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by [[Athol Fugard]]. Also often referred to simply as ''[[Statements]]''. A play about the relationship of a school teacher and a librarian, across the colour barrier in [[Apartheid]] South Africa.
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by [[Athol Fugard]]. (Usually referred to simply as Statements) A play about miscegenation under apartheid, telling of the tragic relationship between a “coloured teacher” and a white librarian and their arrest.  
  
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== First production ==
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First produced at the The [[Space Theatre]] (Cape Town) to an invited audience on May 25 1972. This audience then gave their input, the play was altered slightly and played to a second invited audience on the 27th of May. The play then opened for the public the following night on the 28th of May, 1972. it was the first play to run at [[The Space]] and was directed by [[Athol Fugard]] and with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Christopher Prophet]] and [[Percy Sieff]]. Lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]], stage management by [[Steve Daitsh]] and photography by [[Brian Astbury]]. First published by ** in 19**. Published in ''Statements'' by Oxford University Press.
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== Later productions ==
  
  
  
 
In 2011 [[Kim Kerfoot]] directed a production that ran to capacity houses at the [[Fugard Theatre]] Studio (with an [[Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary]] from [[Gipca]]/[[Baxter Theatre Centre]] / [[Theatre Arts Admin Collective]]), after its initial presentation at the [[Theatre Arts Admin Collective]]. The production was presented by the Fugard Theatre’s founding producer [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]], featuring [[Bo Petersen]], [[Malefane Mosuhli]] and [[Jeroen Kranenburg]], and has been described by [[Athol Fugard]] himself as the best production of his work directed by someone other than himself.
 
In 2011 [[Kim Kerfoot]] directed a production that ran to capacity houses at the [[Fugard Theatre]] Studio (with an [[Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary]] from [[Gipca]]/[[Baxter Theatre Centre]] / [[Theatre Arts Admin Collective]]), after its initial presentation at the [[Theatre Arts Admin Collective]]. The production was presented by the Fugard Theatre’s founding producer [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]], featuring [[Bo Petersen]], [[Malefane Mosuhli]] and [[Jeroen Kranenburg]], and has been described by [[Athol Fugard]] himself as the best production of his work directed by someone other than himself.
 
by [[Athol Fugard]]. (Usually referred to simply as ''[[Statements]]'') A play about miscegenation under apartheid, telling of the tragic relationship between a “coloured teacher” and a white librarian and their arrest. First produced at the [[The Space]] (Cape Town) to an invited audience on May 25 1972. This audience then gave their input, the play was altered slightly and played to a second invited audience on the 27th  of May. The play then opened for the public the following night on the 28th of May, 1972. it was the first play to run at The Space and was directed by Athol Fugard and with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Christopher Prophet]] and [[Percy Sieff]]. Lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]], stage management by [[Steve Daitsh]] and photography by [[Brian Astbury]]. First published by ** in 19**. Published in ''[[Statements]]'' by [[Oxford University Press]].
 
  
  

Revision as of 20:35, 9 January 2013

by Athol Fugard. (Usually referred to simply as Statements) A play about miscegenation under apartheid, telling of the tragic relationship between a “coloured teacher” and a white librarian and their arrest.


First production

First produced at the The Space Theatre (Cape Town) to an invited audience on May 25 1972. This audience then gave their input, the play was altered slightly and played to a second invited audience on the 27th of May. The play then opened for the public the following night on the 28th of May, 1972. it was the first play to run at The Space and was directed by Athol Fugard and with Yvonne Bryceland, Christopher Prophet and Percy Sieff. Lighting design by Mannie Manim, stage management by Steve Daitsh and photography by Brian Astbury. First published by ** in 19**. Published in Statements by Oxford University Press.


Later productions

In 2011 Kim Kerfoot directed a production that ran to capacity houses at the Fugard Theatre Studio (with an Emerging Theatre Director’s Bursary from Gipca/Baxter Theatre Centre / Theatre Arts Admin Collective), after its initial presentation at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective. The production was presented by the Fugard Theatre’s founding producer Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre, featuring Bo Petersen, Malefane Mosuhli and Jeroen Kranenburg, and has been described by Athol Fugard himself as the best production of his work directed by someone other than himself.


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