Kinkels innie Kabel
A play in eleven episodes by André P. Brink (1971), based on The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. First published in Cape Town by Buren in 1971.
Performance history in South Africa
1970: Directed by Carel Trichardt for PACT, with the title Kinkels in die Kabel. The play opened at the Breytenbach Theatre on 15 April 1970. The cast were Errol Ross, Paul Eilers, George Ballot', Francois Stemmet, Frantz Dobrowsky, Abri le Roux, Nigel Vermaas, Price Coetzee, Janice Honeyman, Lynette Marais and Marie Koeleman. Design by Patricia Slavin.
Directed by Robert Mohr in Cape Town? Year unknown.
1979: Directed by William Egan for CAPAB, opening in the Nico Malan Theatre 6 April 1979. Designs by Raimond Schoop, lighting by John T. Baker. The cast were Brümilda van Rensburg, Willem de la Querra, Neels Coetzee, Johan Esterhuizen, Johan Botha, Allan Dyssel, Marko van der Colff, Martin Crous, Amanda Strydom, Sandra Ferreira, Melanie-Ann Sher, Trix Pienaar.
1981: PACT, directed by Carel Trichardt featuring Magda Beukes, Klasie Coetzee, Johan Blignaut, Nico Liebenberg, Pierre van Pletzen, Eric Nobbs, Graham Weir, Trudie Lamprecht. Designs by Frances Michaletos.
In 1981 a PACOFS production directed by Sandra Kotzé visited several venues in KwaZulu Natal. Costumes were designed by Dicky Longhurst.
1995: Staged for CAPAB in the Arena at the Nico Malan Theatre, directed by Mark Graham, with Peter Butler, Ivan Abrahams, Gail Reagon, Denise Newman, Noel Oostendorp, Shaun Arnolds, Denver Vraagom, Nazli George, Joseph Mitchell, Sizwe Msutu, Vinette Ebrahim, James Raubenheimer, and others, in March and the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees in April 1995.
Sources
Theatre programmes 1970, 1981, 1989, 1995
CAPAB theatre pamphlet, 1979.
PACT theatre pamphlet, July 1981.
NAPAC News, April 1981.
Teaterforum, 4(1), 1983, 113.
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