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Directed by [[Peter Curtis]] for [[CAPAB]] with [[Michael Atkinson]] and [[John Whiteley]] as the male leads. It opened at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 19 December 1970 and was a great success, even touring to Johannesburg.  
 
Directed by [[Peter Curtis]] for [[CAPAB]] with [[Michael Atkinson]] and [[John Whiteley]] as the male leads. It opened at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 19 December 1970 and was a great success, even touring to Johannesburg.  
  
''Erns in Luim'', an Afrikaans adaptation of ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' by [[Nerina Ferreira]]. Directed by [[Fitz Morley]] for [[PACOFS]] with [[Schalk Jacobsz]] as Lane and [[Paul Eilers]] as Algernon, also [[Rentia Human]], [[Mees Xteen]] and [[Carmen Haddad]], circa 1968. Taken on tour in the Free State.  
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''Erns in Luim'', an Afrikaans adaptation of ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' by [[Nerina Ferreira]]. Directed by [[Fitz Morley]] for [[PACOFS]] with [[Schalk Jacobsz]] as Lane and [[Paul Eilers]] as Algernon, also [[Rentia Human]], [[Mees Xteen]] and [[Carmen Haddad]], 1968. Taken on tour in the Free State.  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:00, 29 January 2014

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. ****

First produced in South Africa by ***

Presented by the Medical School Players at the Wits University Hall, 1945.

Produced for University Theatre Stellenbosch by Fred Engelen in 1963, starring Dirk Kotzé, Pieter Grobbelaar, Fred Engelen, Lydia Theron, Estelle Knobel, Ilse Geyer, Louisa Saayman, Jocelyn de Bruyn, Cynthia Dekker.

Also done by ***, the Langford-Inglis Company; NAPAC in 197*, directed by Margaret Inglis, with Michael Atkinson and Nan Munro); PACT in 1982, directed by John Hussey, with Ralph Lawson, Dorothy-Ann Gould, Gabrielle Lomberg Andrew Buckland and Shelagh Holliday.

Michael Atkinson, Joan Blake and Lyn Hooker in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1971, by Brian Astbury for CAPAB. Directed by Peter Curtis for CAPAB with Michael Atkinson and John Whiteley as the male leads. It opened at the Hofmeyr Theatre on 19 December 1970 and was a great success, even touring to Johannesburg.

Erns in Luim, an Afrikaans adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest by Nerina Ferreira. Directed by Fitz Morley for PACOFS with Schalk Jacobsz as Lane and Paul Eilers as Algernon, also Rentia Human, Mees Xteen and Carmen Haddad, 1968. Taken on tour in the Free State.

Sources

Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 58

UTS theatre pamphlet

South African Opinion, 2(4), 1945. 24.

Teater SA, 1(1) and (2), 1968; PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.



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