A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by the English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968. The play centers on a British couple who are struggling to save their marriage whilst trying to raise their only child, a small girl with cerebral palsy.

Performance history in South Africa
1972: Directed by Robert Davies at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, for the UCT Dramatic Society starring Colin Duell, Sue Phillips.

1973: Directed by Roy Sargeant, presented by the Rhodes University Drama Department with Henry Goodman, Lois Butlin, Mary Ashby, Tony Peake, Irene Peake and Beth Dickerson in the cast.

1980: Roy Sargeant directed this play for The Company at the Market Theatre in May. It starred Danny Keogh and Sandy Dacombe, Bess Finney, Tiffany Kelly as Joe, Lesley Nott.

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