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| + | A sensationally popular and award-winning musical play lamenting life in, and destruction of, the Cape Town suburb called [[District Six]], it was co-written by Kramer and Petersen. | ||
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| + | The text is unpublished. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 13 July 2016
District Six – The Musical is a musical play by David Kramer and Taliep Petersen.
Contents
The original text
A sensationally popular and award-winning musical play lamenting life in, and destruction of, the Cape Town suburb called District Six, it was co-written by Kramer and Petersen.
The text is unpublished.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1987: First performed in the Baxter Theatre from 11 April, under the direction of Fred Abrahamse, presented by The Baxter Theatre and Blik Productions, and had a number of runs there. Musical direction by Taliep Petersen.
1988: The play toured the country (e.g. playing at The Market Theatre in February and the Edinburgh FestivalEdinburgh Festival)
1990: The play finished its first run at the Joseph Stone Theatre, Cape Town.
2002: Revived at the Baxter Theatre by Kramer in 2002, winning the authors a Fleur du Cap Award for Best Contribution to a Musical or Revue.
Sources
District Six – The Musical theatre programme, Baxter Theatre.
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