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''[[Not Now, Darling]]'' is a farce by [[John Chapman]] and [[Ray Cooney]], 

==The original text==


It was first staged at the Richmond Theatre, in Richmond, England, in 1967, prior to a long West End run starring Donald Sinden and Bernard Cribbins, with Jill Melford and Ann Sidney. It was adapted as a film in 1973.

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wim Vorster]] with the title ''[[Flikflooie]]'' ("flatteries"). Later also performed as ''[[Dalk Later Liefie...]]'' ("perhaps later darling").

A musical version is entitled ''[[Once More, Darling]]''.

== Performance history in South Africa ==
1968: Staged in the [[Academy Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by the co-author [[Ray Cooney]], with [[Moray Watson]] (Gilbert Rodley), [[Derek Royle]] (Arnold Crouch), [[Elizabeth Hamilton]] or [[Valerie Dunlop]] (Miss Tipdale), [[Colin Fish]] (Harry McMichael), [[Patricia Sanders|Pat Sanders]] (Mrs Frencham), [[Janis Reinhardt]] or [[Charlotte Jefferay]] (Miss Whittington), [[Melody O'Brian]] (Janie McMichael), [[Kenneth Baker|Ken Baker]] (Commander Frencham), [[Brenda Kerry-Osrin]] (Sue Lawson), [[Mary Harrison]] (Maude Bodley) and [[Albert Raphael]] (Mr Lawson).

1977: The musical version ''[[Once More, Darling]]'' had its world premiere at [[His Majesty's Theatre]], directed by [[Rex Garner]], starring [[Erica Rogers]], [[David Morton]], [[Derek Royle]] and [[Patricia Sanders]].

1978: [[Rex Garner]] directed a production of ''[[Once More, Darling]]'' presented at the [[Academy Theatre|Academy Theatre of Laughter]] starring [[Erica Rogers]], [[David Morton]], [[Derek Royle]], [[Barbara Morton]] and [[Patricia Sanders]].

1987: Produced by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Rex Garner]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] featuring [[Rex Garner]], [[Eddie Eckstein]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Melody O'Brian]], [[Belinda Koning]], [[Tammy Bonell]], [[Anne Curteis]], [[Timothy Welsh]], [[Christobel D'Ortez]], [[Grant Preston]], [[Errol Hart]]. 

1991: The [[Wim Vorster|Vorster]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''[[Flikflooie]]'' presented by [[SUKOVS]] Toneel at the Bloemfontein [[Civic Theatre]], touring to Kroonstad, Sasolburg, Vereeniging, Secunda, Klerksdorp and Welkom. [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] was the director, decor was by [[Johan Badenhorst]], costumes and lighting by [[Johnny Boerstoel]], sound [[Heidi Edeling]]. The cast: [[Hendrik Baird]], [[Gail Hoffmann]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Div de Villiers]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[Dorette Nel]], [[Petru Wessels]], [[Christo Compion]].

201?: Performed as ''[[Dalk Later Liefie...]]'' by the Drama Departement at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], directed by [[Petrus du Preez]] with [[De Klerk Oelofse]], [[Gabriela Bishop]], [[Annemarie Hattingh]], [[Dayne Nel]], [[Le Fras Mouton]], [[Eduard de Kock]], [[Wessel Pretorius]], [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]], [[Ludwig Binge]] and [[Adéle Smuts]].

== Sources ==


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Now,_Darling.

The [[Academy Theatre]] programme, 1968.

[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. p. 347 (musical version, 1977).

''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 22 February 1978.

[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.

[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.

''Flikflooie'' theatre programme, 1991.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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