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| + | 1996: Performed by seven final year [[University of Stellenbosch]] drama students in April in the [[Kellerteater]], directed by lecturer [[Shirley Johnston]], with a cast including [[Paul du Toit]], [[Angerie van Wyk]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Leanna Dreyer]], [[Nicole Holm ]], [[Amelda Brand]] and [[Nico Dreyer]]. Set design and lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]]. | ||
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| + | 1996: In a rare exchange, the production was also performed for and debated by the [[UCT]] drama staff and students | ||
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2007: Performed as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]]. | 2007: Performed as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]]. | ||
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Heathcliff and the Dancing Bear is an English play by Reza de Wet (1952-2012).
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Written in the early 1980s, the play explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero before he arrived at Wuthering Heights and a group of travelling entertainers as theatrical frame. Unpublished and unproduced for many years.
Finally produced in a musical version under the title Heathcliff Goes Home, as De Wet's final directorial production as a staff member at Rhodes University in 2007. In the programme notes to the production De Wet says: the play "is an examination of different states of entrapment, enslavement and exploitation, and the yearning for release and self realisation" (Rhodes Drama Review 2007[1]) Using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero before he arrived at Wuthering Heights, the production took as frame a group of travelling entertainers, in a celebration inspired by Shakespeare's comedies.
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Performance history in South Africa
1996: Performed by seven final year University of Stellenbosch drama students in April in the Kellerteater, directed by lecturer Shirley Johnston, with a cast including Paul du Toit, Angerie van Wyk, Martelize Kolver, Leanna Dreyer, Nicole Holm , Amelda Brand and Nico Dreyer. Set design and lighting by Kobus Rossouw.
1996: In a rare exchange, the production was also performed for and debated by the UCT drama staff and students in the Drama Department of the University of Cape Town.
2007: Performed as a musical under the title Heathcliff Goes Home by students of the Rhodes University Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by Reza de Wet.
Sources
is an English musical play by Reza de Wet (1952-2012).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet
Danie Stander. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for KKNK Festival, 2017[3]
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