https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&feed=atom&action=historyCockpit Players - Revision history2024-03-28T10:39:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.2https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&diff=92098&oldid=prevMiriamt at 15:01, 20 October 20152015-10-20T15:01:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John McKelvey]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. This enduring show starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[John McKelvey]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], became the musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]'', starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961, starring [[Reinet Maasdorp]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. In Cape Town, the Players staged ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]'', starring [[Fiona Fraser]] and [[John Hayter]] in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Kerry Jordan]]. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the [[Playhouse]], and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John McKelvey]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. This enduring show starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[John McKelvey]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], became the musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the [[Playhouse <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Theatre</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Johannesburg </ins>in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]'', starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'' at the [[Playhouse <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Theatre</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Johannesburg </ins>in 1961, starring [[Reinet Maasdorp]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. In Cape Town, the Players staged ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]'', starring [[Fiona Fraser]] and [[John Hayter]] in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Theatre</ins>]] by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Kerry Jordan]]. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the [[Playhouse <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Theatre</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in Johanneburg</ins>, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Miriamthttps://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&diff=42418&oldid=prevMiriamt at 13:51, 17 July 20132013-07-17T13:51:34Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John McKelvey]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. This enduring show starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[John McKelvey]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], became the musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]], starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961, starring [[Reinet Maasdorp]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. In Cape Town, the Players staged ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]'', starring [[Fiona Fraser]] and [[John Hayter]] in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Kerry Jordan]]. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the [[Playhouse]], and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John McKelvey]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. This enduring show starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[John McKelvey]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], became the musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning ''[[The Tenth Man]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'' at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961, starring [[Reinet Maasdorp]] and [[Fiona Fraser]]. In Cape Town, the Players staged ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]'', starring [[Fiona Fraser]] and [[John Hayter]] in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Birthday Party]]'', followed by Tennessee Williams’s ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' which was staged at the [[Playhouse]] by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Kerry Jordan]]. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the [[Playhouse]], and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Miriamthttps://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&diff=42417&oldid=prevMiriamt at 13:50, 17 July 20132013-07-17T13:50:56Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John McKelvey]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. This enduring show starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[John McKelvey]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], became the musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Williams’ </del>The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John McKelvey]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. This enduring show starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[John McKelvey]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], became the musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the [[Playhouse]] in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' with [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]], and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>The Tenth Man<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>The Miracle Worker<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Playhouse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in 1961, starring <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Reinet Maasdorp<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Fiona Fraser<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. In Cape Town, the Players staged <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Two for the Seesaw<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>, starring <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Fiona Fraser<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>John Hayter<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>The Birthday Party<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>, followed by Tennessee <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Williams’s ''[[</ins>The Night of the Iguana<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>which was staged at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Playhouse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Siegfried Mynhardt<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Michael McGovern<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Margaret Inglis<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Marjorie Gordon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Diane Wilson<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Kerry Jordan<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Playhouse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Miriamthttps://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&diff=42416&oldid=prevMiriamt at 13:48, 17 July 20132013-07-17T13:48:20Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">McElvey</del>]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, The Matchmaker. This enduring show starring Marjorie Gordon as Dolly Levi, John McKelvey, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael McGovern, Robert Haber and Heather Lloyd-Jones, became the musical Hello, Dolly! Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the Playhouse in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker with Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey into Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Michael Turner]] and [[Joyce Grant]] and [[Fiona Fraser]] (replacing [[Minna Millsten]] and [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]] respectively, from the Cape Town cast). [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[John <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">McKelvey</ins>]] went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', for which Leonard hired the [[Brooke Theatre]]. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>The Matchmaker<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>. This enduring show starring <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Marjorie Gordon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>as Dolly Levi, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>John McKelvey<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Nigel Hawthorne<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Michael McGovern<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Robert Haber<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Heather Lloyd-Jones<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, became the musical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Hello, Dolly!<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Playhouse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>The Caretaker<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Siegfried Mynhardt<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Michael McGovern<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Nigel Hawthorne<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Miriamthttps://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&diff=42415&oldid=prevMiriamt at 13:46, 17 July 20132013-07-17T13:46:05Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Into </del>Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zoe </del>Randall, Michael Turner and Joyce Grant and Fiona Fraser (replacing Minna Millsten and Heather Lloyd-Jones respectively, from the Cape Town cast). Leon Gluckman and John McElvey went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play Inherit the Wind, for which Leonard hired the Brooke Theatre. