King Kong was a landmark South African jazz-influenced musical, billed at the time as an all African jazz opera. Opening in Johannesburg on 2 February 1959 at Witwatersrand University Great Hall, the musical was an immediate success, with The Star newspaper calling it the greatest thrill in 20 years of South African theatre-going. It swept South Africa like a storm, touring the country for two years and playing to record-breaking multi-racial audiences, before being booked for a London productio...
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