It's a Boy!
by Robert Kirby. ****. First produced in Cape Town at the Baxter Theatre by the Baxter Theatre Company under the direction of Keith Grenville in 1982. The play ran into censorship problems, notably for the fact that a black man embraces a white woman in the play. The cast included Maureen England, Natie Rula, Bo Petersen, Dale Cutts, Neil McCarthy, Gys de Villiers, James Irwin, Vusi Dibakwane, Fats Dibeco.
Pieter Toerien and Shirley Firth’s last joint production was the Baxter Theatre production of his It's a Boy! starring Dale Cutts, Bo Petersen and James Irwin and directed by Keith Grenville at the Intimate Theatre in 1982.
It's a Boy! Baxter Theatre, Another first is that the Baxter will present a production at the UCT’s Little Theatre. Robert Mohr co-operated with John Slemon. It's a Boy! by Robert Kirby. Keith Grenville (dir). The play was a return visit which played to packed houses last August during the Baxter 82 season. Then transferred to JHB by Pieter Toerien. Playing at the Academy Theatre featuring Maureen England.
Director: Mannie Manim. By January 1983 it had been re-cast with Charles Comyn, Anne Power and John Hayter and then moved to the Academy Theatre on the 2 February.
Presented by Graham Wright in Bloemfontein from 2 August 1983, starring Sydney Chama, Trish Downing, James Irwin, Patrick Willis, Nati Rula, Michael Blaise, Charles Comyn and Susan-Jane Rome. This production was not allowed use of the Kimberley Theatre.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
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