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	1969: Directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] as part of the programme of two short plays produced for the [[English Academy]] Conference in Grahamstown on 7 July 1969., along with ''[[The Last Voyage]]'' by [[Pauline Smith]], produced by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]]. The cast included [[Lorraine Bellamy]] as Iris, [[Chic Chunnet]] as Mrs Vaughan and [[Tony Voss]] as Mr Vaughan,		1969: Directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] as part of the programme of two short plays produced for the [[English Academy]] Conference in Grahamstown on 7 July 1969., along with ''[[The Last Voyage]]'' by [[Pauline Smith]], produced by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]]. The cast included [[Lorraine Bellamy]] as Iris, [[Chic Chunnet]] as Mrs Vaughan and [[Tony Voss]] as Mr Vaughan,
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		+	1971: Presented by [[Theatre for Youth]] at the Educational Conference at Cape Town Training College to inspectors.
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		+	1972: Presented by [[Theatre for Youth]] at Golden Grove Senior High.

	1973: A production titled ''[[Iris Vaughan]]'' presented by [[Theatre for Youth]] in May.		1973: A production titled ''[[Iris Vaughan]]'' presented by [[Theatre for Youth]] in May.

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	Photographs of the cast (1969 production), press clippings and other material held by [[NELM]] in various locations.		Photographs of the cast (1969 production), press clippings and other material held by [[NELM]] in various locations.
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1969: Directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] as part of the programme of two short plays produced for the [[English Academy]] Conference in Grahamstown on 7 July 1969., along with ''[[The Last Voyage]]'' by [[Pauline Smith]], produced by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]]. The cast included [[Lorraine Bellamy]] as Iris, [[Chic Chunnet]] as Mrs Vaughan and [[Tony Voss]] as Mr Vaughan,		1969: Directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] as part of the programme of two short plays produced for the [[English Academy]] Conference in Grahamstown on 7 July 1969., along with ''[[The Last Voyage]]'' by [[Pauline Smith]], produced by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]]. The cast included [[Lorraine Bellamy]] as Iris, [[Chic Chunnet]] as Mrs Vaughan and [[Tony Voss]] as Mr Vaughan,
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		+	1973: A production titled ''[[Iris Vaughan]]'' presented by [[Theatre for Youth]] in May.

	1983: Performed by the [[Just Us Company]] in the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter Studio]], directed by [[Cindy Just]] with [[Corinne Willoughby]], [[David Laithwaite]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Clare Dembovsky]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Catherine Molteno]], [[Niccola Perez]].		1983: Performed by the [[Just Us Company]] in the [[Baxter Theatre\|Baxter Studio]], directed by [[Cindy Just]] with [[Corinne Willoughby]], [[David Laithwaite]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Clare Dembovsky]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Catherine Molteno]], [[Niccola Perez]].

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−	''[[The Diary of Iris Vaughan]]'' is ~~a play by [[Norman Coombes]] and [[F. Ogilvie]], based on the eponymous~~ novel by Iris Vaughan.	+	''[[The Diary of Iris Vaughan]]'' is novel by Iris Vaughan.

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==

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-''[[The Diary of Iris Vaughan]]'' is a play by [[Norman Coombes]] and [[F. Ogilvie]], based on the eponymous novel by [[Iris Vaughan]].
+''[[The Diary of Iris Vaughan]]'' is a play by [[Norman Coombes]] and [[F. Ogilvie]], based on the eponymous novel by Iris Vaughan.
 == The original text ==
-The original book is the published diary by [[Iris Vaughan]], a young girl between the ages of about eight and twelve years at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is unintentionally hilarious and retains all the spelling errors of the original. Iris's father was a magistrate stationed in various small towns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and the diary gives the reader an enchanting view of small-town life in the Cape Colony through the eyes of a perceptive young girl.
+The original text is the published diary by [[Iris Vaughan]], a young girl between the ages of about eight and twelve years at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is unintentionally hilarious and retains all the spelling errors of the original. Iris's father was a magistrate stationed in various small towns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and the diary gives the reader an enchanting view of small-town life in the Cape Colony through the eyes of a perceptive young girl.
 It was first published in 1958 the [[Central News Agency]] ([[CNA]]) in South Africa. It soon became a South African classic and was reprinted numerous times.
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 ==The play==
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+Adapted for the stage by [[Norman Coombes]] and [[F. Ogilvie]]. The Playscript (typescript) is held by [[NELM]] Location: [Collection: DICKERSON, Beth]: 2010. 68. 2. 1.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 Photographs of the cast (1969 production), press clippings and other material held by [[NELM]] in various locations.
 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 D|D]]
+Return to [[South_African_Films]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] as part of the programme of Two short plays produced for the English Academy Conference in Grahamstown on 7 July 1969 including [[Lorraine Bellamy]] as Iris, [[Chic Chunnet]] as Mrs Vaughan and [[Tony Voss]] as Mr Vaughan, with ''[[The Last Voyage]]'' by [[Pauline Smith]], produced by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]].
+: Directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] as part of the programme of two short plays produced for the [[English Academy]] Conference in Grahamstown on 7 July 1969., along with ''[[The Last Voyage]]'' by [[Pauline Smith]], produced by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]]. The cast included  [[Lorraine Bellamy]] as Iris, [[Chic Chunnet]] as Mrs Vaughan and [[Tony Voss]] as Mr Vaughan,
-: A [[Just Us Company]] production was directed by [[Cindy Just]] in 1983, performed in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]]. The cast: [[Corinne Willoughby]], [[David Laithwaite]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Clare Dembovsky]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Catherine Molteno]], [[Niccola Perez]].
+: Performed by the [[Just Us Company]] in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]], directed by [[Cindy Just]] with [[Corinne Willoughby]], [[David Laithwaite]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[John Dennison]], [[Clare Dembovsky]], [[Paul Buckby]], [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Catherine Molteno]], [[Niccola Perez]].
 : The [[Cindy Just]] production was presented again in the [[Baxter Studio]] with the same company.

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 ==Sources==
 http://www.cederbergpublishers.co.za/eshop/eshop_items/view/4
 [[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.