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| − | A musical Nativity pantomime devised by [[Janice Honeyman]].
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| − | ==Original text==
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| − | Adapted from two Medieval Mystery Plays.
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| − | The 2006 version is set in and around Cape Town, the action follows the adventures of the shepherds Klaas, Dwaas, Jaap en Swaap as they follow the bright star through the Karoo and finally meet Queenie and her backyard shebeen beauties. Joseph, the Klopse Carpenter from the Bo-Kaap, and Mary, gatecrash a backstreet party where they are given shelter in the backyard among the goats, sheep and chickens.
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| − | ==Performance history in South Africa==
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| − | 1974: ''[[Star Bright]]'' presented by [[PACT Playwork]] at [[Masker Theatre]], Pretoria and [[Arena Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Janice Honeyman]].
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| − | 2006: In the original production at [[Artscape]] in the 2006-7 season, it was co-directed by Honeyman and [[Marcus Desando]], with [[Lisa Garson]] as the musical director, designs by [[Michael Mitchell]] and lighting by [[Benever Arendse]]. The cast included [[Kurt Haupt]] as the puckish Archangel Gabriel, who leads a cast of 45 singers and actors, inluding the [[Cape Town Vocal Ensemble]], 10 children from the Symphony Secondary School in Athlone and 8 children of members of the [[Cape Town Vocal Ensemble]] and [[Cape Town Opera]] personnel.
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| − | 2008: Remounted at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in 2008-9 by [[Janice Honeyman]].
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| − | =Sources=
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| − | [[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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