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• The Green Bushes, or A Hundred Years Ago
  ''[[The Green Bushes, or A Hundred Years Ago]]'' is a popular [[melodrama]] in three acts ...'''''[[The Green Bushes]]''''' or in one case simply referred to as '''''[[Green Bushes]]'''''.
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• Visiting Mr. Green
  '''''Visiting Mr. Green''''' is a stage play by American author [[Jeff Baron]] [https://en.wikipedi ...two people who resent being in the same room together develops into drama, as family secrets are revealed and old wounds are opened. (Wikipedia)
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• Horace Green
  ...ce Green''' (b. Enfield, Middlesex, 14/12/1890 - d. Cape Town, 06/10/1940) was an actor and theatre manager. ...st pantomime at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]] in Johannesburg, he chose Horace Green to play the Cat and he subsequently appeared in Thomas's revue ''[[S’Nice
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• Count Alarcos
  ...0. Republished, with the novel ''The Young Duke'', in London, by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 1862: A scene from the play was performed as ''[[Alarcos]]'' in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's [[Garrison
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• Mrs Smith
  There are '''three''' ladies referred to as "[[Mrs Smith]]" by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928 and 1980): ...arge]]'' was held for her and two other ladies ([[Mrs Delamore]] and [[Mrs Green]]).
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• A Ticket-of-Leave
  Also found as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]''. Published as ''[[A Ticket-of-Leave]]'' in Clyde, Ohio by Ames & Holgate, [1862?]
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• The Inland Woman
  An Irish sea drama based on Mary Lavin's short story "The Black Grave and the Green Grave". ...esiree Talbot]] as Inghean Og and [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] as Tadh Beag. It was taken to London for the 1956-57 Festival.
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• Mrs Green
  [[Mrs Green]] (18**-18**) was an amateur actress in Cape Town. ...enefit performance of ''[[The Rivals]]'' and ''[[The Prisoner at Large]]'' was held for her and two other ladies ([[Mrs Delamore]] and [[Mrs Smith]]), an
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• The Man from Blankley's
  ...g been widely performed and made into a film, the stage text was published as ''[[The Man from Blankley's: A Comedy of the Early Nineties]]'' by Hodder a ...e, on 16 to November 1903), Washington DC, Detroit and Chicago. In 1906 it was revived at the Haymarket Theatre to much success.
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• Wild Oats, or The Strolling Gentlemen
  Generally known simply as '''''[[Wild Oats]]''''' (see for instance the Wikipedia[http://en.wikipedia The play premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1791 and was published from the promptbook by Longman Hurst Rees and Orme in London 1791
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• Mrs Delamore
  [[Mrs Delamore]] (18**-18**) was an actress in Cape Town. ...rofessional]] performer, living at the Cape, and appears to have performed as semi-professional for the [[Amateur Company]] managed by [[Mr Cuerton]] and
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• Woman in a Dressing Gown
  ...middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger w ...g/wiki/Woman_in_a_Dressing_Gown]) by Ted Willis was also based) The script was published in ''Woman in a Dressing Gown: And Other Television Plays'' by Ba
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• Brothers in Blood
  ...ting fellowship funded by the [[Charles Diamond Foundation]], and the text was written in the course of 2006, going through a number of revisions, before
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• Don Gil de las Calzas Verdes
  ''[[Don Gil de las Calzas Verdes]]'' ("Don Gil of the Green Breeches") is a comedy by the Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and Roman C ...edro de Valdés at the Mesón de la Fruta in Toledo in July of that year. It was published for the first time in 1635, in the collection ''Las Comedias del
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• The Irishman in London, or The Happy African
  '''Usually referred to simply as ''[[The Irishman in London]]''.''' ...n in 1799. The play was apparently popular in London and New York, as well as the colonies.
