Sextet
Two plays/productions by this name have been performed in South Africa.
In addition there has been a student review called Sextet 69 (see entry).
Contents
Sextet The Revue (Farmer and Trewhela, 1957)
The original play
A South African revue which was devised and written by Anthony Farmer with music by Ralph Trewhela and additional material by Adam Leslie.
Performances
1957: Performed at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, from 23 July, directed by Anthony Farmer with Dennis Hale, Olive King, Norma Vorster, Olive Wright, Jimmy Mentis and Tommy Tucker .
Sources
Material relating to Anthony Farmer's production of Sextet at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, from 23 July 1957 held by NELM.
Review by Lewis Sowden, The Rand Daily Mail, 24 July 1957,
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Sextet The Play (Pertwee, 1979)
The original text
Written by British playwright Michael Pertwee (1916-1991), first performed and published by Samuel French, in their Acting Edition Series in 1979. Listed with a subtitle (as Sextet: Six of One) by Concord Theatricals with the following description[1]:
Roger has invited his old friend Philip and his wife for a cruise on his luxury yacht together with Denys and his wife Valerie in order to see whether Denys, his employee, proves suitable for an important job abroad. All seems set for a restful holiday. Complications start with the very first arrival, Roger's estranged wife Lisa. Then the philandering Philip turns up with super sexy Mercy instead of his wife. Soon every conceivable permutation and combination of twice three has been achieved, with the clumsy Denys losing his contact lenses and stumbling around doing damage everywhere. Even Roger's unseen secretary Betty Samuelson is drawn into the plot before the final hilarious and unexpected climax..
Performance history in South Africa
1979: A Toerien-Firth Company Production was directed by Michael Pertwee in 1979, performed in the Baxter Theatre. The cast: Peter J. Elliott, Trish Downing, Lynne Maree, Peter Blythe, Jeremy Hank, Corinne Willoughby.
1990: Tim Plewman and star cast appeared in this play at the André Huguenet Theatre opening 26 May 1990.
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/4582/sextet-six-of-one
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Sextet.html?id=wejTAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Theatre programme (1979 production) held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 28. 43
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
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