Still Life - Revision history

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The original play

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	''South African Opinion'', 3(11):20-21, 1947.		''South African Opinion'', 3(11):20-21, 1947.
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		+	https://websterboothanneziegler.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/webster-booth-and-anne-ziegler-theatre-in-south-africa-1956-1973/

	=''[[Still Life]]'' by Emily Mann (1952-)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mann_(director)]=		=''[[Still Life]]'' by Emily Mann (1952-)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mann_(director)]=

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	1947: Presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society\|Johannesburg Repertory Players]], produced by [[Edith Carter-Johnson]] and [[Elsie Levitas]] in January.		1947: Presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society\|Johannesburg Repertory Players]], produced by [[Edith Carter-Johnson]] and [[Elsie Levitas]] in January.
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		+	1964: Presented as ''[[Tonight at 8:30]]'' (''[[Family Album]]'', ''[[Still Life]]'' and ''[[Fumed Oak]]'') at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, and in Port Elizabeth, by [[CAPAB]], directed by [[Margaret Inglis]], conducted by [[Keith Jewell]]. Settings and costumes by [[Pamela Lewis]].

	1966: A radio version - apparently called ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' after the 1945 film based on the play - was broadcast by the [[SABC]] in [[Castle Playhouse]] on 27 April 1966, starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] as "Laura".		1966: A radio version - apparently called ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' after the 1945 film based on the play - was broadcast by the [[SABC]] in [[Castle Playhouse]] on 27 April 1966, starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] as "Laura".

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 : A radio version - apparently called ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' after the 1945 film based on the play -  was broadcast by the [[SABC]] in [[Castle Playhouse]] on 27 April 1966, starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] as "Laura".
-:  Directed by  [[Barney Simon]]	Cast : [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Wilson Dunster]].
+:  Directed by  [[Barney Simon]]	Cast : [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Wilson Dunster]] at the [[Market Theatre]].
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	''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 21 December 1982, page 8.		''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 21 December 1982, page 8.
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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	=''Still Life'' by John Byrne=		=''Still Life'' by John Byrne=

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	1966: A radio version - apparently called ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' after the 1945 film based on the play - was broadcast by the [[SABC]] in [[Castle Playhouse]] on 27 April 1966, starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] as "Laura".		1966: A radio version - apparently called ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' after the 1945 film based on the play - was broadcast by the [[SABC]] in [[Castle Playhouse]] on 27 April 1966, starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] as "Laura".
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		+	1982: Directed by [[Barney Simon]] Cast : [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Wilson Dunster]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Frequently performed, the play has been adapted for television and radio and, perhaps most memorably, filmed as '''''[[Brief Encounter]]''''' by David Lean in 1945, with Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the leads.
+Frequently performed, the play has been adapted for television and radio and, perhaps most memorably, filmed as '''''[[Brief Encounter]]''''' by [[David Lean]] in 1945, with Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the leads (The film was remade in 1974 starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren.)
 == South African productions ==

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	It tells of the chance meeting, subsequent love affair and eventual parting of a married woman and a doctor, in contrast to with the normal relationship of another. It was first produced in London in May 1936 and in New York in October of the same year.		It tells of the chance meeting, subsequent love affair and eventual parting of a married woman and a doctor, in contrast to with the normal relationship of another. It was first produced in London in May 1936 and in New York in October of the same year.
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==

	Frequently performed, the play has been adapted for television and radio and, perhaps most memorably, filmed as '''''[[Brief Encounter]]''''' by David Lean in 1945.		Frequently performed, the play has been adapted for television and radio and, perhaps most memorably, filmed as '''''[[Brief Encounter]]''''' by David Lean in 1945.

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-A one-act play, written and produced in 1936, it was one of ten short plays known collectively as ''[[Tonight at 8:30]]''. They were  himself, and to be performed in various combinations as triple bills by Gertrude Lawrence and [[Noël Coward]].
+A one-act play, written and produced in 1936, it was one of ten short plays known collectively as ''[[Tonight at 8:30]]'', and intended to be performed across three evenings. Originally written as a vehicle for himself and Gertrude Lawrence.
-The play was filmed as '''''[[Brief Encounter]]''''' by David Lean in 1945. , film as  broadcast of his one-act play ''[[Still Life]]'' (1936)
+It tells of the chance meeting, subsequent love affair and eventual parting of a married woman and a doctor, in contrast to with the normal relationship of another. It was first produced in London in May 1936 and in New York in October of the same year.
 == South African productions ==