Richard Gush of Salem
by Guy Butler. Commissoned by CAPAB for Settlers' Day, 1970, the year which marked the 150th Anniversary of the landing of the 1820 Settlers from Brittain in South Africa.
Playscript held by NELM Collection: BUTLER, Guy]: 1994. 2. 4. 5. Note: Playscript; Published by Maskew Miller in 1982.
Roy Sergeant directed, Michael Tuffin wrote the music, CAPAB sent a number of professional players to play with Rhodes University Drama Department players. It was performed on 7 September 1970 in Grahamstown. The whole production was taken to the Labia Theatre in Cape Town for a week. with Don Maclennan in the title role and Chris Weare, John Uys, Michael Drin, John Burch, Bruce Watt, Lois Butlin, Anthony Akerman, Joyce Bradley, Jane Osborne, Peter Terry, Stephen Gurney and Brigit Reynolds in the cast;
directed by Rosalie van der Gucht in September 1982. The cast included Deon Opperman and George Fatseas.
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