As You Like It
As You Like It is a comedy by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)[1].
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The original text
Probably written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The first performance may have been a performance at Wilton House in 1603.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as ** by ** (First produced ** in **)
Performance history in South Africa
1878: First produced in Cape Town by members of the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal 16 September 1878.
During 1906 Lily Langtry acted in this play at the Opera House in Cape Town.
1953: Staged at Rhodes Park by Children's Theatre, directed by Taubie Kushlick with Tessa Laubscher as Rosalind and John Rudd as Orlando.
1954: Little Theatre production directed by Rosalie van der Gucht on 5 and 12 June 1954.
1958: Maynardville.
19**: Staged by the University of Natal, Department of Speech and Drama in 19**, directed by Joan Little, with a cast including Neville Herrington (Orlando), Peter Millin (Oliver), Walter Greyvenstein (Denis), Carel Trichardt (Charles), David Matheson (Monsieur le Beau), Dennis Schauffer (Duke Frederick), Pieter Scholtz (Duke Senior), Roger Orton (Jacques), Jane Osborne (Phebe) and others.
1977: Robert Mohr directed a UCT Drama Department production in the Baxter Theatre in 1977.
1977: Michael Atkinson directed a Rhodes University Drama Department production in August 1977, starring Claerwen Howie, Jon Maytham.
1985: Maynardville 1985. Directed by John Hussey, design by Peter Cazalet, lighting by Brian Kennedy assisted by Malcolm Hurrell, choreography Pamela Chrimes, music Peter McLea. Members of the cast were Dorothy-Ann Gould (Rosalind) and John Whiteley (Duke Senior and Duke Frederick), Terry Greyvenstein (Celia), Victoria Bawcombe (Phebe), and Glynn Day (Touchstone). The cast also included Robert Whitehead, Gordon van Rooyen, Gary Carter, Jamie Bartlett, Mark Graham, David Dennis, David Butler, Russel Savadier, Diane Wilson, Peter Kruger and others.
1986: Directed by Fred Hagemann for SODA, Wits Theatre.
1989: François Swart directed this play starring Fiona Ramsay and Jeremy Crutchley for PACT in 1989 ***, ***,
1999: Performed at Maynardville, directed by Keith Grenville), with Peter Butler, William Prophet, Paul du Toit, John Springett, Hugo Theart, André Roothman, Jason Ralph, Anthea Thompson, Natasha Lampropoulos, Anton Smuts, Jeroen Kranenburg, Blaise Koch, Adrian Galley, Ian Bruce, Farouk Valley-Omar, Leanna Dreyer, Nazli George. Set and costume design by Michael Mitchell, lighting design by Malcolm Hurrell, music composition by Graham Weir.
2007: Directed by Helen Flax and performed in Mannville, Port Elizabeth, 2007.
2009: Maynardville. Directed by Geoffrey Hyland, assisted by Dicky Longhurst (Costumes), Daniel Galloway (Set), William Baker (Music) and Jay Pather (Choreography), Leigh Anderson (Assistant Director). Starring in this production will be Lika Berning (Rosalind), Gys de Villiers (Duke Senior and Duke Frederick), Astara Mwakalumbwa (Celia), Nicola Hanekom (Phebe), Mark Elderkin (Touchstone) together with a full cast.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
Barrow, Brian and Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, pp. 68, 474
Maynardville theatre programmes, 1985, 1999.
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D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.
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Conradie, Elizabeth, 1949. Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie. Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy and Cape Town H.A.U.M..[4]
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Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.
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Loren Kruger 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
Brian Astbury. 1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
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