King John
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.
Contents
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),
Sources
Wikipedia [4]
PACT Drama theatre programme, 1970.
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