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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Presented by Kushlick-Gluckman, 1961.
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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]]. Toured the Eastern Province in July 1968.
 
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]]. Toured the Eastern Province in July 1968.
  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Theatre programme (Kushlick-Gluckman) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 10.
 
UTS theatre pamphlet
 
UTS theatre pamphlet
  

Revision as of 17:30, 9 November 2015

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

Presented by Kushlick-Gluckman, 1961.

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. Toured the Eastern Province in July 1968.

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

Theatre programme (Kushlick-Gluckman) held by NELM: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 10. UTS theatre pamphlet

PACT Newsletter, April 1972; March 1972

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

Fantasticks theatre programmes 1967, 1975.


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