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The play had its premiére at The Druid Theatre in Ireland, Nov 2001, directed by Garry Hynes with Dawn French. (Repeated 2003, 2007-2010) and the production played at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London in 2003. | The play had its premiére at The Druid Theatre in Ireland, Nov 2001, directed by Garry Hynes with Dawn French. (Repeated 2003, 2007-2010) and the production played at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London in 2003. | ||
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A one-woman play by Geraldine Aron
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The original text
Perhaps Aron's most successful play to date, it tells the story of Angela, who had recently been deserted by her accountant husband for a younger model, and sets out to survive and enjoy life on her own - not always with success.
The play had its premiére at The Druid Theatre in Ireland, Nov 2001, directed by Garry Hynes with Dawn French. (Repeated 2003, 2007-2010) and the production played at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London in 2003. Also produced in 31 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Luxemburg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Brilliant_Divorce) lists for example performenaces by The Phoenix Players Theatre, Nairobi; Amiral Theatre, Athens; The Apollo Shaftesbury, London; Druid Theatre, Galway; Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, Prague and the Downstage Theatre, Wellington, NZ. Other more recent performances include a tour of Ireland by the Jasango Theatre Company in 2014-2015 (Directed by George B. Miller, with Angela Ryan), a production at the Viking Theatre Dublin by Verdant Productions (directed by Andrew Murray with Tara Flynn) and the American premiére of the play in 2012 (the Bay Street Theater, the Long Wharf, in Sag Harbor, directed by Matt McGrath with TV star Polly Draper. For this American production, Angela was transformed into an American who moved to London after meeting her husband in New York.)
Published as an acting edition by Samuel French, 2003.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2002-2003: First performed in South Africa in the Studio Theatre at Montecasino in 2003-2004. Directed by Tim Plewman, with Fiona Ramsay.
Sources
http://www.druid.ie/alpha-index/mno
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron
http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=MTE3OQ==
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL416128A/Geraldine_Aron
http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/My-Brilliant-Divorce
http://www.vikingtheatredublin.com/my-brilliant-divorce/
Peter Feldman: Review in Artslink (11/21/2003)[1]
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