The Petrified Forest - Revision history

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The original text

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Sources

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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-''[[The Petrified Forest]]''  by Robert Sherwood ()[].
+''[[The Petrified Forest]]''  by Robert Sherwood (1896-1955)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Sherwood].
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 == Sources ==
 ''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

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-''[[The Petrified Forest]]''  by American playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood ()[].
+''[[The Petrified Forest]]''  by Robert Sherwood ()[].
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 == Sources ==
 ''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
 ''[[South African Opinion]]'', 3(1):23, 1946.

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 == The original text ==
-The character of the play, Alan Squire, an unsuccessful, highly cultured poet, wanders wearily over the Arizona desert, symbolizing the sense of spiritual disillusionment out of which the entire drama grows.
+The play is set in a gas station and roadside eatery on an Arizona highway and tells of Gabby, a frustrated painter longing to escape the desert, Alan Squier, a failed author who stops there and an escaped criminal called Duke Mantee, who holds them hostage.
-First performed in 1935,
+First performed on Broadway in 1935 and published the same year.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[The Petrified Forest]]'' (1935), by American playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood. The character of the play, Alan Squire, an unsuccessful, highly cultured poet, wanders wearily over the Arizona desert, symbolizing the sense of spiritual disillusionment out of which the entire drama grows.
+''[[The Petrified Forest]]''  by American playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood ()[].
 == The original text ==
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 ''[[South African Opinion]]'', 3(1):23, 1946.
-Review by [[Sydney Duval]], ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 26 April 1978 (
+Review by [[Sydney Duval]], ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 26 April 1978 (Tony Factor production).
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 364.

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 : Presented by the [[New Theatre]], produced by [[Winifred Curtin]] in the [[Library Theatre]]. With [[Beryl Green]], [[Charles Marais]], [[Julius Kaplan]], [[Sid Hossy]].
-: Produced by [[Tony Factor]] at the [[Collosseum]] starring American actor [[William Smith]], [[Jeff Shapiro]], [[Rex Rodgers]], [[Peter Cheals]] and [[Phyllis Early]].
+: Produced by [[Tony Factor]] at the [[Colosseum]] starring American actor [[William Smith]], [[Jeff Shapiro]], [[Rex Rodgers]], [[Peter Cheals]] and [[Phyllis Early]]. This production was a colossal disaster.
 == Sources ==
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 ''South African Opinion'', 3(1):23, 1946.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ''The Petrified Forest'' (1935), by American playwright Robert Emmet Sherwood. The character of the play, Alan Squire, an unsuccessful, highly cultured poet, wanders wearily over the Arizona desert, symbolizing the sense of spiritual disillusionment out of which the entire drama grows.
 Presented by the [[New Theatre]], produced by [[Winifred Curtin]] in the [[Library Theatre]]. With [[Beryl Green]], [[Charles Marais]], [[Julius Kaplan]], [[Sid Hossy]].
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 ''South African Opinion'', 3(1):23, 1946.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 P|P]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 P|P]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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