The Hostage - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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 : First produced in South Africa by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in 1960 and taken on a National tour. Decor was by [[Patrick Stackhouse]] and the cast were [[Felicity Bosman]], [[Jane Fenn]], [[Walter Glennie]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Joyce Grant]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Job Stewart]], [[David Tidboald]] and [[Raymond Williams]].
-: 4-23 December, [[Little Theatre]]. (''[[Scenaria[['' (28): 55).
+: 4-23 December, [[Little Theatre]]. (''[[Scenaria]]'' (28): 55).
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-First produced in South Africa by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in 1960 and taken on a National tour. Decor was by [[Patrick Stackhouse]] and the cast were [[Felicity Bosman]], [[Jane Fenn]], [[Walter Glennie]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Joyce Grant]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Job Stewart]], [[David Tidboald]] and [[Raymond Williams]].
+: First produced in South Africa by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in 1960 and taken on a National tour. Decor was by [[Patrick Stackhouse]] and the cast were [[Felicity Bosman]], [[Jane Fenn]], [[Walter Glennie]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Joyce Grant]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Job Stewart]], [[David Tidboald]] and [[Raymond Williams]].
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Sources ==
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hostage_(play)
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hostage_(play)]
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122.

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-''The Hostage'' by Brendan Behan. (1923-1964). First produced in South Africa by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1960.
+''The Hostage'' is a loose 1958 English version, with songs, adapted in a much longer text from a one-act Irish language play ''An Giall'', by its author, Brendan Behan (1923-1964), depicting the events leading up to the planned execution of an 18-year-old IRA member in a Belfast jail, accused of killing an Ulster policeman.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 H|H]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+==Translations and adaptations==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 H|H]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+== Sources ==
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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	+	''The Hostage'' by Brendan Behan. (19**) First produced in South Africa by [[Leonard Schach]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1960.