Doctor on the Boil - Revision history

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Doctor on the Boil by an unnamed author

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Performance history of both texts in South Africa

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Performance history of both texts in South Africa

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The stage adaptations

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The original text

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 There seems to have been two plays by this name, the one an adaptation of the novel, the other a new play based on characters from the "Doctor" series of novels.
-==''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' by an unnamed author==
+==''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' (Anon)==
 ===The text===
 A stage version of the novel by an unnamed author, probably written in the mid to late 1970s.
 ==''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' by Ted Willis ==

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 = Performance history of both texts in South Africa =
-: ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' (no author mentioned) presented at the [[Academy Theatre]] in December 1979, directed by [[Rex Garner]], starring visiting British actor [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and a local cast  including [[Brenda Wood]], [[Tina Witkowska]] and [[Olive King]].
+: ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' (Anon) presented at the [[Academy Theatre]] in December 1979, directed by [[Rex Garner]], starring visiting British actor [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and a local cast  including [[Brenda Wood]], [[Tina Witkowska]] and [[Olive King]].
 = Sources =

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 = Sources =
-https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Ted-Willis/dp/0573608113
+https://www.thegordoncraigtheatrearchive.org.uk/performance/doctor-on-the-boil-may-1989
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis

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 = Performance history of both texts in South Africa =
-: Presented at the [[Academy Theatre]] in December 1979, directed by [[Rex Garner]], starring visiting British actor [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and a local cast  including [[Brenda Wood]], [[Tina Witkowska]] and [[Olive King]].
+: ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' (no author mentioned) presented at the [[Academy Theatre]] in December 1979, directed by [[Rex Garner]], starring visiting British actor [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and a local cast  including [[Brenda Wood]], [[Tina Witkowska]] and [[Olive King]].
 = Sources =

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 There seems to have been two plays by this name, the one an adaptation of the novel, the other a new play based on characters from the "Doctor" series of novels.
-==''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' by ***==
+==''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' by an unnamed author==
 ===The text===
+A stage version of the novel by an unnamed author, probably written in the mid to late 1970s.
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 A comedy in three acts by Ted Willis  (1914-1992)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis], this adaptation for the stage presents is based on the novels and explores the antics taking place in a private health clinic dedicated to the revival of flagging libido, and includes all the familiar characters from Richards's novels, including Sir Lancelot Spratt, Doctors Simon Sparrow and Tony Grimsdyke, the formidable Matron and the curvaceous nurse Jill Daines.
-The text was published by [[Samuel French]] in 1988 and was first produced by Kevin Wood Productions in 1989.
+The text of this version was published by [[Samuel French]] in 1988 and was first produced by Kevin Wood Productions in 1989.
 = Performance history of both texts in South Africa =

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 = The original text =
-''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' is a 1970 comic novel by Richard Gordon (1921-), the which tells of more adventures in the life of Sir Lancelot Spratt, who - bored with his retirement - returns to St Swithan's Hospital to resume his work and disturbs almost everyone else there.
+''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' is a 1970 comic novel by Richard Gordon (1921-), no 11 in the series of "Doctor"-books, the which tells of more adventures in the life of Sir Lancelot Spratt, who - bored with his retirement - returns to St Swithan's Hospital to resume his work and disturbs almost everyone else there.
 =The stage adaptations=

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-== Return to ==
+= Return to =
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-''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' can refer to the novel , and to two stage adaptations of Richards's work.
+''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' can refer to any of two stage adaptations based on Richard Gordon's novel.
-is a comedy in three acts by Ted Willis  (1914-1992)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis].
+= The original text =
 ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' is a 1970 comic novel by Richard Gordon (1921-), the which tells of more adventures in the life of Sir Lancelot Spratt, who - bored with his retirement - returns to St Swithan's Hospital to resume his work and disturbs almost everyone else there.
-==Translations and adaptations==
+=The stage adaptations=
 There seems to have been two plays by this name, the one an adaptation of the novel, the other a new play based on characters from the "Doctor" series of novels.
-Doctor on the Boil by
+==''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' by ***==
-==this adaptation for the stage presents the antics taking place in a private health clinic dedicated to the revival of flagging libido, and includes all the familiar characters from Richards's novels, including Sir Lancelot Spratt, Doctors Simon Sparrow and Tony Grimsdyke, the formidable Matron and the curvaceous nurse Jill Daines.  The text was published by [[Samuel French]].
+===The text===
-== Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Presented at the [[Academy Theatre]] in December 1979, directed by [[Rex Garner]], starring visiting British actor [[Geoffrey Sumner]] and a local cast  including [[Brenda Wood]], [[Tina Witkowska]] and [[Olive King]].
-== Sources ==
 https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Ted-Willis/dp/0573608113
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 ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 16 November 1979.
 == Return to ==

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-''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' is a comedy in three acts by Ted Willis  (1914-1992)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis].
+''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' can refer to the novel , and to two stage adaptations of Richards's work.
 == The original text ==
-Based on the comic novels of Richard Gordon (1921-), this adaptation for the stage presents the antics taking place in a private health clinic dedicated to the revival of flagging libido, and includes all the familiar characters from Richards's novels, including Sir Lancelot Spratt, Doctors Simon Sparrow and Tony Grimsdyke, the formidable Matron and the curvaceous nurse Jill Daines.  The text was published by [[Samuel French]].
+''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' is a 1970 comic novel by Richard Gordon (1921-), the which tells of more adventures in the life of Sir Lancelot Spratt, who - bored with his retirement - returns to St Swithan's Hospital to resume his work and disturbs almost everyone else there.
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gordon_(English_author)]), and it was first produced by Kevin Wood Productions in 1989.
-Adapted for the stage by Ted Willis (1914-1992)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis]. (this could not be confirmed).
+Another adaptation from the Adapted for the stage by Ted Willis (1914-1992)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis]. (this could not be confirmed).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==