Custom of the Country

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The Custom of the Country is a play by Nicholas Wright.

The original text

The play is set in Johannesburg of the 1890s and is about the Jameson Raid. Produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, 1983.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1984: Produced by the Market Theatre Company dircted by Janice Honeyman, starring Peter Krummeck as "Leander SStarr Jameson", Barbara Kinghorn, Thoko Ntshinga, Mark Hardy, Maishe Maponya, Babs Laker, Danny Keogh, Charles Comyn, Pierre Knoesen, Dirk Vermeulen and others. Designs by Sarah Roberts, music by Raymond Sargent.

Sources

The Star 28 September 1983.

Review by Raeford Daniel, The Rand Daily Mail, 31 August 1984.

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