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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | ''Millennium Approaches'' had its first South African production in 1994, directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]] for [[PACT]] Drama and starring [[Sean Taylor]] as Roy M. Cohn, [[Nicky Rebelo]], [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[David Butler]], [[Robert Colman]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Sechaba Morojele]], [[Rosalind Butler]] and [[Dale Cutts]]. Designer [[James MacNamara]], lighting designer [[Stan Knight]]. Performed at the [[Momentum Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg. | + | |
| + | 1994: ''Millennium Approaches'' had its first South African production in 1994, directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]] for [[PACT]] Drama and starring [[Sean Taylor]] as Roy M. Cohn, [[Nicky Rebelo]], [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[David Butler]], [[Robert Colman]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Sechaba Morojele]], [[Rosalind Butler]] and [[Dale Cutts]]. Designer [[James MacNamara]], lighting designer [[Stan Knight]]. Performed at the [[Momentum Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg. | ||
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Revision as of 08:10, 11 January 2024
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner. Consisting of two full plays, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika, it deals with couples whose relationships are disintegrating, set in America in the 1980s against a backdrop of greed, conservatism, sexual politics, and the emergence of AIDS.
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The original text
Millennium Approaches was first produced in Los Angeles in 1992.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1994: Millennium Approaches had its first South African production in 1994, directed by Fred Abrahamse for PACT Drama and starring Sean Taylor as Roy M. Cohn, Nicky Rebelo, Jennifer Steyn, David Butler, Robert Colman, Jacqui Singer, Sechaba Morojele, Rosalind Butler and Dale Cutts. Designer James MacNamara, lighting designer Stan Knight. Performed at the Momentum Theatre in Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg.
Sources
Angels in America theatre programme, 1994.
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