People's Theatre

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The term "people's theatre"

See People's theatre

Specific companies using the name People's Theatre

There have been two companies over the years that have called themselves this:

The People's Theatre, Cape Town

An amateur theatre group in the Western Cape, active during the 1970-1980s. **

Sources

Julian Smith, 1990,p37

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The People's Theatre, Johannesburg

Gill Gerard and Joyce Levinsohn presented children’s plays at the Intimate Theatre under the banner People's Theatre. They staged their Easter holiday production, Tales of Beatrix Potter there in 1983. Gill Gerard’s People’s Theatre presented Winnie the Pooh and The Wizard of Oz at the Intimate in 1991. They presented Peter Pan in 1992. Together with Nedbank and Penguin Publishers Gill Gerard took a tour of Peter Rabbit and Other Tales to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban in 1993. Together with PACT they staged The Wizard of Oz in 1993. **** (Tucker, 1997)

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