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, The Matchmaker. This enduring show starring Marjorie Gordon as Dolly Levi, John McKelvey, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael McGovern, Robert Haber and Heather Lloyd-Jones, became the musical Hello, Dolly! Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the Playhouse in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker with Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Joss Ackland]] played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On [[Leon Gluckman]]’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was ''[[A Long Day's Journey <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">into </ins>Night]]'', which was staged at the [[Intimate Theatre]], starring [[Leon Gluckman]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Joan Blake]] and [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in 1959. Next, [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'' opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Marjorie Gordon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Nigel Hawthorne<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Zoë </ins>Randall<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Michael Turner<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Joyce Grant<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Fiona Fraser<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>(replacing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Minna Millsten<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Heather Lloyd-Jones<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>respectively, from the Cape Town cast). <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Leon Gluckman<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>John McElvey<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Inherit the Wind<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>, for which Leonard hired the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Brooke Theatre<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, The Matchmaker. This enduring show starring Marjorie Gordon as Dolly Levi, John McKelvey, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael McGovern, Robert Haber and Heather Lloyd-Jones, became the musical Hello, Dolly! Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the Playhouse in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker with Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Miriamthttps://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Cockpit_Players&diff=42414&oldid=prevMiriamt at 13:43, 17 July 20132013-07-17T13:43:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Joss Ackland played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On Leon <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gluckman’s </del>return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was Long <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Day’s </del>Journey Into Night, which was staged at the Intimate Theatre, starring Leon Gluckman, John McKelvey, Joan Blake and Nigel Hawthorne in 1959 Next, Basil <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Warner’s </del>Try for White opened at the Pretoria Opera House before moving to the Intimate Theatre for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Zoe Randall, Michael Turner and Joyce Grant and Fiona Fraser (replacing Minna Millsten and Heather Lloyd-Jones respectively, from the Cape Town cast). Leon Gluckman and John McElvey went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play Inherit the Wind, for which Leonard hired the Brooke Theatre. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, The Matchmaker. This enduring show starring Marjorie Gordon as Dolly Levi, John McKelvey, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael McGovern, Robert Haber and Heather Lloyd-Jones, became the musical Hello, Dolly! Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the Playhouse in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker with Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Joss Ackland<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Leon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gluckman]]’s </ins>return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Look Back in Anger<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[A </ins>Long <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Day's </ins>Journey Into Night<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>, which was staged at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Intimate Theatre<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, starring <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Leon Gluckman<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>John McKelvey<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Joan Blake<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Nigel Hawthorne<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in 1959<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </ins>Next, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Basil <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Warner]]’s ''[[</ins>Try for White<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>opened at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Pretoria Opera House<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>before moving to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Intimate Theatre<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Zoe Randall, Michael Turner and Joyce Grant and Fiona Fraser (replacing Minna Millsten and Heather Lloyd-Jones respectively, from the Cape Town cast). Leon Gluckman and John McElvey went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play Inherit the Wind, for which Leonard hired the Brooke Theatre. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, The Matchmaker. This enduring show starring Marjorie Gordon as Dolly Levi, John McKelvey, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael McGovern, Robert Haber and Heather Lloyd-Jones, became the musical Hello, Dolly! Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the Playhouse in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker with Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)</div></td></tr>
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After the monumental success of [[Leonard Schach]]’s production of Bridget Boland’s play ''[[Cockpit]]'' in 1949, he formed a professional company, the '''Cockpit Players''', who made [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] their home. <br />
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Joss Ackland played leads for Schach’s Cockpit Players before returning to England. On Leon Gluckman’s return from London in late 1957, he played Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger for the Cockpit Players. Leonard Schach’s Cockpit Players embarked on a lengthy Johannesburg run of four of their recent Cape Town successes in 1959. The first production was Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which was staged at the Intimate Theatre, starring Leon Gluckman, John McKelvey, Joan Blake and Nigel Hawthorne in 1959 Next, Basil Warner’s Try for White opened at the Pretoria Opera House before moving to the Intimate Theatre for the remainder of their highly successful run. It starred Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Zoe Randall, Michael Turner and Joyce Grant and Fiona Fraser (replacing Minna Millsten and Heather Lloyd-Jones respectively, from the Cape Town cast). Leon Gluckman and John McElvey went straight into Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s prizewinning play Inherit the Wind, for which Leonard hired the Brooke Theatre. The fourth Cockpit production was Thornton Wilder’s lively period-New York comedy, The Matchmaker. This enduring show starring Marjorie Gordon as Dolly Levi, John McKelvey, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael McGovern, Robert Haber and Heather Lloyd-Jones, became the musical Hello, Dolly! Schach’s Players maintained a high standard at the Playhouse in 1961 with Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker with Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern and Nigel Hawthorne, and Paddy Chayefsky’s prizewinning The Tenth Man, starring the same actors. Schach’s Players did William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker at the Playhouse in 1961, starring Reinet Maasdorp and Fiona Fraser. In Cape Town, the Players staged Two for the Seesaw, starring Fiona Fraser and John Hayter in 1962. Leonard Schach directed Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, followed by Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana which was staged at the Playhouse by the Players in 1962. In his company of actors for these plays were Siegfried Mynhardt, Michael McGovern, Margaret Inglis, Marjorie Gordon, Diane Wilson and Kerry Jordan. This saw the end of Schach’s lease of the Playhouse, and so the end of the Cockpit Players. **** (Tucker, 1997)<br />
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