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1967: Presented by [[USAT]] in May in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]. Fanfares and song composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]].
 
1967: Presented by [[USAT]] in May in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]. Fanfares and song composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]].
  
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1974: Staged by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[John Hussey]], with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Priam), [[Dale Cutts]] (Hector), [[Eckard Rabe]] (Troilus), [[James White]] (Paris),
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[[John Hussey]] directed and starred in this play with [[Eckard Rabe]], [[Annelisa Weiland]], [[James White]] and [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] for [[PACT]] in 1974.
 
  
  

Revision as of 07:49, 23 September 2015

Troilus and Cressida [1] is a tragedy by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) believed to have been written in 1602.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1967: Presented by USAT in May in the H.B. Thom Theatre. Fanfares and song composed by Hubert du Plessis.

1974: Staged by PACT Drama, directed by John Hussey, with Siegfried Mynhardt (Priam), Dale Cutts (Hector), Eckard Rabe (Troilus), James White (Paris),




Sources

PACT theatre programme, 1974.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

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