordan), [[Paul Desmond]] (various) and [[Jan Lindique]] (various). Settings and costumes by [[Bruce Palmer]].
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== Sources ==
  
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Prompt text of ''Try for White'', [[South African Theatre Journal]] 17:1, 284-371, 2003.
  
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Photocopy of [[Paddy Canavan]]'s annotated prompt text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
  
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== Sources ==
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122
  
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[[Leonard Schach]] [[Cockpit Players]] theatre programme, 1959/60.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 121-2.
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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712192/bio
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366666/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:52, 10 February 2023

Try for White is a play by Basil Warner (19**-2004).

The original text

A play about miscegenation and the effects of this has on the families involved. The text was never formally published till 2003 (see below) and an unpublished manuscript is housed with NELM in Grahamstown.

A prompt text used by the original stage manager, Paddy Canavan, was edited by Petrus du Preez and Edwin Hees and published in the South African Theatre Journal, 17:1, 284-371, 2003.

Translations and adaptations

On 18 April 1965 the BBC transmitted a filmed version of the play on BBC2 in a television drama anthology series called Theatre 625 [1]. The film was produced by Cedric Messina, directed by Alan Gibson [2] and the cast included: Yootha Joyce, Joss Ackland, Gary Bond, Zoe Randall, Marda Vanne, Nan Munro and Maxine Holden.

The play text was used as the basis for the screenplay by Emil Nofal and Jans Rautenbach for Katrina (1969), the controversial Afrikaans feature film, produced by Noval and directed by Rautenbach.

See Katrina

Performance history in South Africa

1959: First performed by the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre in Cape Town on January 17, 1959. In the cast: Jane Fenn, Walter Glennie, Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Heather Lloyd-Jones, Michael McGovern, Minna Millsten, Zoë Randall, Michael Turner. It was directed by Leonard Schach and decor by Bruce Palmer. This production opened at the Pretoria Opera House in February 1959 before moving to the Intimate Theatre for the remainder of their highly successful run. It also starred Nigel Hawthorne, Marjorie Gordon, Michael Turner. Joyce Grant and Fiona Fraser replaced Minna Millsten and Heather Lloyd-Jones respectively, from the Cape Town cast.

1960: Staged by the Cockpit Players in the Alhambra Theatre in Durban in July/August, directed by Leonard Schach, with Joyce Bradley (Mrs Jane Matthews), Paddy Canavan (Mrs Wilson), Felicity Bosman (Lisa Samuels), Walter Glennie (Hockey Jagger), Stanley Walsh (Robert Matthews), Jane Fenn (Mrs Adams), Eveline Garratt (Muriel Jordan), Paul Desmond (various) and Jan Lindique (various). Settings and costumes by Bruce Palmer.

Sources

Prompt text of Try for White, South African Theatre Journal 17:1, 284-371, 2003.

Photocopy of Paddy Canavan's annotated prompt text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

Inskip, 1977. p 122

Leonard Schach Cockpit Players theatre programme, 1959/60.

Tucker, 1997. 121-2.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712192/bio

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366666/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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