People are Living There
World premiere.
Reviewed in The Scotsman on 14th March 1968 (‘Play of power and pity’, page 10) and The Stage on 21st March 1968 (‘Pathos with the comedy’, page 10). See also: Allen Wright, ‘Writer’s visit to Scotland barred’, The Scotsman 8th March 1968 (page 7).
The one-off performance at the Mermaid Theatre was presented by the African Music and Drama Trust. (See ‘Fugard play at Mermaid on Sunday’, The Stage 25th April 1968, page 1.)
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CORRECTION: I, Rosemary Gerrette, played Sissy in the 1968 production of People Are Living There with Carmen Silvera. We then played it at the Mermaid Theatre, London, later in 1968. This was the world premiere of People Are Living There – NOT the 1972 production, nor Athol’s in 1969 in South Africa.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| John | Douglas Ditta |
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| Milly | Carmen Silvera |
| Shorty | Ronald Cunliffe |
| Sissy | Rosemary Gerrette |
Crew | |
| Director | Robin Midgley |
| Designer | David Cockayne |
| Stage Manager | Drew Dawson |
- Observations (1)
- Added by Rosemary MacHardy, last modified by Jared William.
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Observations
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See my statement above. I was always fed up that AtholFugard, in the Playbill, called his production of PeopleAre?i ing There in South Africa in 1969…as the world premiere, when Glasgow Citizens did it in 1968 up in Glasgow a year earlier! We in the cast, incl. Carmen Silvera, all knew it was the world premiere as did the Press in their stories about the opening.
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