Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is a famous character from the book by Daniel Defoe.

A number of plays by this name, usually broadly based on the book, have been performed in South Africa.

See the entries on the following:

Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday (Sheridan)

Robinson Crusoe. A Pantomime=

1939-1940: Produced by African Consolidated Theatres , with Moira Lister as "Fairy Coraline".

Robinson Crusoe on Ice

1950s: Robinson Crusoe on Ice presented by African Consolidated Theatres

Robinson Crusoe: Christmas pantomime written by John Moss

Performance history in South Africa

1983/84: A version by John Moss presented by PACT, directed by John Moss at the State Theatre, Pretoria. Designer Hugh Durrant, musical director Howard Morgan, choreographer Rosemary Brandt, lighting Tim Heale, costume co-ordinator Bronwen Lovegrove. The cast included Paul Andrews, Johan Engelbrecht, Jocelyn Broderick, James Borthwick, Frantz Dobrowsky, Peter Se-Puma, John Lesley, David Crichton, Schalk Schoombie, Karin Jerg and others.

Sources

Scrapbook held by NELM: [Collection: LISTER, Moira]: 2007. 20. 6. 1.

AFRICAN CONSOLIDATED THEATRES LTD dramatic contract dated 8 December 1939 for the Robinson Crusoe pantomime, held by NELM.

Robinson Crusoe theatre programme, PACT, 1983/84.

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