Much Ado about Nothing
Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare. ***
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Bohaai oor Boggerol by Martelize Kolver in 2004. Performed in the same year, the text is unpublished.
Performance history in South Africa
First produced in South Africa by ** in 18**.
1951: Performed as the opening production in the new Johannesburg REPS Theatre ( 7th November), directed by Gwen ffrangçon-Davies and starring Margaret Inglis and Jack Ralphs.), **, **
1969: Staged in May 1969 by USAT in the Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch, directed by Bie Engelen, with Johann van Heerden (Don Pedro), Jan Engelen (Don John), Bryan Andrews (Claudio), Tom Henderson (Benedick), Robert Sceales (Leonato), Charles Kitching (Antonio), Tjaart van der Walt (Balthasar & Friar Francis), Oskar Prozesky (Conrade & Messenger), Nick Jourdan (Borachio), John Cartwright (Dogberry), Howard Bradshaw (Verges), Stephen Goodson (Sexton), Douglas Wade (various), Shelley Berger (Hero), Marianne Roux (Beatrice), Laurika Rauch (Margaret) and Hester Ballot (Ursula).
1971: Directed by Francois Swart for PACT, Breytenbach Theatre, Pretoria, 1971.
1977: Presented by CAPAB Drama with René Ahrenson and Cecilia Sonnenberg at Maynardville directed by Roy Sargeant opening 14 January. The cast: John Whiteley, Roger Dwyer, Philip Godawa, Michael Atkinson, Dugald Thomson, Willie Esterhuizen, Bill Jervis, Peter Cartwright, Lois Butlin, Helen Bourne, Estelle de Gouveia, Colin Duell, David Crichton, John Maythem, Michael Drin, Peter Krummeck and others. Set designed by Ken Robinson, costumes by Jennifer Craig, lighting by Brian Kennedy. Musical director Michael Tuffin. Choreography by Jennifer Craig.
1990: Performed at the Oude Libertas Theatre, Stellenbosch and Maynardville, Cape Town, directed by Ralph Lawson 1990. Design by Peter Cazalet, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell. Musical arrangement by David Nissen. The cast: Phillip Boucher, Mary Dreyer, Diane Wilson, Neels Coetzee, Bo Petersen, Victoria Bartlett, Rick Everett, David Dennis, Peter Butler, Keith Grenville, André Roothman, Royston Stoffels, Gérard Rudolf, David Nissen, Jonathan Pienaar, Willie Fritz, Jozua van der Lucht, André Samuels.
2004: Performed in Afrikaans as Bohaai oor Boggerol in the H.B. Thom Theatre. The text translated and directed by Martelize Kolver, with students of the Drama Departement, Stellenbosch University.
2005: Performed at Maynardville directed by Fred Abrahamse
Sources
http://www.maynardville.co.za/pages/archive.php
USAT theatre programme, May 1969.
Theatre programmes, 1977, 1990.
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