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| − | ''Twelfth Night'' by William Shakespeare. First performed c1601. Perhaps the most popular Shakespeare play in South African theatre, certainly performed more than any other in the 19th century. [???***
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| − | == South African performances ==
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| − | First recorded South African performance in the [[Military Barracks]] in Cape Town in 179*?]
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| − | Produced by [[Marda Vanne]] in the [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in 1941, also playing Maria. With [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]] (Olivia), [[Lydia Lindeque]] (Viola), [[Cecil Williams]] (Orsino). Settings by [[Basil South]]. Music composed or arrangend by Percival Kirby and recorded in Johannesburg. (Source; ''Trek'' 26 September 1941, 19.)
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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.)
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| − | 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 **.
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| − | 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.
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| − | == Translations and adaptations ==
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| − | 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, e.g. the [[PACOFS]] production at the [[National Arts Festival|National Festival of the Arts]] in Grahamstown in 1984 under the direction of [[Truida Louw]] with [[Nico Liebenberg]], [[Christo Compion]], [[Franz Grabe]], [[Anita de Jager]], [[Danie Burger]], [[Marko van der Colff]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Helene Truter]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Pierre van Pletzen]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Christo Potgieter]], [[Hugo Taljaard]], [[Danie Burger]], and others. Decor by [[Johan Badenhorst]], costumes by [[James Parker]].
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| − | 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 Kranenburg]], [[Quanita Adams]], [[Royston Stoffels]] and [[Ivan Abrahams]]. *
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Trek'' 26 September 1941, 19.
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| − | ''Helikon'', 2(9):19-21.
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