Grease

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Grease [1] is a 1971 American rock 'n roll musical with book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs [2] and Warren Casey [3]

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1977: Sue Kiel, Leonie Hofmeyr, Eckard Rabe, Bruce Millar and Danny Keogh at His Majesty's Theatre - it ran until June the following year.

1991: Staged by PACOFS Opera in the Sand du Plessis Theatre, directed and choreographed by David Matheson, musical direction by Noel Stockton,

1993: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

1998: Presented at the Nico Theatre, directed by David Matheson, musical direction by Stefan Lombard, choreography by Sharon Friedman, lighting design by Malcolm Hurrell, sound design by Robin Shuttleworth, with Warren Kimmel as Danny Zuko.


Sources

PACOFS Opera theatre programme, 1991.

(Tucker, 1997).

Grease theatre programme, 1998.

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