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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
First performed in 1975 at the [[Space Theatre]] with [[Trix Pienaar]], Pieter-Dirk Uys, [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Jacqui Delhaye]], [[Maria Jensen]] and directed by Uys. (Not mentioned in [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979).
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1975: First performed in 1975 at the [[Space Theatre]] with [[Trix Pienaar]], Pieter-Dirk Uys, [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Jacqui Delhaye]], [[Maria Jensen]] and directed by Uys. (Not mentioned in [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979).
  
In 1976 it went to the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Wilma Stockenström]], [[Michele Maxwell]], and Pieter-Dirk Uys.
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1976: In 1976 it went to the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Wilma Stockenström]], [[Michele Maxwell]], and Pieter-Dirk Uys.
  
''Strike up the Banned'' (Part 2) presented by [[Syrkel Theatre Company]] late night at the [[Labia Theatre]], December 1976, with [[Rika Sennett]] and [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]  
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1976: ''Strike up the Banned'' (Part 2) presented by [[Syrkel Theatre Company]] late night at the [[Labia Theatre]], December 1976, with [[Rika Sennett]] and [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]  
  
In 1978 it played at the [[Market Theatre]] with Pieter-Dirk Uys, [[Rika Sennett]], and others.  
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1978: In 1978 it played at the [[Market Theatre]] with Pieter-Dirk Uys, [[Rika Sennett]], and others.  
  
 
The one sketch, originally starring Pieter-Dirk Uys and Trix Pienaar and  representing a serial called  
 
The one sketch, originally starring Pieter-Dirk Uys and Trix Pienaar and  representing a serial called  

Revision as of 11:02, 15 May 2017

Strike Up The Banned is an anti-censorship revue written by Pieter-Dirk Uys in 1975.

The original text

First performed in 1975 at the Space Theatre.

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Performance history in South Africa

1975: First performed in 1975 at the Space Theatre with Trix Pienaar, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Vincent Ebrahim, Jacqui Delhaye, Maria Jensen and directed by Uys. (Not mentioned in Astbury 1979).

1976: In 1976 it went to the Grahamstown Festival and on tour with Lynne Maree, Blaise Koch, Wilma Stockenström, Michele Maxwell, and Pieter-Dirk Uys.

1976: Strike up the Banned (Part 2) presented by Syrkel Theatre Company late night at the Labia Theatre, December 1976, with Rika Sennett and Pieter-Dirk Uys

1978: In 1978 it played at the Market Theatre with Pieter-Dirk Uys, Rika Sennett, and others.

The one sketch, originally starring Pieter-Dirk Uys and Trix Pienaar and representing a serial called Die Van Aardes van Grootoor was expanded in 1977 to become the hugely succesful play Die Van Aardes van Grootoor.

Sources

Sunday Times 19 October 1976.

Syrkel theatre programme, 1976.


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