Shadow of Heroes
Shadow of Heroes is a play by Robert Ardrey (1958) about the ant-Soviet uprising in Hungary in 1956.
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The original text
First produced at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on 7 October 1958. It starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft.
Translations and adaptations
Produced in London as Stone and Star.
Broadcast to acclaim on television by the BBC. A television adaptation was made in Australia in 1961.
Performance history in South Africa
1975: Performed as Shadow of Heroes by PACT Drama, directed by Norman Coombes, starring Nigel Vermaas and Diane Wilson as Janos and Julie Rajk.
1982: Produced by students of Rhodes University Drama Department at the National Festival of Student Drama in Grahamstown, April 1982.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
Photograph of a scene from the play, The Rand Daily Mail, 20 August 1975.
The Rand Daily Mail, 23 April 1982.
Two copies of the theatre programme, PACT production, held by NELM: Location: [Collection: WILSON, Diane]: 2012. 18. 4. 2. 5 AND [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 271
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