Take Root or Die

Take Root or Die is a play by Guy Butler (1918-2001)[1]

The original text

A piece about the coming of the 1820 British Settlers to Southern Africa.

The text published by A.A. Balkema in 1970.

Performance history in South Africa

1966: Performed as one of the opening productions for the Rhodes University Theatre Complex in 1966. The cast consisted of: Alan Kenyon as "John Stubbs", Paddy McLelland as "Mrs Stubbs", Noël Roos as "Thomas Stubbs" and Cathie Evans as "John Stubbs" (jnr); Tessa Randal as "Eliza Debnam"; Peter Lawton as "Rev. John Ayliff"; David Craig as "Captain Trappes"; Rosemary du Plessis as "Henrietta"; Roger Loveday as "Thomas Pringle"; Diana Sinclair as "Jane Dold"; John Gardiner as "John Montgomery"; Sue Parker as "Anna"; Paul Probert as "Driver".

1970: Performed again and published as part of the 150 year celebrations of the coming of the settlers.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Butler_(poet)

https://www.worldcat.org/title/take-root-or-die/oclc/116803/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

Christopher R. Stones. 1985. "Take Root or Die: An Exploration of Authoritarianism, the Garrison Society and the South African Context", The High School Journal (Vol. 68, No. 4), University of North Carolina Press[ https://www.jstor.org/stable/40364941].

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