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A play by Tennessee Williams.

== South African productions ==

[[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] were invited for a return engagement of ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 2013 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, playing it in repertory with their 2013 production of Williams's ''[[The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore]]''. The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival.

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 The first version opened at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962, and in January 1963 at the Morosco Theatre in New York. After generally poor reviews, the plays was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices. Published by Secker & Warburg, 1964.
 Filmed in 1968 under the title ''Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and  Noël Coward, and directed by Joseph Losey.
 == South African productions ==
-In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]]. The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement  of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the  8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013).  The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].
+: In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed by [[Fred Abrahamse]], with [[Jennifer Steyn]] as Flora "Sissy" Goforth, [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]]. The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement  of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the  8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013).  The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].
 == Sources ==
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milk_Train_Doesn't_Stop_Here_Anymore
-''Beeld'' 9 March 2013.
+''[[Beeld]]'', 9 March 2013.

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-A play by Tennessee Williams. A play that looks at the final two days in the life of ageing beauty, Flora “Sissy” Goforth, the much-married, now-widowed millionaires, whose last exotic summer is consumed with an effort to dictate her memoirs before she expires – a Mediterranean summer disturbingly interrupted by the appearance of a handsome young poet, known to play companion to wealthy old women as they near death.
+A play by [[Tennessee Williams]]. A play that looks at the final two days in the life of ageing beauty, Flora “Sissy” Goforth, the much-married, now-widowed millionaires, whose last exotic summer is consumed with an effort to dictate her memoirs before she expires – a Mediterranean summer disturbingly interrupted by the appearance of a handsome young poet, known to play companion to wealthy old women as they near death.
-The first version opened at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962, and in January 1963 at the Morosco Theatre in New York. After generally poor reviews, the plays was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices.
+The first version opened at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962, and in January 1963 at the Morosco Theatre in New York. After generally poor reviews, the plays was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices. Published by Secker & Warburg, 1964.
 Filmed in 1968 under the title ''Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and  Noël Coward, and directed by Joseph Losey.
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 == South African productions ==
+== Translations and adaptations ==
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Saartjie Botha]] entitled ''[[Die Melktrein Stop Nie Meer Hier Nie]]''. Presented at the [[Woordfees]] 2013, starring [[Antoinette Kellermann]] as Flora Goforth.
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milk_Train_Doesn't_Stop_Here_Anymore

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	== South African productions ==		== South African productions ==

−	In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]].

−	The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].



		+	In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]]. The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].

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 A play by Tennessee Williams. A play that looks at the final two days in the life of ageing beauty, Flora “Sissy” Goforth, the much-married, now-widowed millionaires, whose last exotic summer is consumed with an effort to dictate her memoirs before she expires – a Mediterranean summer disturbingly interrupted by the appearance of a handsome young poet, known to play companion to wealthy old women as they near death.
-It debuted at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962. Its first American production was in January 1963, but it only ran for 69 performances at the Morosco Theatre in New York.[1] Reviews of the play were generally poor.[2] The play was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices.
+The first version opened at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962, and in January 1963 at the Morosco Theatre in New York. After generally poor reviews, the plays was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices.
 Filmed in 1968 under the title ''Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and  Noël Coward, and directed by Joseph Losey.
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 == Sources ==
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milk_Train_Doesn't_Stop_Here_Anymore

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 A play by Tennessee Williams. A play that looks at the final two days in the life of ageing beauty, Flora “Sissy” Goforth, the much-married, now-widowed millionaires, whose last exotic summer is consumed with an effort to dictate her memoirs before she expires – a Mediterranean summer disturbingly interrupted by the appearance of a handsome young poet, known to play companion to wealthy old women as they near death.
-It premiered on Broadway in 1963 and was
+It debuted at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962. Its first American production was in January 1963, but it only ran for 69 performances at the Morosco Theatre in New York.[1] Reviews of the play were generally poor.[2] The play was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices.
-Filmed in 1968 under the title ''Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and and Noël Coward.
+Filmed in 1968 under the title ''Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and  Noël Coward, and directed by Joseph Losey.

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	The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].		The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].
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	== South African productions ==		== South African productions ==

		+	In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]].

−		+	Thje production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]].
−	~~[[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] were~~ invited for a return engagement of ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the ~~2013~~ Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival~~, playing it in repertory with their~~ 2013 ~~production of Williams's ''[[The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore]]''~~. The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival.