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''[[Tonight at 8.30]]'' is a cycle of ten short plays by [[Noël Coward]], 

==The original text==

First produced in 1935 in Manchester, then taken on tour. Played in London (1936), New York (1936–1937) and Canada (1938). The plays were performed in various combinations of three at each performance during the original run. 

== Performance history in South Africa ==

The individual plays, sometimes in combinations of two or three titles, or sometimes as a single play (typically for lunch-hour performances) have been staged over the years in South Africa.  

== The Ten Plays ==

''[[We Were Dancing]]''

''[[The Astonished Heart]]''

''[[Red Peppers]]''

''[[Hands Across the Sea]]''

''[[Fumed Oak]]''

''[[Shadow Play]]'' 

''[[Family Album]]''

''[[Ways and Means]]''

''[[Still Life]]''

''[[Star Chamber]]''

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_at_8:30

[[CAPAB]] List of Plays Presented, 1971.

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