People are Living There

People are Living There by Athol Fugard. *** First performed in ** by ***. Revived in 1969 by Peter Curtis, manager of English drama of the the state-funded Cape Performing Arts Board under the direction of Athol Fugard, with Yvonne Bryceland as “Milly” and Bill Flynn (Ken Leach?) as “Shorty”, Don played by the author and Sissy by Gillian Garlick, opening at the Hofmeyr Theatre on 14 June 1969. It was taken on tour of the country in conjunction with the other PAC’s, ?*. Produced at The Space (Cape Town) in 1972, directed by Bill Tanner, with Yvonne Bryceland, Bill Flynn, Jacqui Singer and Paul Slabolepszy; designer Axel Pedersen; stage manager Bee Berman. Also ran on three further occasions at The Space (Cape Town) in 197*, with Yvonne Bryceland, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Glynn Day, Wilson Dunster, Andrea Fine and Fiona Stuart-White. First published by Buren in 1969. Afrikaans translation by Marko van der Colff: Daar Leef Mense Daar, produced by CAPAB, opened on 20 August 1982. Published in/by Buren and in Boesman and Lena and other Plays.

(Source for some of the information: Teater SA, 1(4), 1969).

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