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''[[Seven against the Sun]]'' is the name of a South African '''play''' in two acts by [[James Ambrose Brown]] as well as the name of the 1964 '''film''' by [[David Millin]],  based on the play. 

== The original text ==

A play about tensions that are engendered when seven soldiers are stranded in the desert during the war. First performed by [[NTO]] in 1958 and Published by [[Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel]], 1962.

==Translations and adaptations==

In 1964 it was  made into an internationally acclaimed film by [[David Millin]], featuring an all South African cast consisting of [[Gert van den Bergh]], [[John Hayter]], [[Brian O'Shaughnessy]], [[Patrick Mynhardt]], [[James White]], [[Chris Robinson]], [[Morné Coetzer]] (as [[Morne Coetzer Jr]].), [[Elizabeth Meyer]], [[Richard Daneel]], [[Willie van Rensburg]], [[Arthur Swemmer]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Ivo Pellegrini]], [[Michael Preston]], [[Jan Bruyns]] (as [[Jan Bruijns]]) and [[Dale Swanepoel]].

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1958-1959: First produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in the [[NTO Kamertoneel]], their one successful production of an indigenous English play. Directed by [[Victor Melleney]], with [[Arthur Hall]], [[David Herbert]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Bill Brewer]] and [[Michael Turner]]. [[Athol Fugard]] was one of the stage managers.  The play opened at the [[Springs Civic Theatre]] on 24 November 1958, went to Pretoria and opened in Johannesburg on 8 December 1958.

== Sources ==

[[Rinie Stead]], 1985b

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274826/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

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