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''Twelfth Night'' by William Shakespeare. First performed 16**. Perhaps the most popular Shakespeare play in South African theatre, certainly performed more than any other in the 19th century. [???***First recorded South African performance in the [[Military Barracks]] in Cape own in 179*?] 
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Performed professionally in English by [[NTO]] in 1953, directed by [[Leonard Schach]], featuring [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Edna Jacobson]], [[Roma Reilly]]. [[Aedwyn Darroll]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Michael Perry]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[David Ritch]], [[Barry Lategan]], [[Tom Spring]]. (Source: ''Helikon'', 2(9):19-21.
 
 
 
Other notable productions include **, **, **, **,. It has been performed a number of times at [[Maynardville]], beginning with ***’s version in 195*, with ** and including [[Roy Sargeant]]'s 1978 and [[Geoffrey Hyland]]’s 2006 versions, with **. An innovative production by [[The Company]] in the [[Blue Fox]], Johannesburg in the 1970s used a set consisting only of two cushions, two deck chairs and a green carpet with a hole in it. Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twaalfde Nag]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] and first performed by [[PACT]]?* on 11 August 1964 (dir. ***). Often performed in that language too. A notable multiracial production of the Afrikaans text was done by [[Janice Honeyman]] at the [[Oude Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch, [[KKNK]] and [[Baxter Theatre]]  in 2005, featuring i.a. [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]], [[Marius Weyers]], [[Peter Butler]], [[Chris Van Niekerk]], [[Jeroen Kranenberg]], [[Quanita Adams]], [[Royston Stoffels]] and [[Ivan Abrahams]]. *   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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