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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Done in South Africa by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of ladies. The afterpiece was Carey's burlesque ''[[Chrono(h)ontonthologus]]''
 
  
It was one of the plays performed in 1929 by a West End theatre company from London headed by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]] on a South African tour.
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1818: Done in South Africa by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of ladies. The afterpiece was Carey's burlesque ''[[Chrono(h)ontonthologus]]''
  
Produced by [[Minna Millsten]] for the UCT Dramatic Society, [[Little Theatre]], 1945. With [[Richard Buncher]], [[Sybil Dee]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Anthony Robinson]], [[John Juritz]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Godfrey Isaacs]], [[Blake Pinnel]], [[Nell Reeve]], [[Anthony Hodgson]]. Sets by [[Basil Warner]].
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1929: It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]], which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of plays, including ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]''. The tour played in venues owned by [[African Theatres]] Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.
  
Produced for [[NTO]] in 1958 by [[Leon Gluckman]] with a distinguished cast, including [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Frank Wise]] and [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]. Costumes by [[Frank Graves|Frank]] and [[Doreen Graves]].
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1945: Produced by [[Minna Millsten]] for the UCT Dramatic Society, [[Little Theatre]], 1945. With [[Richard Buncher]], [[Sybil Dee]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Anthony Robinson]], [[John Juritz]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Godfrey Isaacs]], [[Blake Pinnel]], [[Nell Reeve]], [[Anthony Hodgson]]. Sets by [[Basil Warner]].
  
''The School for Scandal'', directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], opened at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 4 March 1969. Décor and costumes designed by [[Keith Anderson]]. The cast included [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Bernard Brown]], [[David Goatham]], [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Ken Leach]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Will Bernard]], [[John Ramsbottom]], [[Gillian Garlick]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Gaenor Becker]], [[Gordon Sara]], [[Lorna Robertson]].
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1958: Produced for [[NTO]] in 1958 by [[Leon Gluckman]] with a distinguished cast, including [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Frank Wise]] and [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]. Costumes by [[Frank Graves|Frank]] and [[Doreen Graves]].
  
PACT production, 1980, directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] during the [[National Arts Festival]] with [[Bobby Heaney]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[John Hussey]] and [[Margaret Heale]] amongst others in the cast.
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1969: Performed at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], opening on 4 March 1969. Directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with décor and costumes designed by [[Keith Anderson]]. The cast included [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Bernard Brown]], [[David Goatham]], [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Ken Leach]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Will Bernard]], [[John Ramsbottom]], [[Gillian Garlick]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Gaenor Becker]], [[Gordon Sara]], [[Lorna Robertson]].
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1980: Produced by [[PACT]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] during the [[National Arts Festival]] with [[Bobby Heaney]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[John Hussey]] and [[Margaret Heale]] amongst others in the cast.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 19:55, 16 July 2015

The School for Scandal (1777) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Performance history in South Africa

1818: Done in South Africa by the Gentlemen Amateurs in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of Mr Cooke and his company of ladies. The afterpiece was Carey's burlesque Chrono(h)ontonthologus

1929: It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager Gerald Lawrence, which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of plays, including Monsieur Beaucaire. The tour played in venues owned by African Theatres Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.

1945: Produced by Minna Millsten for the UCT Dramatic Society, Little Theatre, 1945. With Richard Buncher, Sybil Dee, Philip Segal, Anthony Robinson, John Juritz, Audrey Pearce, Godfrey Isaacs, Blake Pinnel, Nell Reeve, Anthony Hodgson. Sets by Basil Warner.

1958: Produced for NTO in 1958 by Leon Gluckman with a distinguished cast, including Margaret Inglis, Pieter Geldenhuys, Frank Wise and Siegfried Mynhardt. Costumes by Frank and Doreen Graves.

1969: Performed at the Hofmeyr Theatre, opening on 4 March 1969. Directed by Roy Sargeant, with décor and costumes designed by Keith Anderson. The cast included Philip Birkinshaw, Elliot Playfair, Bernard Brown, David Goatham, Lyn Hooker, Zoë Randall, Yvonne Bryceland, Wilson Dunster, Ralph Lawson, Roger Dwyer, Ken Leach, Pietro Nolte, Alan Prior, Will Bernard, John Ramsbottom, Gillian Garlick, Joey Wishnia, Glynn Day, Brian Kennedy, Gaenor Becker, Gordon Sara, Lorna Robertson.

1980: Produced by PACT, directed by Roy Sargeant during the National Arts Festival with Bobby Heaney, Richard Haines, Erica Rogers, John Hussey and Margaret Heale amongst others in the cast.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

South African Opinion, 2(8):22; Trek 19(7):23, 1945.

Teater SA, 1(4), 1969.

The School for Scandal theatre programme (CAPAB), 1969.

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 59.

Performing Arts, HSRC, 1972.

The Star 2 July 1980.


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