Shades of Brown
Shades of Brown is a South African play by Michael Picardie.
The original text
The text was first performed in 1979, and published in Stephen Gray (ed.) The Market Plays (Johannesburg: Ad. Donker. pp.74-107) in 198*.
Performances
1979: First produced in London in 1979 with Antony Sher as "Captain Jaap Van Tonder" and Michael Picardie as "Jannie Veldsman".
1980: First performed in South Africa by/for(?) students in the Asoka Theatre at the University of Durban-Westville. When the Special Branch filmed the cast and the audience, the director stopped the show.
1980: Performed at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg with Dale Cutts and Bill Curry.
Between 1980 and 1986 the play was widely performed internationally, and revived again in 2010.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Swedish (?) and performed in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Stavanger in the early 1980's.
Sources
Private correspondence from Michael Picardy to Temple Hauptfleisch, Monday 2015/07/06 10:46 PM.
The Michael Picardy website at http://michaelpicardie.co.uk/main.php.
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