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''The Fantasticks''; book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt. This small-scale musical opened in the small off-Broadway Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3rd, 1960.
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''The Fantasticks''; book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Edmund Rostand's play ''Les Romanesques''.
  
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== The original text ==
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This small-scale musical opened in the small off-Broadway Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3rd, 1960.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
UCT's ''The Fantasticks'' presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in April 1968, directed by [[Robert Mohr]], starring [[Limpie Basson]], [[Grethe Fox|Grethe-Maria Fox]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Peter Grobbelaar]], [[Peter Uys]], [[David Haynes]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Philip Graham]].
 
UCT's ''The Fantasticks'' presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in April 1968, directed by [[Robert Mohr]], starring [[Limpie Basson]], [[Grethe Fox|Grethe-Maria Fox]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Peter Grobbelaar]], [[Peter Uys]], [[David Haynes]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Philip Graham]].
  
 
Presented by [[PACT]] in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], 1972, with [[Eckard Rabe]], [[Will Bernard]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Sue Kiel]]. Directed by [[Ken Leach]].
 
Presented by [[PACT]] in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], 1972, with [[Eckard Rabe]], [[Will Bernard]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Sue Kiel]]. Directed by [[Ken Leach]].
  
[[PACOFS]] 1975, directed by [[Johan Bernard]], starring [[Estelle de Waal]], [[Elize Cawood]], [[James Borthwick]] and others.
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[[PACOFS]] 1975, directed by [[Johan Bernard]], starring [[Estelle de Waal]], [[Elize Cawood]], [[James Borthwick]] and others. Musical director Laurie Potgieter, decor and costume design by [[Dicky Longhurst]]. This production was presented in Pietermaritzburg and Durban, in association with [[NAPAC]], in October 1975 and visited Ficksburg, Sasolburg and Bloemfontein's [[Little Theatre]] in November 1975.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
 
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
  
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''Fantasticks'' theatre programmes 1967, 1975.
  
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Revision as of 17:10, 1 August 2014

The Fantasticks; book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt. Based on Edmund Rostand's play Les Romanesques.

The original text

This small-scale musical opened in the small off-Broadway Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3rd, 1960.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

UCT's The Fantasticks presented by University Theatre Stellenbosch at the H.B. Thom Theatre in April 1968, directed by Robert Mohr, starring Limpie Basson, Grethe-Maria Fox, Ralph Lawson, Peter Grobbelaar, Peter Uys, David Haynes, Janice Honeyman, Philip Graham.

Presented by PACT in the Breytenbach Theatre, 1972, with Eckard Rabe, Will Bernard, Frantz Dobrowsky, Marko van der Colff, Jan Engelen and Sue Kiel. Directed by Ken Leach.

PACOFS 1975, directed by Johan Bernard, starring Estelle de Waal, Elize Cawood, James Borthwick and others. Musical director Laurie Potgieter, decor and costume design by Dicky Longhurst. This production was presented in Pietermaritzburg and Durban, in association with NAPAC, in October 1975 and visited Ficksburg, Sasolburg and Bloemfontein's Little Theatre in November 1975.

Sources

UTS theatre pamphlet

PACT Newsletter, April 1972; March 1972

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

Fantasticks theatre programmes 1967, 1975.


Return to

Return to F in Plays II Foreign Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page