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| − | ''Try for White'', by [[Basil Warner]]. A play about miscegenation and the effects of this on families. | + | ''Try for White'', 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 The text is unpublished and housed with [[NELM]] in Grahamstown.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. |
| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | ''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]]. | ||
| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 T|T]] | + | ==Translations and adaptations== |
| − | + | 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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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122 | ||
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Revision as of 09:48, 21 June 2014
Try for White, 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 The text is unpublished and housed with NELM in Grahamstown.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.
Performance history in South Africa
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.
Translations and adaptations
The text was used as the basis for the script of a controversial film by Emil Noval and Jans Rautenbach, entitled Katrina (197*).
Sources
Inskip, 1977. p 122
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