Subject to Fits

Subject to Fits is a play by American actor, producer, director Robert Montgomery (1904-1981). The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's The Idiot".

The original text
Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573700354.

Premiered at the Pubic Theater (New York Shakespeare Festival) 1971.

Performance history in South Africa
There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring Robert Gordon, Beverley Melnick, Michael Richard and Leonie Hofmeyr staged at the Arena Theatre, Rosebank.

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