I Never Sang for My Father - Revision history

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''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' is a full length play by American playwright Robert Anderson (born 1917). Casting: 7m, 4f. Probes into the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son—and which time and old age can only deepen—despite the best intentions of both.

== Translations and adaptations ==
A movie was adapted from the play by the author and released in 1970 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father].

==Orirginal text ==
Publsihed in the Dramatists Play Service series. ISBN: 9780822205487.

== Performance history in South Africa ==
There is evidence of a production in the late 1970s, starring

== Sources ==
Samuel French [www.samuelfrench.com/p/7469/i-never-sang-for-my-father].

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==The original text==
-The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both. It tells the story of a widowed college professor who feels dominated by his aging father, yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California.
+The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both. It tells the story of a widowed college professor who feels dominated by his aging father, yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California. It was first performed in New York in 1968, directed by Alan Schneider with Alan Webb, Lillian Gish and Hal Holbrook.
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	''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 28 October 1975.		''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 28 October 1975.

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-''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' is a play by Robert Anderson (1917-).
+''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' is a play by Robert Anderson (1917-2009).
 ==The original text==
-The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both.
+The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both. It tells the story of a widowed college professor who feels dominated by his aging father, yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California.
 ==Original text ==
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 == Translations and adaptations ==
-A movie was adapted from the play by the author and released in 1970 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father].
+Adapted as a movie by Anderson,  produced and directed by Gilbert Cates, and released in 1970, starring stars Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, and Elizabeth Hubbard.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[The Sandowners]], directed by [[Eris Malan]], starring [[Brenda Wood]] as Alice, [[Richard Knibbs]] as Gene, [[Brian Gaven]] (Tom) and [[Noreen Sterling (Margaret).
+: Presented by [[The Sandowners]], directed by [[Eris Malan]], starring [[Brenda Wood]] as Alice, [[Richard Knibbs]] as Gene, [[Brian Gaven]] (Tom) and [[Noreen Sterling]] (Margaret).
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-There is evidence of a production in the late 1970s, starring [[Richard Knibbs]] and [[Fran Inglesby-Faulkner]].
+: Presented by [[The Sandowners]], directed by [[Eris Malan]], starring [[Brenda Wood]] as Alice, [[Richard Knibbs]] as Gene, [[Brian Gaven]] (Tom) and [[Noreen Sterling (Margaret).
 == Sources ==
 Samuel French [https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/7469/i-never-sang-for-my-father].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]