Buckingham Palace, District Six

A stage play by Richard Rive, based on his novel Buckingham Palace, District Six, published in 1986.

Performance history in South Africa

TO BE EDITED

First performed by students of Hewat College, Cape Town, September 1988.

First produced in 1989, by the Baxter Theatre opening 19 June 1989, with Wayne Bowman, Basil Appollis, Peter Butler, Theresa Cloete, Chico Levy, Denise Newman, Gail Reagon, Cyril Valentine, Peter van Minnen, Joey Wishnia and Vinette Ebrahim, directed by Fred Abrahamse. Design, decor and lighting by Brian Collins, costumes by Ann Sharfman and Linda Pheiffer.

Produced again in 2000-2001, directed by Basil Appolis and featuring Soli Philander, Shaleen Surtee-Richards. Chad Abrahams ***.

Buckingham Palace adapted by Jill Fletcher. “Buckhingham Palace”, District Six by Richard Rive/Basil Appollis/Shaun Viljoen. “Buckingham Palace”, District Six adapted by Ivan Abrahams.

Produced by Artscape in the Artscape Theatre on 6-21 April, 2001. Directed by Basil Appollis, with Basil Appolis, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Denise Newman, Euodia Samson, Ilse Oppelt, Soli Philander, Kevin Smith, Jeroen Kranenburg, June van Merch, Royston Stoffels, André Samuels, Cyril Valentine, David Muller, Charlene Le Roux, Bronwyn van Graan, Theo Vilakazi and Natalie Yon. Décor design by Clement Robertson, costume design by Penny Simpson and lighting design by Faheem Bardien.

Sources

http://www.thesouthafrican.com/entertainment/theatre-review-district-6-our-buckingham-palace.htm

http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=14554

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