The Tempest

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The Tempest by William Shakespeare. First performed 16**. First performed in South Africa by *** in 18**. Famous productions include **, Johannesburg Reps 1956 directed by Lesley French and featuring David Crichton, **; PACOFS in 1970?, directed by Lesley French, featuring John Boulter as Prospero and the young Ralph Lawson as Ariel and Neels Coetzee as Caliban. In 1945 an all-"coloured" production was done in Cape Town**. Translated into Afrikaans as ????**. In 2007 a radically new Afrikaans translation (Die Storm = The Storm), based on an earlier translation by Tjaart Potgieter, produced by Vleis, Rys, en Aartappels in conjunction with the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department, for the Oudtshoorn Festival (KKNK), directed by Marthinus Basson with Antoinette Kellerman as Prospero, Jana Cilliers as Ariel and Gerben Kampfer as Caliban.



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