Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr Kooning

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Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr Kooning is a 1969 two-hander romantic comedy play by British playwright Stanley Eveling (1925-2008) [1].

The original text

First performed in Edinburgh in 1969, and published in 1971

Translations and adaptations

Broadcast as Dear Janet Rosenberg ... Dear Mr. Kooning on ITV Saturday Night Theatre on 1 August, 1970[2]

Filmed as a Belgian TV Movie as Lieve juffrouw Rosenberg, waarde Mr. Koonig in 1977[3]

Performance history in South Africa

1975: Staged by CAPAB in the Hofmeyr Theatre, directed by John Burch, with Arthur Hall (Mr. Kooning) and Lynne Maree (Janet Rosenberg). Sets and costumes by Ken Robinson.

1978: Performed in The Studio, Baxter Theatre, directed by Jeanne Voigt, starring Chris Galloway and Michele Voigt.

Sources

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095704625

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029928/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300137/

CAPAB theatre programme, 28 June 1975.

Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987. Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988.

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