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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Presented by the [[Theatre Players]], produced by [[Cyril Chosack]] in the [[Hofmeyr Hall]] | + | 1946: Presented by the [[Theatre Players]], produced by [[Cyril Chosack]] in the [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in October, with [[Don Howie]], [[Ralph Kahn]], [[Jose Rissel|José Ressel]], [[Rosemary Barnard]]. |
| − | Staged by [[Joe Stewardson]] and [[John Higgins]] Productions | + | 1975: Staged at the Lake Theatre by [[Joe Stewardson]] and [[John Higgins]] Productions, directed by [[John Higgins|Higgins]], with [[Joe Stewardson|Stewardson]] (George), [[Ken Gampu]] (Lennie), [[Don Leonard]] (Jan Tandjies), [[Adrian Egan]] (Curley), [[Diane Appleby]] (Curley's wife), [[Stuart Parker]] (Slim), [[Ian Yule]] (Carlson), [[Stephan Bouwer]] (Piet) and [[Bill Curry]] (Moses). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:58, 11 January 2016
Of Mice and Men, written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California, USA. Structured in three acts of two chapters each, it is intended to be both a novella and a script for a play. He wanted to write a novel that could be played from its lines, or a play that could be read like a novel.
Performance history in South Africa
1946: Presented by the Theatre Players, produced by Cyril Chosack in the Hofmeyr Hall in October, with Don Howie, Ralph Kahn, José Ressel, Rosemary Barnard.
1975: Staged at the Lake Theatre by Joe Stewardson and John Higgins Productions, directed by Higgins, with Stewardson (George), Ken Gampu (Lennie), Don Leonard (Jan Tandjies), Adrian Egan (Curley), Diane Appleby (Curley's wife), Stuart Parker (Slim), Ian Yule (Carlson), Stephan Bouwer (Piet) and Bill Curry (Moses).
Sources
Wikipedia [1]
South African Opinion, 3(9):20, 1946.
Trek, 11(9):24, 1946.
Joe Stewardson and John Higgins Productions programme (undated).
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