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• Jeremy Crutchley
  ...'[[Buried Child]]'' and various characters in ''[[And Green And Golden|And Green and Golden]]''. He starred as Barclay in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter]] production of Julian Mitchell’s
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• The Poor Gentleman
  ..., with ''[[The Padlock]]'' (Bickerstaffe and Dibdin). Among the performers was a certain [[Billy Pitt]]. ...e Town by the [[Garrison Players|Officers of the Garrison]] on 13 February as afterpiece to ''[[Katharine and Petruchio]]'' (Shakespeare/Garrick)
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• Gaynor Young
  ...iver!]]'' (as Nancy) and ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]''. For the latter she was awarded the [[Durban Critics Circle]] prize for the most promising newcomer ...’s version of ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]'' at the same venue, as well as in ''[[Private Lives]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]]. For television she act
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• The Petrified Forest
  Filmed in as ''[[The Petrified Forest]]'' in 1936, directed by Archie Mayo with Leslie H ..., produced by [[Winifred Curtin]] in the [[Library Theatre]]. With [[Beryl Green]], [[Charles Marais]], [[Julius Kaplan]], [[Sid Hossy]].
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• Duncan Abraham
  '''Duncan Abraham''' (b. Durban, 25/01/1900 - d. Durban, 29/01/1979) was a photographer and cinematographer. ...in Johannesburg. Immediately after World War II Lieutenant Duncan Abraham was a public relations officer involved in an exchange of war footage with the
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• Christine le Brocq
  ...to secretarial college. Theatre however kept calling and thus applied and was accepted into the suitably reputable Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. ''[[Darling, I'm Home]]'',
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• Maralin Vanrenen
  She was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town. ...roduction of ''[[Nunsense]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1988. as well as in Richard Harris’s ''[[The Maintenance Man]]'' at the [[Leonard Rayne]]
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• The Crossing
  Originally known as '''''[[The Journey]]'''''. ...he Bicycle Thief - Faith in Love - The Crossing]]'' by [[Junkets]] in 2014 as Issue 17 of Playscript Series.
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• Diane Ridler
  '''Diane Ridler''' (b. 19/05/1949) is an actress. Also credited as Di Ridler, Di Riddler and Dianne Ridler. ...he married accountant [[Cedric M. Kuhlenthal]] who, between 1989 and 1991, was an associate producer on a number of locally produced feature films. She s
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• Edgar Bold
  [[Edgar Bold]] (–1998) was a film and TV producer, director and writer He started out in television then branched out to feature length films as well.
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• Sam's Arrival
  Called "An Absurdity in 1 Act", it was first performed in the Strand Theatre, London, on 8 September, 1862. Origin 1866: Performed as an afterpiece to ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' (Calcraft) in the [[Harrin
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• The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana
  Popularly referred to simply as '''''[[The Octoroon]]'''''. ...hite man and an octoroon girl (i.e. a girl of one-eighth African descent) was a stage adaptation of the novel ''The Quadroon, or A Lover's Adventures in
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• The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother
  Also known as '''''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]''''' ...n 19 May, with ''[[A Nice Quiet Day]]'' (Hipkins and Murray) and "I always was a Swell", a comic song sung "in character" by [[R. Norcliffe]].
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• Richard Farmer
  [[Richard Farmer]]. (1936-2010) was an actor. He was born in the United Kingdom. He was married to [[Sue King]]. They moved to Cape Town in 1978 and they had a son
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• Zulu
  =Zulu as the title of plays and films= ...orce of 4,000 Zulu warriors. The film is notable for showing the Zulu army as disciplined and governed by strategy.
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• Jannie Swanepoel
  Worked for six years with the [[Brooke Theatre]] and on National touring, was the stage manager for [[PACT]] opera and stage manager for [[PACT]] English Some of the numerous other productions he was involved in as either set or lighting designer or both include:
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• Der Zigeunerbaron
  ...the Hungarian novel ''Saffi'' by Moritz (Mór) Jokai ()[], and the operetta was first performed in the Theater an den Wien in Vienna on 24 October 1885 and ...amateur production and on 10 March 1938 at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, as part of the [[Carl Rosa Opera Company]]'s spring season.
