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==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a stage play by [[Steven Berkoff]]== | ==''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' a stage play by [[Steven Berkoff]]== | ||
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Adapted by [[Steven Berkoff]] (1937-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Berkoff] | Adapted by [[Steven Berkoff]] (1937-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Berkoff] | ||
to a stage play with the same title. | to a stage play with the same title. | ||
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1985: Presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama at the Nico Malan Arena, first performed 18 April 1985. Music, mime and voice were a integral part of this production. Cellist Angela Paynter played from a score composed by [[Péter Louis van Dijk]]. Direction and design by [[Marthinus Basson]], mime coreography and coaching by [[Christopher Goetsch|Chris Goetsch]], lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]]. Members of the cast were [[David Dennis]], [[Jennifer Steyn]] and [[Romano Gorlei]]. | 1985: Presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama at the Nico Malan Arena, first performed 18 April 1985. Music, mime and voice were a integral part of this production. Cellist Angela Paynter played from a score composed by [[Péter Louis van Dijk]]. Direction and design by [[Marthinus Basson]], mime coreography and coaching by [[Christopher Goetsch|Chris Goetsch]], lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]]. Members of the cast were [[David Dennis]], [[Jennifer Steyn]] and [[Romano Gorlei]]. | ||
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1999: A [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] production was directed by [[David Alcock]] and [[Gary Gordon]] for Graduation in March 1999, with [[Brink Scholtz]] as Madeline Usher, [[Matthew Roberts]] as Oswald and [[Rob Murray]] as Roderick Usher. | 1999: A [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] production was directed by [[David Alcock]] and [[Gary Gordon]] for Graduation in March 1999, with [[Brink Scholtz]] as Madeline Usher, [[Matthew Roberts]] as Oswald and [[Rob Murray]] as Roderick Usher. | ||
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| + | =''[[The House of Usher]]''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm] a film by Alan Birkinshaw== | ||
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Theatre pamphlet | Theatre pamphlet | ||
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The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
Contents
The original tale by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is an original short story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)[1], dealing with issues of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities. It was first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and later included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) (Wikipedia[2])
Stage and film adaptions
The Fall of the House of Usher a stage play by Steven Berkoff
The Play
Adapted by Steven Berkoff (1937-)[3] to a stage play with the same title.
Performance history in South Africa
1985: Presented by CAPAB Drama at the Nico Malan Arena, first performed 18 April 1985. Music, mime and voice were a integral part of this production. Cellist Angela Paynter played from a score composed by Péter Louis van Dijk. Direction and design by Marthinus Basson, mime coreography and coaching by Chris Goetsch, lighting by Pieter de Swardt. Members of the cast were David Dennis, Jennifer Steyn and Romano Gorlei.
1999: A Rhodes University Drama Department production was directed by David Alcock and Gary Gordon for Graduation in March 1999, with Brink Scholtz as Madeline Usher, Matthew Roberts as Oswald and Rob Murray as Roderick Usher.
The House of Usher[4] a film by Alan Birkinshaw=
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095332/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Theatre pamphlet
Photograph of the cast of the 1999 production held by NELM: Photograph collection [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2008. 51. 11. 4. 4.
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