Difference between revisions of "Candide"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | + | 1977: ''Candide'' was the opening production of the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town on 19 November 1977, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with [[Mark Baker]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Baker_%28actor%29] (Candide), [[Henry Goodman]] (Dr Voltaire), [[Roxane Folley]] (Cunegonde), [[Roberta Lassen de Aguiar]] (Paquette), [[Murray Woodfield]] (Maximillian), [[Michelle Fine]] (Old Lady) and others. | |
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| + | 1990: Performed in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]] under the direction of [[Janice Honeyman]] in July. Music conducted by [[Graham Scott]], designs by [[Andrew Botha]], lighting by [[Stan Knight]], starring [[David Dennis]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Colleen Rae-Holmes]], [[Joseph Clark]], [[Gay Lambert]], [[Terry Lester]], [[Christien Coetzee]], [[Brian Miller]], [[Anton Stoltz]]. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet June - August 1990 | + | [[Baxter Theatre]] Production programme, 1977. |
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| + | Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet June - August 1990. | ||
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 06:39, 22 May 2015
Candide is an operetta by Leonard Bernstein [1] with a 1956 libretto by Lillian Hellman [2] and a 1974 libretto by Hugh Wheeler [3] based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire [4].
Performance history in South Africa
1977: Candide was the opening production of the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town on 19 November 1977, directed by Mavis Taylor with Mark Baker [5] (Candide), Henry Goodman (Dr Voltaire), Roxane Folley (Cunegonde), Roberta Lassen de Aguiar (Paquette), Murray Woodfield (Maximillian), Michelle Fine (Old Lady) and others.
1990: Performed in the Nico Malan Opera House under the direction of Janice Honeyman in July. Music conducted by Graham Scott, designs by Andrew Botha, lighting by Stan Knight, starring David Dennis, Mark Richardson, Colleen Rae-Holmes, Joseph Clark, Gay Lambert, Terry Lester, Christien Coetzee, Brian Miller, Anton Stoltz.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Baxter Theatre Production programme, 1977.
Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet June - August 1990.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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