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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1970: Staged by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[Francois Swart]], featuring [[Ken Leach]] (King John), [[Shelagh Holliday]] (Queen Eleanor), [[Anthony James]] (Salisbury), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Pembroke), [[Billy Matthews]]( Essex), [[Nigel Kane]] (Lord Bigot), [[John Whiteley]] (Chatillon), [[Darryn Coetzee]] (Robert Faulconbridge), [[Jonathon Berwick]] (Philip), [[Paddy Canavan]] (Lady Faulconbridge), [[John Llewellyn]] (James Gurney), [[Norman Coombes]] (Philip), [[Della Maraney]] (Arthur), [[Dale Cutts]] (Limoges), [[Maureen McAllister]] (Constance), [[Lance Lockhart]] (Lewis), [[George Jackson]] (Hubert), [[Joan Friedman]] (Blanche), [[John Hayter]] (Cardinal Pandulph), [[Adrian Egan]] (Prince Henry), [[Joey Wishnia]] (French Herald), [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] (English Herald) and others.
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1970: Staged by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[Francois Swart]], featuring [[Ken Leach]] (King John), [[Shelagh Holliday]] (Queen Eleanor), [[Anthony James]] (Salisbury), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Pembroke), [[Billy Matthews]]( Essex), [[Nigel Kane]] (Lord Bigot), [[John Whiteley]] (Chatillon), [[Darryn Coetzee]] (Robert Faulconbridge), [[Jonathon Berwick]] (Philip), [[Paddy Canavan]] (Lady Faulconbridge), [[John Llewellyn]] (James Gurney), [[Norman Coombes]] (Philip), [[Della Maraney]] (Arthur), [[Dale Cutts]] (Limoges), [[Maureen McAllister]] (Constance), [[Lance Lockhart]] (Lewis), [[George Jackson]] (Hubert), [[Joan Friedman]] (Blanche), [[John Hayter]] (Cardinal Pandulph), [[Adrian Egan]] (Prince Henry), [[Joey Wishnia]] (French Herald), [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] (English Herald) and others. Designs by [[Aubrey Couling]] and music composed by [[Leo Quayle]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 12:33, 9 June 2015

King John [1] is a history play by William Shakespeare, written in the mid-1590s. Published in the First Folio [2] in 1623.

See Wikipedia [3] for a brief synopsis.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1970: Staged by PACT Drama, directed by Francois Swart, featuring Ken Leach (King John), Shelagh Holliday (Queen Eleanor), Anthony James (Salisbury), Siegfried Mynhardt (Pembroke), Billy Matthews( Essex), Nigel Kane (Lord Bigot), John Whiteley (Chatillon), Darryn Coetzee (Robert Faulconbridge), Jonathon Berwick (Philip), Paddy Canavan (Lady Faulconbridge), John Llewellyn (James Gurney), Norman Coombes (Philip), Della Maraney (Arthur), Dale Cutts (Limoges), Maureen McAllister (Constance), Lance Lockhart (Lewis), George Jackson (Hubert), Joan Friedman (Blanche), John Hayter (Cardinal Pandulph), Adrian Egan (Prince Henry), Joey Wishnia (French Herald), Nicholas Ellenbogen (English Herald) and others. Designs by Aubrey Couling and music composed by Leo Quayle.

Sources

Wikipedia [4]

PACT Drama theatre programme, 1970.

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