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Produced for [[CAPAB]] by [[Montgomery Cooper]] directed by [[David Matheson]], with, among others, [[Maria Schoeman]] and [[Philip Godawa]], July 1979. Stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]].
 
Produced for [[CAPAB]] by [[Montgomery Cooper]] directed by [[David Matheson]], with, among others, [[Maria Schoeman]] and [[Philip Godawa]], July 1979. Stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]].
  
Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1980 and 1992.
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Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1980, 1992 and 2005.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:45, 16 October 2014

Fiddler on the Roof . A musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. Originally entitled Tevye and based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. First produced in 1964 at the Imperial Theatre, New York, transferred in 1967 to the Majestic Theatre and in 1970 to The Broadway Theatre, and ran for a record-setting total of 3,242 performances. The production was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. **

Performance history in South Africa

First produced in South Africa by Taubie Kushlick at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in 1969, and then taken on a tour of South African cities. This was followed by a number of versions of this classic work, including a reprise by Kushlick in 1984 (choreographed by Kip Andrews), by *** in 1997, by Packed House Productions (director Genna Lewis) in 2007,

Produced for CAPAB by Montgomery Cooper directed by David Matheson, with, among others, Maria Schoeman and Philip Godawa, July 1979. Stage manager Mavis Lilenstein.

Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1980, 1992 and 2005.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof


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