The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, first performed 14 February 1895.
Performance history in South Africa
First produced in South Africa by ***
Presented by the Medical School Players at the Wits University Hall, 1945.
Produced for University Theatre Stellenbosch by Fred Engelen in 1963, starring Dirk Kotzé, Pieter Grobbelaar, Fred Engelen, Lydia Theron, Estelle Knobel, Ilse Geyer, Louisa Saayman, Jocelyn de Bruyn, Cynthia Dekker.
Also done by ***, the Langford-Inglis Company; NAPAC in 197*, directed by Margaret Inglis, with Michael Atkinson and Nan Munro); PACT in 1982, directed by John Hussey, with Ralph Lawson, Dorothy-Ann Gould, Gabrielle Lomberg Andrew Buckland and Shelagh Holliday.
Directed by Peter Curtis for CAPAB with Michael Atkinson and John Whiteley as the male leads. It opened at the Hofmeyr Theatre on 19 December 1970 and was a great success, even touring to Johannesburg.
Presented by CAPAB in 1988 in the Nico Malan Theatre, directed by Ralph Lawson, designed by Dicky Longhurst, lighting design by Malcolm Hurrell, starring Jon Maytham, David Dennis, Don Maguire, Paul Malherbe, Richard Farmer, Michael Atkinson, Belinda Koning, Embeth Davidtz, Mollie Thompson.
Translations and adaptations
Erns in Luim, an Afrikaans adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest by Nerina Ferreira. Directed by Fitz Morley for PACOFS with Schalk Jacobsz as Lane and Paul Eilers as Algernon, also Rentia Human, Mees Xteen and Carmen Haddad, 1968. Taken on tour in the Free State.
Sources
Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 58
UTS theatre pamphlet
South African Opinion, 2(4), 1945. 24.
Teater SA, 1(1) and (2), 1968; PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
Theatre programme, 1988.
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