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COMPASS PRODUCTIONS. **? In 1978 they did ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' (with a text by Nicholas Stuart Gray) at The [[Space]], directed by [[Helen Houghton]], with [[James Andrews]], [[Lyn Banner]], [[Paul Bosman]], [[Nicholas Fine]], [[Cindy Just]], [[Judith Krummeck]] and [[Corinne Willoughby]]. Design by [[René Hermanus]] and lighting and sound by [[Tony Twine]], with [[Vivian Bickford]] as stage manager.  
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[[Compass Productions]] was a theatre company in Cape Town.
  
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Also as The [[Compass Company]].
  
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==Productions==
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1978: They did ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' (with a text by Nicholas Stuart Gray) at The [[Space]], directed by [[Helen Houghton]], with [[James Andrews]], [[Lyn Banner]], [[Paul Bosman]], [[Nicholas Fine]], [[Cindy Just]], [[Judith Krummeck]] and [[Corinne Willoughby]]. Design by [[René Hermanus]] and lighting and sound by [[Tony Twine]], with [[Vivian Bickford]] as stage manager.
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1979: ''[[Simple Bloody Simon]]''; ''[[Indaba]]''
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1980/1981?: ''[[Scathkadie]]'' (written and directed by [[Peter Krummeck]]); ''[[Peepshow]]''; ''[[Old Moore's Almanac]]''
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== Sources ==
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[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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==Return to==
 
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Revision as of 18:33, 26 May 2026

Compass Productions was a theatre company in Cape Town.

Also as The Compass Company.

Productions

1978: They did Beauty and the Beast (with a text by Nicholas Stuart Gray) at The Space, directed by Helen Houghton, with James Andrews, Lyn Banner, Paul Bosman, Nicholas Fine, Cindy Just, Judith Krummeck and Corinne Willoughby. Design by René Hermanus and lighting and sound by Tony Twine, with Vivian Bickford as stage manager.

1979: Simple Bloody Simon; Indaba

1980/1981?: Scathkadie (written and directed by Peter Krummeck); Peepshow; Old Moore's Almanac

Sources

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to The ESAT Entries

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