The Tempest

The Tempest by William Shakespeare. First performed 16**. First performed in South Africa by *** in 18**. Famous productions include **, Johannesburg Reps 1956 directed by Leslie French and featuring David Crichton, **; In 1945 an all-"coloured" production was done in Cape Town**. PACOFS and the Bloemfontein Shakespeare Circle in 1970, directed by Leslie French, featuring John Boulter as Prospero, the young Ralph Lawson as Ariel, Rina le Grange as Miranda and Neels Coetzee as Caliban. Translated into Afrikaans as ????** and as Die Storm ( = The Storm) by Tjaart Potgieter in 1988), produced by PACT in 198*?. In 2007 a radically new Afrikaans production, based on the earlier translation by Tjaart Potgieter adapted by Zandra Bezuidenhout, was produced by Vleis, Rys, en Aartappels in conjunction with the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department, for the Oudtshoorn Festival (KKNK), directed by Marthinus Basson with Antoinette Kellerman as Prospero, Jana Cilliers as Ariel, Neels Coetzee as Gonzalo, Gerben Kamper as Caliban and Riaan Visman as Stephano.

The Tempest, City Hall, Cape Town, 1946, presented by a non-European cast, directed by Rosalie van der Gucht. Sponsored by the SA Association of Arts, with settings and costumes by John Dronsfield. George Veldsman as Prospero, Cecil Wynne as Trinculo and William McLeod as Ariel.

Sources

South African Opinion, 3(3):22, 1946.

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