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| − | ''Three Cheers for President Charlie'' by [[James Ambrose Brown]]. Music by [[Brian Arthur Burke]]. | + | ''[[Three Cheers for President Charlie]]'' is a children's play by [[James Ambrose Brown]]. Music by [[Brian Arthur Burke]]. |
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== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| + | A popular children's play with music, it was first published by ** in 19*. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into German by Jutta Schoof, entitled ''Lang | + | |
| + | Translated into German by Jutta Schoof, entitled ''[[Lang lebe Präsident Charlie]]''. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 15 May 2025
Three Cheers for President Charlie is a children's play by James Ambrose Brown. Music by Brian Arthur Burke.
Contents
The original text
A popular children's play with music, it was first published by ** in 19*.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into German by Jutta Schoof, entitled Lang lebe Präsident Charlie.
Performance history in South Africa
1972: First South African performance by The Space (Cape Town) children's theatre group, 19 June 1972. Directed by Lianda Martin with Dennis Bettesworth, Marion Crage-Smith, Steven Daitsh, Val Donald, Vickie Hertz, John Ramsbottom and Paul Slabolepszy. Design by Axel Pedersen, costumes by Peter Krummeck, lighting and sound by Paul Beresford and stage management by Lianda Martin.
1972: A production at the Brooke Theatre, Johannesburg, opened on 11 December 1972.
1975: In January 1975 Eileen Thorns directed the play for CAPAB English Drama in the Nico Malan Arena, starring David Crichton, Mary Dreyer, Stephen Gurney, Barry Jarvis, Pietro Nolte, Elliot Playfair, Roland Stafford, Dugald Thomson. Sets designed by Penny Simpson, lighting by John T. Baker.
1986: A Baxter Theatre/Glynn Day Theatre Company production in 1986 was presented in the Baxter Theatre Concert Hall, directed by Joey Wishnia, starring John Dennison, Pippa Duffy, Louie Cowan, Julie Hartley, Ricardo Koopman, Richard Farmer, Andrew Duvenhage, Michael Billimore, Joey Wishnia and Patrick Walton.
Sources
Programme of first South African performance by "The Space" children's theatre group held by NELM [Collection: BROWN, James Ambrose]: 1998. 146. 87. 1.
Programme for the Brooke Theatre production held by NELM: [Collection: BROOKE, Brian]: 2005. 57. 1.
Astbury 1979.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet
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