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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | First produced on 12 July 1975 at the [[Outer Space]] with [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Cornelia Stander]], [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. Lighting by [[Brian Astbury]] and the stage management by [[Richard Morrison]] and [[Blaise Koch]]. Closed after 11 performances by the censors. The play remained banned for five years. | + | 1975: First produced on 12 July 1975 at the [[Outer Space]] with [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Cornelia Stander]], [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Margot Luyt]], [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. Lighting by [[Brian Astbury]] and the stage management by [[Richard Morrison]] and [[Blaise Koch]]. Closed after 11 performances by the censors. The play remained banned for five years. |
Performed numerous times afterwards, including a production by the [[Akademiespelers]] directed by [[Elza Esterhuizen]] (circa 1980); at the [[Market Theatre]] (1981), with [[Magda Beukes]] (Rita), [[Dale Cutts]] (Boytjie), [[Kevin Smith]] (Javanese Jumping Jack), [[Lynette Luyt]] (Andrea), [[Joey de Koker]] (Auntie Dora), [[Margi Lewis]] (Letitia), [[Lida Botha]] (Phyllis), directed by [[Dawie Malan]]; [[Baxter Theatre]] 199* (directed by [[Mark Graham]]); presented by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in 1994 directed by [[Mark Graham]]; [[The Playhouse]] in Somerset West , directed by [[Molly Mohr]] with [[Merlin Balie]] and [[Elana Afrika]], 1999); the [[Perron Drama Project]] in Darling (directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 2008/9?). | Performed numerous times afterwards, including a production by the [[Akademiespelers]] directed by [[Elza Esterhuizen]] (circa 1980); at the [[Market Theatre]] (1981), with [[Magda Beukes]] (Rita), [[Dale Cutts]] (Boytjie), [[Kevin Smith]] (Javanese Jumping Jack), [[Lynette Luyt]] (Andrea), [[Joey de Koker]] (Auntie Dora), [[Margi Lewis]] (Letitia), [[Lida Botha]] (Phyllis), directed by [[Dawie Malan]]; [[Baxter Theatre]] 199* (directed by [[Mark Graham]]); presented by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in 1994 directed by [[Mark Graham]]; [[The Playhouse]] in Somerset West , directed by [[Molly Mohr]] with [[Merlin Balie]] and [[Elana Afrika]], 1999); the [[Perron Drama Project]] in Darling (directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 2008/9?). | ||
| − | Staged, together with ''[[God's Forgotten]]'' and ''[[Paradise is Closing Down]]'' (''"Cape Town Trilogy"''), in July 1995 by the newly formed [[A Company of Actors]] in the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and in August 1995 in the [[Youth Theatre]] at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Trix Pienaar]] (Dora), [[Theresa van As]] ((Phyllis), [[Lynne Maree]] (Rita), [[Gretha Brazelle]] (Letitia), [[Lynita Crofford]] (Andrea), [[Jonathan Pienaar]] (Boytjie) and [[Shaun Arnolds]] (Javanese Jumping Jack). Designer [[Maciek Miscewski]]. | + | 1995: Staged, together with ''[[God's Forgotten]]'' and ''[[Paradise is Closing Down]]'' (''"Cape Town Trilogy"''), in July 1995 by the newly formed [[A Company of Actors]] in the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and in August 1995 in the [[Youth Theatre]] at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Trix Pienaar]] (Dora), [[Theresa van As]] ((Phyllis), [[Lynne Maree]] (Rita), [[Gretha Brazelle]] (Letitia), [[Lynita Crofford]] (Andrea), [[Jonathan Pienaar]] (Boytjie) and [[Shaun Arnolds]] (Javanese Jumping Jack). Designer [[Maciek Miscewski]]. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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Correspondence, 17 October 1975 to 16 June 1978, with Pieter-Dirk Uys related to the banning of his play ''Karnaval'', including the Direcotrate of Publications' response to a request for further particulars, the resubmission of the play for reconsideration, and the ruling that it is undesirable and is prohibited in toto. ([[NELM]] [Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 122. 1). | Correspondence, 17 October 1975 to 16 June 1978, with Pieter-Dirk Uys related to the banning of his play ''Karnaval'', including the Direcotrate of Publications' response to a request for further particulars, the resubmission of the play for reconsideration, and the ruling that it is undesirable and is prohibited in toto. ([[NELM]] [Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 122. 1). | ||
| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 400. | ||
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Revision as of 08:45, 21 March 2016
by Pieter-Dirk Uys. A play about life in a brothel on Long Street, based on the playwright’s observations of a block of flats opposite his apartment.
Published by AD Donker, 1982.
Performance history in South Africa
1975: First produced on 12 July 1975 at the Outer Space with Trix Pienaar, Cornelia Stander, Vincent Ebrahim, Christine Basson, Grethe Fox, Margot Luyt, Pieter-Dirk Uys, directed and designed by Pieter-Dirk Uys. Lighting by Brian Astbury and the stage management by Richard Morrison and Blaise Koch. Closed after 11 performances by the censors. The play remained banned for five years.
Performed numerous times afterwards, including a production by the Akademiespelers directed by Elza Esterhuizen (circa 1980); at the Market Theatre (1981), with Magda Beukes (Rita), Dale Cutts (Boytjie), Kevin Smith (Javanese Jumping Jack), Lynette Luyt (Andrea), Joey de Koker (Auntie Dora), Margi Lewis (Letitia), Lida Botha (Phyllis), directed by Dawie Malan; Baxter Theatre 199* (directed by Mark Graham); presented by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department in 1994 directed by Mark Graham; The Playhouse in Somerset West , directed by Molly Mohr with Merlin Balie and Elana Afrika, 1999); the Perron Drama Project in Darling (directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys, 2008/9?).
1995: Staged, together with God's Forgotten and Paradise is Closing Down ("Cape Town Trilogy"), in July 1995 by the newly formed A Company of Actors in the Dock Road Theatre and in August 1995 in the Youth Theatre at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre, directed by Mark Graham, with Trix Pienaar (Dora), Theresa van As ((Phyllis), Lynne Maree (Rita), Gretha Brazelle (Letitia), Lynita Crofford (Andrea), Jonathan Pienaar (Boytjie) and Shaun Arnolds (Javanese Jumping Jack). Designer Maciek Miscewski.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Karnaval theatre programme (Akademiespelers).
Cape Argus 9 June 1995.
Correspondence, 17 October 1975 to 16 June 1978, with Pieter-Dirk Uys related to the banning of his play Karnaval, including the Direcotrate of Publications' response to a request for further particulars, the resubmission of the play for reconsideration, and the ruling that it is undesirable and is prohibited in toto. (NELM [Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 122. 1).
Tucker, 1997. 400.
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