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• Peep O' Day, or Savourneen Dheelish
  Also referred to simply as ''[[Peep O' Day]]'' or ''[[Savourneen Dheelish]]'', ...tion at the St. John Dramatic Lyceum, on 21 June, 1867, it was billed both as ''[[Peep O'Day, or Savourneen Deelish!]]'' and ''[[Peep O'Day! or Savournee
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• Cramond Brig, or The Gudeman o' Ballangrich
  Also found as '''''[[Cramond Brig, or The Gudeman of Ballangrich]]''''' and '''''[[The Gu The play was first performed in Edinburgh on 27 February, 1826 and in London in 1831. Pu
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• The Man Who Came to Dinner
  ...patch of ice outside the front door and injures his hip and has to stay on as a house guest for a month, driving his hosts mad with his behaviour. ...oyed a number of New York and London revivals. The first London production was staged at The Savoy Theatre starring Robert Morley and Coral Browne
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• The Treasure at the Woody Cape, or The Days of Ryk van Tulbach
  The titles are also found separately in some sources, i.e. ''[[The Treasure at the Woody Cape]]'' or ''[[The Days of Ryk van Tulbac ...e storyline behind the play dates back to 1760 when a Governor’s authority was almost absolute. The first scene opened with the promulgation of the “Pra
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• H.J. Ayliffe
  H.J. Ayliffe (b. Bath, Somerset, 10/10/1882 - d. Germiston, 27/12/1949) was a cinematographer. ...South Africa, though it has also been suggested that a contributing reason was the state of his wife’s health. In any case, the couple came to South Afr
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• The Actress Of All Work, or My Country Cousin
  The play is also known as ''[[The Actress Of All Work, or Six in One]]'' or ''[[The Actress Of All Wo ...interesting example of, the so called "transformation pieces", also known as "protean farces", popular in the 19th century.
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• Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra
  ...a had its premiére at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 4 October 1815 and was first performed in England on 30 April 1818 at the King's Theatre in Londo ...n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Ristori], the play opened in ** 1860(?), and was later performed by her and her company on tours of the USA (e.g. in 1866) a
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• Bertie Solomon
  '''Bertie Solomon''' (b. Johannesburg, **/**/1894 - d. **/**/1971) was an actress and dancer. ...r and racing enthusiast Mannie Solomon and his wife, Emily Mary Birdwell. As a young girl she received dancing lessons from [[Flora Fairbairn]] and is k
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• Jack Bligh
  ...ohn’s Wood, London) was a stage, radio, film and television actor, as well as a producer for stage and television. ...ph Company. Originally he was a stunt man and at the outbreak of World War I he is said to have been with Vitagraph in the United States. He saw servic
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• Brown and the Brahmins, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-eyes!
  ...s, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-Eyes!]]'' or simply referred to as '''''[[Brown and the Brahmins]]'''''. ...incess Pretty eyes]]'' (sic!) '''or''' ''[[The Illustrious Stranger]]''" - i.e. giving the whole of burlesque's pedigree.
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• Cape Town Opera
  ...Town Opera]] ([[CTO]]) is a professional opera company in Cape Town, run as a permanent section 21-company non-profit performing arts organisation. ...o the Woods]]'' shows it was produced by [[Cape Town Opera]]). The company was formed, following the demise of [[CAPAB Opera]], to ensure the survival of
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• School of Rock
  Originally founded by Paul Green, the original ''[[School of Rock]]'' is a for-profit educational company th 2008: Performed as ''[[School of Rock SA]]'' in the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]], Durban, by
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• The Brothers
  ...on occasion refer to plays ''containing'' the word '''"(The) brothers"''' as '''"The Brothers"''' or '''"Brothers"''', e.g. the English translation of t Possibly translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Gebroeders]]'', according to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928)
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• Lucrezia Borgia
  '''[[Lucrezia Borgia]]''' is the name of a '''historic figure''', as well as the title of a large number of dramatic works telling or based on the histo The name also occurs as '''''[[Lucrezia Borgia]]''''', '''''[[Lucrèce Borgia]]''''', or '''''[[Luc
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• Dirty Dancing - the Classic Story on Stage
  ''Often referred to as '''[[Dirty Dancing]]''' only.'' ...she had based on incidents from her own life. The play has the same songs as the film, plus a few extra scenes.
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• Dick Whittington
  ...tomime version seems to have appeared in 1814 and featured Joseph Grimaldi as the Dame. ...ritten for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in 1875 as was the 26th Grand Comic Christmas Annual.
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• Vanessa Cooke
  ...member of the the management team at the [[Market Theatre]], she took over as director of the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]] in 1996. ===As performer===
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• George Canes
  ...n television finally came to South Africa in 1976, he directed series such as ''[[Drome Van Gruis]]'' (1981) and ''[[Witgoud]]'' (1985). (FO) ...[[Gordon Vorster]]/1961), Die Tweede Slaapkamer ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1961), As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is! ([[Jan Perold]]/1962), Jy’s Lieflik Vanaand ([[
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