The Monkey Walk
The Monkey Walk (1977) is a play by American playwright John Murray [1] (1906-1984).
Performance history in South Africa
1077: Staged at the Barnato Theatre, starring Barbara Kinghorn and British actor Richard Warwick.
1978: Directed by Joan Kemp-Welch (Barnato Theatre; The Studio Baxter Theatre) for Toerien-Firth Company in 1978, starring Barbara Kinghorn and Richard Warwick. The production was also staged at the Piet van der Walt Theatre in July. Another British actor, Paul Jerrico [2], replacing Warwick.
1986: In 1986 the play was produced and directed by Colin Law, starring Errol Hart, Lynda Powell, Kenneth Hendel, in the Baxter Studio.
1994: Directed by Rex Garner for Pieter Toerien Productions, starring Stephen Jennings and Susan Danford at the Richard Haines Theatre and Theatre on the Bay, 1994.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
Rand Daily Mail, 22 February 1978.
Pretoria News, 19 July 1978.
Tucker, 1997. p. 535.
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