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1868: Scenes from the play were performed as part of a "''[[Musical and Dramatic Entertainment]]''" by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Commercial Exchange]], Cape Town on 27 January. The evening was under the patronage Governor Wodehouse, and the programme also included songs, dances, and scenes read and performed from ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles) and ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' (Buckstone). | 1868: Scenes from the play were performed as part of a "''[[Musical and Dramatic Entertainment]]''" by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Commercial Exchange]], Cape Town on 27 January. The evening was under the patronage Governor Wodehouse, and the programme also included songs, dances, and scenes read and performed from ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles) and ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' (Buckstone). | ||
| − | 1870: Scenes from the play were performed in the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, on 5 July, as afterpiece to ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold]]'' (Morton), by the [[Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company]], in association with the company of [[Benjamin Webster]]. The performers included [[Benjamin Webster]], [[T. Brazier]], [[Mrs Brazier]], [[Mr Devere]] and [[James Leffler]], who all appeared in the main play and probably in the Shakespeare excerpts as well. The young [[Fred Brazier]], son of the Braziers, appeared as "King Arthur". The evening was a bit of a fiasco however, since a [[Mr Illford]], who was make his Cape Town debut by playing the lead, had not turned up and Leffler had to take on | + | 1870: Scenes from the play were performed - as replacement for ''[[A Moving Tale]]'' (Lemon) - in the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, on 5 July, as afterpiece to ''[[All that Glitters is not Gold]]'' (Morton and Morton), by the [[Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company]], in association with the company of [[Benjamin Webster]]. The performers included [[Benjamin Webster]], [[T. Brazier]], [[Mrs Brazier]], [[Mr Devere]] and [[James Leffler]], who all appeared in the main play and probably in the Shakespeare excerpts as well. The young [[Fred Brazier]], son of the Braziers, appeared as "King Arthur". The evening was a bit of a fiasco however, since a [[Mr Illford]], who was make his Cape Town debut by playing the lead, had not turned up and Leffler had to take on two roles. |
1970: Staged in the [[Alexander Theatre]] by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[Francois Swart]], featuring [[Ken Leach]] (King John), [[Shelagh Holliday]] (Queen Eleanor), [[Anthony James]] (Salisbury), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Pembroke), [[Billy Matthews]]( Essex), [[Nigel Kane]] (Lord Bigot), [[John Whiteley]] (Chatillon), [[Darryn Coetzee]] (Robert Faulconbridge), [[Jonathon Berwick]] (Philip), [[Paddy Canavan]] (Lady Faulconbridge), [[John Llewellyn]] (James Gurney), [[Norman Coombes]] (Philip), [[Della Maraney]] (Arthur), [[Dale Cutts]] (Limoges), [[Maureen McAllister]] (Constance), [[Lance Lockhart]] (Lewis), [[George Jackson]] (Hubert), [[Joan Friedman]] (Blanche), [[John Hayter]] (Cardinal Pandulph), [[Adrian Egan]] (Prince Henry), [[Joey Wishnia]] (French Herald), [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] (English Herald) and others. Designs by [[Aubrey Couling]] and music composed by [[Leo Quayle]]. | 1970: Staged in the [[Alexander Theatre]] by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[Francois Swart]], featuring [[Ken Leach]] (King John), [[Shelagh Holliday]] (Queen Eleanor), [[Anthony James]] (Salisbury), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Pembroke), [[Billy Matthews]]( Essex), [[Nigel Kane]] (Lord Bigot), [[John Whiteley]] (Chatillon), [[Darryn Coetzee]] (Robert Faulconbridge), [[Jonathon Berwick]] (Philip), [[Paddy Canavan]] (Lady Faulconbridge), [[John Llewellyn]] (James Gurney), [[Norman Coombes]] (Philip), [[Della Maraney]] (Arthur), [[Dale Cutts]] (Limoges), [[Maureen McAllister]] (Constance), [[Lance Lockhart]] (Lewis), [[George Jackson]] (Hubert), [[Joan Friedman]] (Blanche), [[John Hayter]] (Cardinal Pandulph), [[Adrian Egan]] (Prince Henry), [[Joey Wishnia]] (French Herald), [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] (English Herald) and others. Designs by [[Aubrey Couling]] and music composed by [[Leo Quayle]]. | ||
Revision as of 05:40, 3 October 2020
King John is a history play by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)[1].
Contents
The original text
Thought to have been written in the mid-1590s but was only published in the First Folio [2] of 1623.
See Wikipedia [3] for a brief synopsis of the play.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1864: A reading of the play performed by Thomas Brazier, as one of his series of Dramatic Readings held every alternate Monday in the Cape Town City Hall between 4 July and 7 November. (Other plays in the series of seven works read were Knowles's The Hunchback, Bulwer-Lytton's The Lady of Lyons and five plays by Shakespeare: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado about Nothing.)
1868: Scenes from the play were performed as part of a "Musical and Dramatic Entertainment" by the Le Roy and Duret company in the Commercial Exchange, Cape Town on 27 January. The evening was under the patronage Governor Wodehouse, and the programme also included songs, dances, and scenes read and performed from The Lady of Lyons (Bulwer-Lytton), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare), The Hunchback (Knowles) and A Rough Diamond (Buckstone).
1870: Scenes from the play were performed - as replacement for A Moving Tale (Lemon) - in the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Cape Town, on 5 July, as afterpiece to All that Glitters is not Gold (Morton and Morton), by the Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company, in association with the company of Benjamin Webster. The performers included Benjamin Webster, T. Brazier, Mrs Brazier, Mr Devere and James Leffler, who all appeared in the main play and probably in the Shakespeare excerpts as well. The young Fred Brazier, son of the Braziers, appeared as "King Arthur". The evening was a bit of a fiasco however, since a Mr Illford, who was make his Cape Town debut by playing the lead, had not turned up and Leffler had to take on two roles.
1970: Staged in the Alexander Theatre by PACT Drama, directed by Francois Swart, featuring Ken Leach (King John), Shelagh Holliday (Queen Eleanor), Anthony James (Salisbury), Siegfried Mynhardt (Pembroke), Billy Matthews( Essex), Nigel Kane (Lord Bigot), John Whiteley (Chatillon), Darryn Coetzee (Robert Faulconbridge), Jonathon Berwick (Philip), Paddy Canavan (Lady Faulconbridge), John Llewellyn (James Gurney), Norman Coombes (Philip), Della Maraney (Arthur), Dale Cutts (Limoges), Maureen McAllister (Constance), Lance Lockhart (Lewis), George Jackson (Hubert), Joan Friedman (Blanche), John Hayter (Cardinal Pandulph), Adrian Egan (Prince Henry), Joey Wishnia (French Herald), Nicholas Ellenbogen (English Herald) and others. Designs by Aubrey Couling and music composed by Leo Quayle.
Sources
Wikipedia [4].
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.189. 232, 238, 252
PACT Drama theatre programme, 1970.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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