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When [[Brian Astbury]] and others at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) first read this play, they were immediately taken with it. As a result they asked [[Peter Stevenson]] to direct the play even though they knew that censorship problems would more than likely arise. After eight performances the play was duly banned.  
 
When [[Brian Astbury]] and others at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) first read this play, they were immediately taken with it. As a result they asked [[Peter Stevenson]] to direct the play even though they knew that censorship problems would more than likely arise. After eight performances the play was duly banned.  
 
   
 
   
Repeated in 1997 as part of the 25 year celebration of [[Space Theatre|The Space]], directed by [[Brian Astbury]].
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Repeated in 1997 at the [[Nico Theatre]] as part of the 25 year celebration of [[Space Theatre|The Space]], directed by [[Brian Astbury]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
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''Cape Times'' 24 February 1997.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 17:27, 2 December 2015

The Guise is a play by David Mowat. Produced in Birmingham, England, then Park Theatre, London, 1989 ***

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First produced (as yet unproduced elsewhere) in South Africa by The Space (Cape Town) in 1979, directed by Peter Stevenson with Pippa Dyer, Errol Hart, Derek Lyndon, Caroline Newby, Duarte Sylwain, Leslee Udwin and Ralph van Pletzen. Design by Vivienne Cartwright, lighting by Nicholas Fine and stage management by Faruk (Farouk?) Hoosain and Denise Newman. When Brian Astbury and others at The Space (Cape Town) first read this play, they were immediately taken with it. As a result they asked Peter Stevenson to direct the play even though they knew that censorship problems would more than likely arise. After eight performances the play was duly banned.

Repeated in 1997 at the Nico Theatre as part of the 25 year celebration of The Space, directed by Brian Astbury.

Sources

Astbury 1979.

Cape Times 24 February 1997.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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