A Marry Little Christmas

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A Marry Little Christmas is a 2023 play by Greg Homann.

Original text

"Arnold Hartmann is 45 and three quarters. He has big plans to propose to Natalie Cloete before hosting the perfect ‘traditional’ Christmas lunch to unify his and her family. But a nightmare has caused him to oversleep, and before he can build up the courage to pop the question, the two families have started to arrive..."

Commissioned by How Now Brown Cow’s Writer’s Collective during the 2020 Pandemic shutdown.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2023: Presented by How Now Brown Cow Productions with the Market Theatre at The Market Theatre (29 November 2023- 24 December 2023). Director - Charmaine Weir-Smith, Set Design - Denis Hutchinson. Cast: Bandile Dube - Zolani Shangase, Evelyn Sharpe - Judy Ditchfield, Arnold Hartmann - Antony Coleman, Val Hartmann - Louise Claire Richard, Donald Cloete - Trevor Lynch, Henry Hartmann - James Borthwick, Gary Hartmann - Roberto Pombo, Natalie Cloete - Kim Cloete, Patricia Cloete - Ilse Klink.

Sources

https://www.hownowbrowncow.co.za/productions/amarrylittlechristmas

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