Dear Liar - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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 == The original text ==
-The play is based on the longtime correspondence (April 1899 to August 1939) between British playwright Goerge Bernard Shaw and British actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. It was first staged in Chicago in 1957, followed by runs in New York (opening on 17 March, 1960), and in London in 1963. After London showings, Kilty and his wife, actress Cavada Humphrey, tokk the play on a world tour in 1964.
+The play is based on the longtime correspondence (April 1899 to August 1939) between British playwright [[George Bernard Shaw]]  and British actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
 Published in New York by  Dodd and Mead, 1960, and in London by M. Reinhardt in 1960. Also published by [[Samuel French]] (ISBN: 9780573607837).

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 The play is based on the longtime correspondence (April 1899 to August 1939) between British playwright Goerge Bernard Shaw and British actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. It was first staged in Chicago in 1957, followed by runs in New York (opening on 17 March, 1960), and in London in 1963. After London showings, Kilty and his wife, actress Cavada Humphrey, tokk the play on a world tour in 1964.
+Published in New York by  Dodd and Mead, 1960, and in London by M. Reinhardt in 1960. Also published by [[Samuel French]] (ISBN: 9780573607837).
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 The play is based on the longtime correspondence (April 1899 to August 1939) between British playwright Goerge Bernard Shaw and British actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. It was first staged in Chicago in 1957, followed by runs in New York (opening on 17 March, 1960), and in London in 1963. After London showings, Kilty and his wife, actress Cavada Humphrey, tokk the play on a world tour in 1964.
-Published by Samuel French. ISBN: 9780573607837.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 : ''Dear Liar'' directed by [[Keith Grenville]] for [[Baxter Theatre Productions]], 1981 in the [[Baxter Theatre]]. The cast: [[Keith Grenville]], [[Zoë Randall]].
-: [[National Arts Festival]], [[Basil Rubin]].
+: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]], produced by [[Basil Rubin]].
-: Presented at the [[Montecasino Theatre]], directed by British director Richard Digby Day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Digby_Day], starring visiting West End actors Gary Raymond [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Raymond] and Delena Kidd [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delena_Kidd]. Also at the [[Theatre on the Bay]] in Cape Town.
+: Presented at the [[Montecasino Theatre]], Johannesburg and the [[Theatre on the Bay]] in Cape Town, by [[Pieter Toerien Productions]], directed by British director Richard Digby Day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Digby_Day], starring visiting West End actors Gary Raymond [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Raymond] and Delena Kidd [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delena_Kidd]. Also at the [[Theatre on the Bay]] in Cape Town.
 == Sources ==

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 : The touring company, directed by [[Jerome Kilty]] with Kilty as "Shaw" and [[Cavada Humphrey]] as "Campbell", visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Kushlick-Gluckman]] company, appearing at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg.
-: It was the first play presented by the [[Ensamble Players]] ([[Ensemble Players]]?), the first performance being in Somerset West, followed on 2 November in the [[Botha Hall]], Stellenbosch and then at the Port Elizabeth [[City Hall]], directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]], starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and [[Paddy Canavan]].
+: It was the first play presented by the [[Ensamble Players]] [sic] ([[Ensemble Players]]?), the first performance being in Somerset West, followed on 2 November in the [[Botha Hall]], Stellenbosch and then at the Port Elizabeth [[City Hall]], directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]], starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and [[Paddy Canavan]].
 : [[Laurie van der Merwe]] was to direct the [[Afrikaans]] version, ''[[Liefste Leuenaar]]'' in March 1963.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Directed by [[Jerome Kilty]]. With Jerome Kilty and [[Cavada Humphrey]]. Kushlick-Gluckman. [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg.
+: The touring company, directed by [[Jerome Kilty]] with Kilty as "Shaw" and [[Cavada Humphrey]] as "Campbell", visited South Africa under the auspices of the [[Kushlick-Gluckman]] company, appearing at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg.
 : It was the first play presented by the [[Ensamble Players]] ([[Ensemble Players]]?), the first performance being in Somerset West, followed on 2 November in the [[Botha Hall]], Stellenbosch and then at the Port Elizabeth [[City Hall]], directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]], starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] and [[Paddy Canavan]].

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 The play was staged for TV in 1964 on the U.S.-based National Educational Television (NET) on its series NET Playhouse (directed by David Gardner, with Zoe Caldwell and Barry Morse).
-Twice filmed, in 1981 by the director Gordon Rigsby with the lead roles by Jane Alexander as Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Edward Herrmann as George Bernard Shaw, and in French (as adapted by Jean Cocteau) under the title ''[[Cher menteur]]'', directed by Alexandre Tarta with Edwige Feuillère as Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Jean Marais as George Bernard Shaw.
+Twice filmed, in 1981 by the director Gordon Rigsby with the lead roles by Jane Alexander as Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Edward Herrmann as George Bernard Shaw, and in 1982 under the title ''[[Cher menteur]]'', adapted  into French by Jean Cocteau,  directed by Alexandre Tarta with Edwige Feuillère as Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Jean Marais as George Bernard Shaw.
 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Rykie van Reenen]] as ''[[Liefste Leuenaar]]'' in 1963.