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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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Typescript of the manuscript held by [[NELM]]:  [Collection: FERGUSON, Ian]: 1978. 2. 1.
 
Typescript of the manuscript held by [[NELM]]:  [Collection: FERGUSON, Ian]: 1978. 2. 1.
  
Based on the York, Townly, Chester, Conventry Corpus Christy, Beverley cycles and including medieval carols.
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Based on the York, Townly, Chester, Conventry Corpus Christy, Beverley cycles and including medieval carols, it was first performed in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, in 1975.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 11:39, 10 September 2020

Nativity is a play written by Ian Ferguson.

See also A Nativity by Nicholas Ellenbogen.

The original text

Typescript of the manuscript held by NELM: [Collection: FERGUSON, Ian]: 1978. 2. 1.

Based on the York, Townly, Chester, Conventry Corpus Christy, Beverley cycles and including medieval carols, it was first performed in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, in 1975.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1975: A production directed by Rosalie van der Gucht with design by Peter Krummeck (November 1975) presented in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town.


Sources

Photographs, theatre programme and other material held by NELM in various locations.

Falstaff theatre programme, 1984.

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