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'''''The Substance of Fire''''' is a play by American playwright, screenwriter, television producer, and occasional actor Jon Robin Baitz (born 1961) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Robin_Baitz]. Baitz lived in Durban for six years as a boy and he also wrote the play ''[[The Film Society]]'' which is set in Natal.


== The original text ==
The play premiered at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1990 directed by David Warren in a workshop.

==Translations and adaptations==


== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1993, directed by [[Anthony Akerman]] starring [[Emma-Jane Mezher]] (Sarah), [[Nicky Rebelo]] (Martin), [[Dale Cutts]] (Isaac), [[David Clatworthy]] (Aaron), [[Jacqui Singer]] (Marge) and [[Lisa Morris]] (Secretary). Design by [[James MacNamara]], lighting design by [[Tersia du Plessis]].

== Sources ==
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substance_of_Fire].

''The Substance of Fire'' theatre programme, 1993.

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