The Free State

Archive Listings for The Free State

T0812659769 (BSP00) Barclays Stage PartnersCompany Fifth Amendment. Company Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Company West Yorkshire Playhouse. Performer Janet Suzman (Lulu Rademeyer). Illusionist ffery Kisson. Performer Jack Klaff. Director Janet Suzman. Director Martin L Platt. Design Johan Engels. Lighting Tim Mitchell. Music Didi Kriel.
3 Apr 00 to 8 Apr 00	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L02011976142
21 Mar 00 to 1 Apr 00	West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds :: V977 listing details L0542361391
14 Mar 00 to 18 Mar 00	Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L319247921
7 Mar 00 to 11 Mar 00	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L1633439381
29 Feb 00 to 4 Mar 00	Civic Theatre, Darlington :: V562 listing details L641475731
18 Feb 00 to 26 Feb 00	Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham :: V143 listing details L02050404378

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Play :: A South African response to Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard which relocates the action from turn-of-the-century Russia to present day democratic South Africa in an enchanting and relevant new play, spiced with delicate humour and romance. The play looks at the lives of whites and blacks shifted irrevocable by their first democratic elections. With Mandela's victory, optimism and euphoria affects everyone and his spirit of reconciliation thrills the world. Dedicating her play to Mandela, Suzman ingeniously brings Chekhov's masterpiece right up to date in this powerful thought-provoking adaptation.