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''[[Play It Again, Sam]]'' is a play by Woody Allen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen]. It opened on February 12, 1969 and ran for 453 performances starring the author, Diane Keaton and Anthony Roberts.

== The original text ==

==Translations and adaptations==
Allen, Keaton and Roberts would reprise their roles in the film version of the play in 1972 (directed by Herbert Ross).

== Performance history in South Africa ==
1978: Staged at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1978, directed by [[Brian Astbury]] with [[Gillian Burl]], [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Liz Hardy]], [[Errol Hart]], [[Peter Hirschson]], [[Tom St Clair-Laing]] and [[Prism Schultz]]. Design by [[John Nankin]] and [[Marge Watson]], lighting by [[Brian Astbury]], costumes by [[Yvonne van der Heul]] and [[Birrie le Roux]] and stage management by [[Arthur Benjamin]].

1979: Produced at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1979 starring [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Bill Flynn]] (taking the Woody Allen part), [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Sybel Coetzee]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Beverley Melnick]].

== Sources ==
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.

Photographs taken during the Market Theatre production held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2004. 30. 5. 100.

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 : Staged at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1978, directed by [[Brian Astbury]] with [[Gillian Burl]], [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Liz Hardy]], [[Errol Hart]], [[Peter Hirschson]], [[Tom St Clair-Laing]] and [[Prism Schultz]]. Design by [[John Nankin]] and [[Marge Watson]], lighting by [[Brian Astbury]], costumes by [[Yvonne van der Heul]] and [[Birrie le Roux]] and stage management by [[Arthur Benjamin]].
-: Produced at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1979 starring [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Bill Flynn]] (taking the Woody Allen part), [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Sybel Coetzee]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Beverley Melnick]].
+: Produced at the [[Market Theatre]],  starring [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[Bill Flynn]] (taking the Woody Allen part), [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Sybel Coetzee]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Beverley Melnick]].
 == Sources ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Allen, Keaton and Roberts would reprise their roles in the film version of the play in 1972 (directed by Herbert Ross).
+The play became the basis for a 1972 film of the same name, starring Allen and directed by Herbert Ross.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 == The original text ==
-It opened on February 12, 1969 and ran for 453 performances starring the author, Diane Keaton and Anthony Roberts.
+The title is based on the famous Humphrey Bogart line from the film ''Casablanca'' and tells the story of a recently divorced film magazine writer, Allan Felix, who is trying to restart his romantic life.
 ==Translations and adaptations==