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'''''Plastics''''' is a play by [[Shirley Johnston]] about the struggle of four Sandton housewives against the onslaught of poverty and finding salvation in Tupperware. [[SACPAC]] Best Playwright Award 1991. 

== The original text ==
Published by [[Nas Bib]].

==Translations and adaptations==


== Performance history in South Africa ==
Produced in 7 centres around SA, directed by Johnston, with **, *** and in Adelaide, Australia for [[International Women’s Playwright Festival]]. 

1993: Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] and at the [[Momentum Theatre]] in 1993, directed by [[Jacqui Singer]] and starring [[Gaby Lomberg]], [[Louise Saint Claire|Louise Saint-Claire]], [[Henrietta Gryffenberg]], and [[Motshabi Tyelele]]. Design by [[Lindy Roberts]], choreography by [[Jeanette Ginslov]], musical/original score by [[Michele Maxwell]].

1994: Directed by [[Blaise Koch]], [[Nico Arena]] 5-26 March, with [[Jana van Niekerk]] (Fiona Farquharson), [[Lynita Crofford]] (Hester Olivier), [[Nomkhita Bavuma]] (Maria Maktini), [[Billy Second]] (Caroline Whelton-Smythe). Design by [[Keith Anderson]], costumes by [[Fanie Steenkamp, music by [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]] and lighting by [[Patrick Curtis]].

==Sources==
''Plastics'' theatre programmes, PACT 1993, CAPAB 1994.

''The Citizen'', 12 May 1992.

''The Argus'', 15 February 1994.



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