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Presented by [[PACT]] at the 1989 [[National Arts Festival]] directed by [[Dieter Reible]] assisted by [[Alan Swerdlow]]. Designer [[Chris van den Berg]], lighting designers [[Jan Gosnell]] and [[Dieter Reible]]. The cast: [[Peter Se-Puma]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Nomhle Nkoyeni]], [[Noria Mabuela]], [[Margaret Williams]], [[Tshidi Mochaki]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Kurt Egelhof]], [[Norman Ntsiko]], [[Samson Khumalo]], [[Dan Sebogodi]], [[Fats Bookholane]].
 
Presented by [[PACT]] at the 1989 [[National Arts Festival]] directed by [[Dieter Reible]] assisted by [[Alan Swerdlow]]. Designer [[Chris van den Berg]], lighting designers [[Jan Gosnell]] and [[Dieter Reible]]. The cast: [[Peter Se-Puma]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Nomhle Nkoyeni]], [[Noria Mabuela]], [[Margaret Williams]], [[Tshidi Mochaki]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Kurt Egelhof]], [[Norman Ntsiko]], [[Samson Khumalo]], [[Dan Sebogodi]], [[Fats Bookholane]].
  
An English translation by Robert David MacDonald opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on 5 July 2001 under the direction of visiting directors Martin Duncan and Utz.
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An English translation by Robert David MacDonald opened in a co-production by the [[Market Theatre]] and the Stockholm City Theatre at the [[Market Theatre]] on 5 July 2001 under the direction of visiting directors Martin Duncan and Ultz, with a cast including [[Ntathi Moshesh]], [[Fezile Mpela]], [[Kenneth Nkosi]], [[William Ddumba]] and [[Sean Leon]]. This production was also staged in Sweden and other European countries in 2001.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:50, 4 December 2014

The Blacks (original title in French Les Nègres, clownerie), by Jean Genet (1910-1986).

The original text

Published in 1958, it was first performed in a production directed by Roger Blin at the Théatre de Lutèce in Paris, which opened on 28 October 1959.

Translations and adaptations

Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Published in English by Faber and Faber, 1967.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by PACT at the 1989 National Arts Festival directed by Dieter Reible assisted by Alan Swerdlow. Designer Chris van den Berg, lighting designers Jan Gosnell and Dieter Reible. The cast: Peter Se-Puma, Soli Philander, Bill Curry, Nomhle Nkoyeni, Noria Mabuela, Margaret Williams, Tshidi Mochaki, Nomsa Nene, Kurt Egelhof, Norman Ntsiko, Samson Khumalo, Dan Sebogodi, Fats Bookholane.

An English translation by Robert David MacDonald opened in a co-production by the Market Theatre and the Stockholm City Theatre at the Market Theatre on 5 July 2001 under the direction of visiting directors Martin Duncan and Ultz, with a cast including Ntathi Moshesh, Fezile Mpela, Kenneth Nkosi, William Ddumba and Sean Leon. This production was also staged in Sweden and other European countries in 2001.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blacks_(play)

The Blacks theatre programmes.


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