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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
[[Leonard Schach]] was involved in the Broadway debut of this production and had befriended Miller. He obtained the rights to the play and produced it, with [[Leon Gluckman]], just months after its Broadway premiere, in [[Wits Great Hall|Wits University Great Hall]] Johannesburg as part of the Johannesburg Festival and [[Luxurama|Luxurama Theatre]], Cape Town ([[Cockpit Players]]) in 1964 for multi-racial audiences. This was the last play directed by [[Leonard Schach]] prior to settling in Israel. The cast included [[Joyce Bradley]] (Rose), [[Leon Gluckman]] (Quentin) ([[Three Leaf Arts Award]] as Best Actor, 1965), [[Robert Aden]] (Ike), [[Michael Drin]] (Mickey), [[Jane Fenn]] (Carrie), [[Liz Francis]] Elsie), [[Mary Miller]] (Felice), [[Joanna Palmer]] (Holga), [[Helga Saunders]] (Louise), [[Roger Spence]] (Dan), [[Simon Swindell]] (Lou) and [[Erica Rogers]] (Maggie).  
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1964: [[Leonard Schach]] was involved in the Broadway debut of this production and had befriended Miller. He obtained the rights to the play and produced it, with [[Leon Gluckman]], just months after its Broadway premiere, in [[Wits Great Hall|Wits University Great Hall]] Johannesburg as part of the Johannesburg Festival and [[Luxurama|Luxurama Theatre]], Cape Town ([[Cockpit Players]]) in 1964 for multi-racial audiences. This was the last play directed by [[Leonard Schach]] prior to settling in Israel. The cast included [[Joyce Bradley]] (Rose), [[Leon Gluckman]] (Quentin) ([[Three Leaf Arts Award]] as Best Actor, 1965), [[Robert Aden]] (Ike), [[Michael Drin]] (Mickey), [[Jane Fenn]] (Carrie), [[Liz Francis]] Elsie), [[Mary Miller]] (Felice), [[Joanna Palmer]] (Holga), [[Helga Saunders]] (Louise), [[Roger Spence]] (Dan), [[Simon Swindell]] (Lou) and [[Erica Rogers]] (Maggie). Schach directed four more productions of ''After the Fall'': In Israel, Brussels, London and again in South Africa in 1981.
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1981: [[PACT]]’s opening production in the Pretoria [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]]
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Schach directed four more productions of ''After the Fall'': In Israel, Brussels, London and again in South Africa in 1981 as [[PACT]]’s opening production at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]], starring American [[Brian Murray]] and [[Erica Rogers]].
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:50, 6 May 2015

After the Fall [1] is a 1964 play by American playwright Arthur Miller.

Performance history in South Africa

1964: Leonard Schach was involved in the Broadway debut of this production and had befriended Miller. He obtained the rights to the play and produced it, with Leon Gluckman, just months after its Broadway premiere, in Wits University Great Hall Johannesburg as part of the Johannesburg Festival and Luxurama Theatre, Cape Town (Cockpit Players) in 1964 for multi-racial audiences. This was the last play directed by Leonard Schach prior to settling in Israel. The cast included Joyce Bradley (Rose), Leon Gluckman (Quentin) (Three Leaf Arts Award as Best Actor, 1965), Robert Aden (Ike), Michael Drin (Mickey), Jane Fenn (Carrie), Liz Francis Elsie), Mary Miller (Felice), Joanna Palmer (Holga), Helga Saunders (Louise), Roger Spence (Dan), Simon Swindell (Lou) and Erica Rogers (Maggie). Schach directed four more productions of After the Fall: In Israel, Brussels, London and again in South Africa in 1981.

1981: PACT’s opening production in the Pretoria State Theatre, directed by Leonard Schach


Translations and adaptations

Sources

Inskip, 1977. p 123.

After the Fall theatre programme, 1964.

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