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	''[[Chinchilla]]'' theatre programme, 1980.		''[[Chinchilla]]'' theatre programme, 1980.
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		+	Notes in a photocopy of the programme for the English production for ''[[The Parents]]'' at [[The People's Space]] (1979), held in the [[PARC]] research collection at the [[Africa Open Institute]], Stellenbosch.

	''[[Die Burger]]'' 5 May 1980.		''[[Die Burger]]'' 5 May 1980.

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 Written in 1977, it is a semi-fictitious account of the ''Ballet Russe'' and their founder Diaghilev [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Diaghilev] (the "Chinchilla" of the play's title), the play is set on the Lido Beach in Venice, 1914. The action alternates between past, present and future, 1910-1929 and tells of the impresario, Chinchilla who is on holiday in Venice, longing for both love and money amid the backstage drama of dancers, choreographers, designers and hangers-on. Autocratic, splendid and world-weary, he is the creator and destroyer of what happens on his stage and to his company.
-The play was a major production at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival and the text was published in the volume ''Robert David MacDonald. Plays One''.
+First performed by the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow, becoming  a major production at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival, The text was published in the volume ''Robert David MacDonald. Plays One'', Oberon Modern Playwrights in 1998.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == The original text ==
-Written in 1977, it is a semi-fictitious account of the ''Ballet Russe'' and their founder Diaghilev [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Diaghilev] (the Chinchilla of the play's title), the play is set on the Lido Beach in Venice, 1914. The action alternates between past, present and future, 1910-1929 and tells of the impresario, Chinchilla who is on holiday in Venice, longing for both love and money amid the backstage drama of dancers, choreographers, designers and hangers-on. Autocratic, splendid and world-weary, he is the creator and destroyer of what happens on his stage and to his company.
+Written in 1977, it is a semi-fictitious account of the ''Ballet Russe'' and their founder Diaghilev [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Diaghilev] (the "Chinchilla" of the play's title), the play is set on the Lido Beach in Venice, 1914. The action alternates between past, present and future, 1910-1929 and tells of the impresario, Chinchilla who is on holiday in Venice, longing for both love and money amid the backstage drama of dancers, choreographers, designers and hangers-on. Autocratic, splendid and world-weary, he is the creator and destroyer of what happens on his stage and to his company.
 The play was a major production at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival and the text was published in the volume ''Robert David MacDonald. Plays One''.

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_David_MacDonald

	''[[Chinchilla]]'' theatre programme, 1980.		''[[Chinchilla]]'' theatre programme, 1980.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Performed by the [[Troupe Theatre Company]] at the [[People's Space]] in May 1980 directed by [[Richard Grant]], with  [[Duarte Sylwain]] as Chinchilla, [[Caroline Newby]] (Mimi), [[Chris Galloway]] (Levka), [[Ian Roberts]] (Gabriel), [[John Caviggia]] (Fedya), [[Anthony Hemmes]] (Ilya), [[Gavin van den Berg]] (Vatza), [[Jeni Gardner]] (Nina), [[Alastair Forsyth]] (Maxim), [[Stephen Brown]] (Konstantin), [[Nicholas Shepherd]] (Clorindo). Set design by [[Richard Grant]], lighting by [[Richard Grant]] and [[Nic Fine]], costumes designed by [[Jeni Halliday]].
+: Performed by the [[Troupe Theatre Company]] at the [[People's Space]] in May 1980 directed by [[Richard Grant]], with  [[Duarte Sylwain]] as Chinchilla, [[Caroline Newby]] (Mimi), [[Chris Galloway]] (Levka), [[Ian Roberts]] (Gabriel), [[John Caviggia]] (Fedya), [[Anthony Hemmes]] (Ilya), [[Gavin van den Berg]] (Vatza), [[Jeni Gardner]] (Nina), [[Alastair Forsyth]] (Maxim), [[Stephen Brown]] (Konstantin), [[Nicholas Shepherd]] (Clorindo). Set design by [[Richard Grant]], lighting by [[Richard Grant]] and [[Nic Fine]], costumes designed by [[Jeni Halliday]].
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	''[[Chinchilla]]'' theatre programme, 1980.		''[[Chinchilla]]'' theatre programme, 1980.

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 ''[[Chinchilla]]'' is a play written by Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director Robert David MacDonald [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_David_MacDonald] (1929-2004).
-Also referred to by its fuller title, ''[[Chinchilla: Figures in a Classical Landscape with Ruins]]'' simply as ''[[Chinchilla]]''
+Subtitled ''Figures in a Classical Landscape with Ruins''.
 == The original text ==
-Written in 1977, it is a semi-fictitious account of the ''Ballet Russe'' and their founder Diaghilev [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Diaghilev] (the Chinchilla of the play's title), the play is set on the Lido Beach in Venice, 1914. The action alternates between past, present and future, 1910-1929 and tells of .
+Written in 1977, it is a semi-fictitious account of the ''Ballet Russe'' and their founder Diaghilev [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Diaghilev] (the Chinchilla of the play's title), the play is set on the Lido Beach in Venice, 1914. The action alternates between past, present and future, 1910-1929 and tells of the impresario, Chinchilla who is on holiday in Venice, longing for both love and money amid the backstage drama of dancers, choreographers, designers and hangers-on. Autocratic, splendid and world-weary, he is the creator and destroyer of what happens on his stage and to his company.
-The play was a major production at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival.
+The play was a major production at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival and the text was published in the volume ''Robert David MacDonald. Plays One''.
 ==Translations and adaptations==