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[[Barney Simon]]  directed the play in 1978 at the [[Laager]] starring [[David Eppel]], [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Peter Piccolo]], [[Lesley Nott]] and [[Ron Smerczak]].
 
[[Barney Simon]]  directed the play in 1978 at the [[Laager]] starring [[David Eppel]], [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Peter Piccolo]], [[Lesley Nott]] and [[Ron Smerczak]].
  
He did so again in 1994 for the Market Theatre Company. Produced by [[Michael Maxwell]], set and lighting designer was [[Wesley France]], costumes designed by [[Nadia Kruger]]. The cast:  [[Jamie Bartlett]] (Mike), [[Gilda Blacher]] (Sylv), [[Michael Gritten]] (Les), [[Robert Colman]] (Mum), [[Joss Levine]] (Dad).  
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He did so again in 1994 for the Market Theatre Company. Produced by [[Michael Maxwell]], set and lighting designer was [[Wesley France]], costumes designed by [[Nadya Kruger|Nadia Kruger]]. The cast:  [[Jamie Bartlett]] (Mike), [[Gilda Blacher]] (Sylv), [[Michael Gritten]] (Les), [[Robert Colman]] (Mum), [[Joss Levine]] (Dad).
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 14:22, 19 August 2014

East is a 1975 verse play by Steven Berkoff, dealing with growing up and rites of passage in London's rough East End.

The play was premiered at the Edinburgh Festival at the Traverse in 1975.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Presented in South Africa by the Baxter Theatre, directed by Christopher Weare in 1990 starring Jamie Bartlett, Lara Bye, Nick Ashby,

Barney Simon directed the play in 1978 at the Laager starring David Eppel, Marcel van Heerden, Peter Piccolo, Lesley Nott and Ron Smerczak.

He did so again in 1994 for the Market Theatre Company. Produced by Michael Maxwell, set and lighting designer was Wesley France, costumes designed by Nadia Kruger. The cast: Jamie Bartlett (Mike), Gilda Blacher (Sylv), Michael Gritten (Les), Robert Colman (Mum), Joss Levine (Dad).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_(play)


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