Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival

History

Founded in 1960 by Helen Mann and Bruce Mann, inspired by speech made by André Huguenet after his performance of King Lear at the Port Elizabeth Opera House**.

Productions

Productions over the years include **The Tempest with David Crichton as Ariel.

The Mannville Open-air Theatre

The Organisation enlisted the help of the Port Elizabeth Municipalities' Parks Department to built the open-air amphitheatre in St George's Park, later named Mannville Open-air Theatre (after founders Helen Mann and Bruce Mann – but with obvious echoes of the Cape Town example of Maynardville Open-air Theatre). John Sheldon was responsible for constructing both of these open-air theatres.

See further Mannville Open-air Theatre

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http://ivormarkman0.wixsite.com/mannville

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