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A former shop at 277 Bree Street, Johannesburg. [[Margaret Inglis]] produced, directed and played in ''[[Hamlet]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] but failed to draw houses. [[Ruth Oppenheim]] occupied the venue with her core company and staged Pirandello’s ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' in April 1955. The company of actors was led by [[Berdine Grunewald]]. Oppenheim’s company also staged Albert Camus’ ''[[Caligula]]'' with [[Stanley Coghan]]; Christopher Isherwood’s ''[[I Am A Camera with Tessa Laubscher]]''; a season of Grand Guignol and a stage version of André Gide’s novella, ''[[The Immoralist]]'' starring [[Charles Stodel]], [[Stanley Coghan]] and [[Bernadine Grunewald]].   
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A former shop at 277 Bree Street, Johannesburg. [[Margaret Inglis]] produced, directed and played in ''[[Hamlet]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] but failed to draw houses. [[Ruth Oppenheim]] occupied the venue with her core company and staged Pirandello’s ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' in April 1955. The company of actors was led by [[Berdine Grunewald]]. Oppenheim’s company also staged Albert Camus’ ''[[Caligula]]'' with [[Stanley Coghan]]; Christopher Isherwood’s ''[[I Am A Camera with Tessa Laubscher]]''; a season of Grand Guignol and a stage version of André Gide’s novella, ''[[The Immoralist]]'' starring [[Charles Stodel]], [[Stanley Coghan]] and [[Berdine Grunewald]].   
 
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Revision as of 09:28, 6 April 2012

A former shop at 277 Bree Street, Johannesburg. Margaret Inglis produced, directed and played in Hamlet with Siegfried Mynhardt but failed to draw houses. Ruth Oppenheim occupied the venue with her core company and staged Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author in April 1955. The company of actors was led by Berdine Grunewald. Oppenheim’s company also staged Albert Camus’ Caligula with Stanley Coghan; Christopher Isherwood’s I Am A Camera with Tessa Laubscher; a season of Grand Guignol and a stage version of André Gide’s novella, The Immoralist starring Charles Stodel, Stanley Coghan and Berdine Grunewald.

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Percy Tucker, 1997

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