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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1975: Produced in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, in November, directed by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], with designs by [[Peter Krummeck]], it featured and [[John Ramsdale]] as "Gabriel"
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1975: Produced in [[St George's Cathedral]], Cape Town, in November, directed by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]], with designs by [[Peter Krummeck]], it featured and [[John Ramsdale]] as "Gabriel"
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 11:42, 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: Produced in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, in November, directed by Rosalie van der Gucht, with designs by Peter Krummeck, it featured and John Ramsdale as "Gabriel"

Sources

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

Falstaff theatre programme, 1984.

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