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 : A revised version of the play was produced by [[Murray McGibbon]] for the [[Loft Company]] at the [[Loft Theatre]], starring [[Debbie Lütge]] (Mollie), [[Diane Weston]] (Mouse), [[Petal McNamee]], [[Anthony Stevens]] (Carlo).
-: A reworking of the play (also billed as ''[[Paradise is Closing Down (Revisited)]]'' and ''[[Going to Heaven]]'') was staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[Wits Theatre]], directed by [[Lynne Maree]] with [[Stephen Raymond]], [[Randall de Jager]]. In an intriguing gender shift, two of the women were rewritten as gay men, played by the author and [[Chris Galloway]].
+: A reworking of the play (also billed as ''[[Paradise is Closing Down (Revisited)]]'' and ''[[Going to Heaven]]'') was staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[Wits Theatre]], directed by [[Lynne Maree]] with [[Stephen Raymond]], [[Randall de Jager]]. In an intriguing gender shift, two of the female characters were rewritten as gay men, played by the author and [[Chris Galloway]].
 : Staged, together with ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' and ''[[Karnaval]]'' (''"The Cape Town Trilogy"''), in July 1995 by the newly formed [[A Company of Actors]] in the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and in August 1995 in the [[Youth Theatre]] at the [[Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Theresa van As]], [[Shaun Arnolds]] and [[Lynita Crofford]].

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 : A revised version of the play was produced by [[Murray McGibbon]] for the [[Loft Company]] at the [[Loft Theatre]], starring [[Debbie Lütge]] (Mollie), [[Diane Weston]] (Mouse), [[Petal McNamee]], [[Anthony Stevens]] (Carlo).
-: A reworking of the play was staged at the Wits Theatre, directed by [[Lynne Maree]]. In an intriguing gender shift, two of the women were rewritten as gay men, played by the author and [[Chris Galloway]].
+: A reworking of the play (also billed as ''[[Paradise is Closing Down (Revisited)]]'' and ''[[Going to Heaven]]'') was staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and [[Wits Theatre]], directed by [[Lynne Maree]] with [[Stephen Raymond]], [[Randall de Jager]]. In an intriguing gender shift, two of the women were rewritten as gay men, played by the author and [[Chris Galloway]].
 : Staged, together with ''[[God’s Forgotten]]'' and ''[[Karnaval]]'' (''"The Cape Town Trilogy"''), in July 1995 by the newly formed [[A Company of Actors]] in the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and in August 1995 in the [[Youth Theatre]] at the [[Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Lynne Maree]], [[Theresa van As]], [[Shaun Arnolds]] and [[Lynita Crofford]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First presented by the [[Syrkel Theatre Company]]  on 6 July 1977 in the at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]].  Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
+: First presented by the [[Syrkel Theatre Company]]  on 6 July 1977 at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]].  Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
 : In July 1978 it was staged at the [[Market Theatre]] with  [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Magda Beukes]] and [[William Meyer]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First presented by the [[Syrkel Theatre Company]]  on 6 July 1977 in the [[Rhodes University Theatre]] at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]].  Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
+: First presented by the [[Syrkel Theatre Company]]  on 6 July 1977 in the at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]].  Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
 : In July 1978 it was staged at the [[Market Theatre]] with  [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Magda Beukes]] and [[William Meyer]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First presented by [[Syrkel]]  on 6 July 1977 in the [[Rhodes University Theatre]] at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]].  Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
+: First presented by the [[Syrkel Theatre Company]]  on 6 July 1977 in the [[Rhodes University Theatre]] at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]].  Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
 : In July 1978 it was staged at the [[Market Theatre]] with  [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Magda Beukes]] and [[William Meyer]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First presented by [[Syrkel]]  on 6 July 1977 at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]] – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys. 1977 [[Market Theatre]], with Val de Klerk, [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Magda Beukes]] and [[William Meyer]] – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys.
+: First presented by [[Syrkel]]  on 6 July 1977 at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] and on tour with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Christine Basson]] and [[William Meyer]] – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys. 1977 [[Market Theatre]], with [[Val de Klerk]], [[Melanie-Ann Sher]], [[Magda Beukes]] and [[William Meyer]] – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys.
 : [[Edinburgh Festival]] and London: [[Naomi Buch]], [[Barbara Kinghorn]], [[Helen Bourne]], [[Frank Williams]], directed by [[Roberta Durrant]], a [[Company of Four]] production at the Young Vic Studio in London, from 12-15, 19-22 and 26-30 September [1978?].