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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a play by Australian playwright Ray Lawler. First performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, on 28 November 1955, it is almost unanimously considered by scholars of literature to be the most historically significant play in Australian theatre history, openly and authentically portraying distinctly Australian life and characters.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Leonard Schach for the National Theatre Organisation (N.T.O). Decor by Frank Graves. It opened on New Year's Day of 1958 at the Hofmeyr Theatre, after which it went on a national tour and was the N.T.O's first real commercial success. Cast members included Joan Blake, Bill Brewer, Jane Fenn, Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Turner. On tour: Joyce Bradley, Fiona Fraser, Eveline Garrett, Ted Ogden. Décor by Frank Graves, costumes by Doreen Graves. Later changes:Elspeth Bryce Robert Cheetham.
Translations and adaptations
United Artists produced a film version in 1959 starring American actor Ernest Borgnine. The play was adapted for British TV in 1964.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
Lantern, 7(4):375-383. June 1958.
Inskip, 1977. p 120.
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