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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | The first performance of the play was in the [[National Theatre]] Pretoria on 30 September 1965 (produced by [[TRUK]]), directed by [[Robert Mohr]] starring [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Kita Redelinghuijs]] and [[Frans Marx]]. | + | The first performance of the play was in the [[National Theatre]] Pretoria on 30 September 1965 (produced by [[TRUK]]), directed by [[Robert Mohr]] starring [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]] and [[Frans Marx]]. |
| − | [[CAPAB]]'s production of the [[Afrikaans]] text openened in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 19 December 1969. [[Robert Mohr]] was the director, assisted by [[Ken Leach]]. [[Raimond Schoop]] designed the decor. Stage director [[Scott Robertson]], stage manager [[Brian Kennedy]]. The cast were [[Kita Redelinghuijs]], [[Cobus Rossouw]] and [[Wilson Dunster]] | + | [[CAPAB]]'s production of the [[Afrikaans]] text openened in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 19 December 1969. [[Robert Mohr]] was the director, assisted by [[Ken Leach]]. [[Raimond Schoop]] designed the decor. Stage director [[Scott Robertson]], stage manager [[Brian Kennedy]]. The cast were [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]], [[Cobus Rossouw]] and [[Wilson Dunster]] |
| − | On 27 December 1969 it was the first performance in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] of the English version of the play directed by [[Robert Mohr|Mohr]] with the same cast. | + | On 27 December 1969 it was the first performance in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] of the English version of the play directed by [[Robert Mohr|Mohr]] with the same cast and credits. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 18 November 2014
("Father, Make me a Kite Father") by Chris Barnard. An Afrikaans play about a man and his relationship with his mother and a (fictional?) son. A key absurdist work in the South African canon. theatre, perhaps the best.
Published by Afrikaanse Pers in 1964. Published by Dalro. Also published by Afr. Pers-Boekhandel.
Performance history in South Africa
The first performance of the play was in the National Theatre Pretoria on 30 September 1965 (produced by TRUK), directed by Robert Mohr starring Cobus Rossouw, Kita Redelinghuijs and Frans Marx.
CAPAB's production of the Afrikaans text openened in the Hofmeyr Theatre on 19 December 1969. Robert Mohr was the director, assisted by Ken Leach. Raimond Schoop designed the decor. Stage director Scott Robertson, stage manager Brian Kennedy. The cast were Kita Redelinghuijs, Cobus Rossouw and Wilson Dunster
On 27 December 1969 it was the first performance in the Hofmeyr Theatre of the English version of the play directed by Mohr with the same cast and credits.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Antony Dowes as Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Sources
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 57.
CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971
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