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IL-ĦANUT TA' DWINU |
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written by Manuel Casha
Produced by the Maltese Performing Arts Association |
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Il-Ħanut ta' Dwinu (the
shop of Dwinu) is the first and only għana
play written and produced in Australia. It was
performed in front of a large audience at Lithuanian
Theatre in Melbourne by the Maltese Performing Arts
Association on the 1st November 1992. The music
created for it was purely modernised ghana
arrangements and also included some very old
traditional verses like parts from "L-Għarusa
tal-Mosta".
In this play Manuel Casha tried to recreate the old
wine shop where the għannejja gather. There
you will find three guitars hanging on the wall,
because guitars attract guitarists and guitarists
attract għannejja and għannejja
attract business.
The play goes through a day in the life of the wine
shop. The shopkeeper is Dwinu Caminzuli, played by
Edwin Baldacchino, who inherited the shop from his
father who had opened the shop before the war. The
characters are farmers, għannejja, street
sellers, women who come to chase their men home and
generally Maltese life pre-war. |
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The Programme |
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Cast: |
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Dwinu
Kaminzuli |
Edwin
Baldacchino |
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Indri
tal-Lumi |
Indri Cassar |
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Lonza (martu) |
Mary Louise
Anastasi |
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Żeppi
in-Nemes |
Joe Zammit |
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Żolli (martu) |
Anna Maria
Borg |
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Anglu ż-Żabbari |
Anglu
Buttigieg |
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Karmnu
l-Qormi |
Karmenu
Briffa |
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Eddie
r-Rocker |
Charles
Attard |
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Lela
tal-Pinta |
Mary
Baldacchino |
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Nerdu
l-Baħri |
Charles
Zammit |
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Fredu ż-Żebbugi |
Fredu Cachia |
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Kalcidon
iċ-Ċoqq |
Alf Xuereb |
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Salvu
l-Mastrudaxxa |
Salvu
Farrugia |
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It-tabib
Mercieca |
Gejtu Sammut |
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Tfajla |
Anne
Micallef |
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Credits: |
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Direction |
Manuel Casha |
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Administration |
Ray Anastasi |
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Stage
Managing & |
Charles
Attard & |
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Props
co-ordination |
Indri Cassar |
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Asst. Stage
Manager |
Lee Cassar |
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Musical
Production |
Manuel Casha |
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Sound
Production |
Manuel Casha
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Gary
Camilleri |
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Set
Design/Production |
Indri Cassar |
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Lighting |
Manuel Casha
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George
Brincat |
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Make-up &
Costumes |
Mary Louise
Anastasi & |
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Mary
Baldacchino |
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Prompter |
Gejtu Sammut |
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The programme
also included: |
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Il-Gita Tas-Sinjura Roz
Arrangament ta' Joe Zammit u
Anne Maria Borg.
Muzika: Kompozizzjoni ta'
Evaristo Azzopardi.
Is-sinjura Roz ser tmur ġita
u trid min joħdila ħsieb lil Cissy. Roz għamlet avviż
fil-gazzetta biex issib min joħdila
ħsieba. Menu
n-nervus jaqra l-avviż
fil-gazzetta u.........
Jiehdu Sehem: |
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Rozina |
Anne Maria Borg |
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Menu |
Joe Zammit |
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Dolor |
Jane Muscat |
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Makkjetta
"Pa nixtieqek tibdel hajtek !"
Kitba ta' Manuel Casha, Muzika
Tradizzjonali Maltija.
Jiehdu Sehem:
Indri
Cassar u Lee Cassar |
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Kantanti
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Mistiedna
Speciali |
Sonia Andersen |
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Talent Gold |
Irene Attard |
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Supersonic Dancers
Choreographed by Sonia
Andersen. |
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Kim Rizzo
Rebecca Attard |
Tania Caraffa
Elicia Caraffa |
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Compere
Charles Zammit "Iż-Żiffa" |
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Il-Maltese
Performing Arts Association tixtieq
tirringrazzja lill dawk kolla li
ħadu sehem u li għenu biex titla din
il-produzzjoni. |
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Charlie Zammit "Iz-Ziffa"
singing Id-Destin which
Manuel Casha wrote reflecting his
own personal feelings of leaving
Malta at age 18 |
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Indri Cassar and Joe Zammit during
their
comedy sketch |
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Fredu Cachia "Iz-Zebbugi"
reciting the poem
"Dak Kien Zmien" |
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Angelo Buttigieg, Anna Maria Borg,
Karmenu Briffa, Edwin Baldacchino
and Alfred Xuereb |
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Angelo Buttigieg "In-Nice",
Karmenu Briffa "Gamamu",
Indri Cassar, Anne Micallef and
Joe Zammit |
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