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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by [[PACT]] at the 1989 [[National Arts Festival]] directed by [[Dieter Reible]] assisted by [[Alan Swerdlow]]. Designer [[Chris van den Berg]], lighting designers [[Jan Gosnell]] and [[Dieter Reible]]. The cast: [[Peter Se-Puma]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Nomhle Nkoyeni]], [[Noria Mabuela]], [[Margaret Williams]], [[Tshidi Mochaki]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Kurt Egelhof]], [[Norman Ntsiko]], [[Samson Khumalo]], [[Dan Sebogodi]], [[Fats Bookholane]].
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Presented by [[PACT]] at the 1989 [[National Arts Festival]] directed by [[Dieter Reible]] assisted by [[Alan Swerdlow]]. Designer [[Chris van den Berg]], lighting designers [[Jan Gosnell]] and [[Dieter Reible]]. The cast: [[Peter Se-Puma]], [[Soli Philander]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Nomhle Nkoyeni]], [[Noria Mabuela]], [[Margaret Williams]], [[Tshidi Mochaki]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Kurt Egelhoff]], [[Norman Ntsiko]], [[Samson Khumalo]], [[Dan Sebogodi]], [[Fats Bookholane]].
  
 
An English translation by Robert David MacDonald opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on 5 July 2001 under the direction of visiting directors Martin Duncan and Utz.
 
An English translation by Robert David MacDonald opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on 5 July 2001 under the direction of visiting directors Martin Duncan and Utz.

Revision as of 18:07, 18 September 2014

The Blacks (original title in French Les negres, by Jean Genet (1910-1986).


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Published in English by Faber and Faber, 1967.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by PACT at the 1989 National Arts Festival directed by Dieter Reible assisted by Alan Swerdlow. Designer Chris van den Berg, lighting designers Jan Gosnell and Dieter Reible. The cast: Peter Se-Puma, Soli Philander, Bill Curry, Nomhle Nkoyeni, Noria Mabuela, Margaret Williams, Tshidi Mochaki, Nomsa Nene, Kurt Egelhoff, Norman Ntsiko, Samson Khumalo, Dan Sebogodi, Fats Bookholane.

An English translation by Robert David MacDonald opened at the Market Theatre on 5 July 2001 under the direction of visiting directors Martin Duncan and Utz.

Sources

The Blacks theatre programmes.


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