The Cradle Will Rock

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The Cradle Will Rock is a musical by Marc Blitzstein (1905 – 1964)[1]

The original text

The controversial musical is a pro-unionist Brechtian allegory, addressing issues of corruption and corporate greed in the USA, and was originally developed as part of the Federal Theatre Project[2].

The work suffered censorship problems because of its content, and only had an abbreviated prevew June 16, 1937 in the Venice Theatre, followed by a full production produced by John Houseman and directed by Orson Welles, in the Mercury Theatre, New York from 5 December 1937 onwards.


South African productions

1941: Performed at the Pioneer Theatre, Johannesburg, directed and designed by Leo Kerz.

2015: Performed at the Theatre on the Square in November. Directed by Elizma Badenhorst with students of the Oakfields College Faculty of Dance and Musical Theatre

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cradle_Will_Rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Theatre_Project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Blitzstein.

Colin Naylor, 1990. Contemporary designers, p. 294.

http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=39143

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