The Play's the Thing - Revision history

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 https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZjmepvhZySwC&redir_esc=y
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Crossing
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 ''[[Lantern]]'', 6(2):160-164. November 1956 ([[NTO]] production).
-''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
+Theatre programme (NTO) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: BROOKE, Brian]: 2005. 57. 1. 2.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : Produced  in English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]].
-: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]], directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], starring  [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] in the lead as Sandor Turai, [[Eghard van der Hoven]] (Mansky), [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (Albert Adam), [[Berdine Grunewald]] (Ilona Szabo), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Almady), [[Cobus Rossouw]] and [[Piet Bezuidenhout]].
+: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]], directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], starring  [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] in the lead as Sandor Turai, [[Eghard van der Hoven]] (Mansky), [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (Albert Adam), [[Berdine Grünewald]] (Ilona Szabo), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Almady), [[Cobus Rossouw]] and [[Piet Bezuidenhout]].
 : Produced  in English as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Robert Whitehead]], first performance 8 November. Design by [[Johan Engels]], lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]], André Previn's music directed by [[Peter McLea]]. The cast: [[John Whiteley]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Robert Haber]]. Performed at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]].

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 There are two plays by called ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' that have been written or performed in South Africa.
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 Literally translated into English as ''[[The Play in the Castle]]'', the play has really become popular in English through two adaptations, the first one by P.G. Wodehouse under the title ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' in 1926, and the second one Tom Stoppard's ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' in 1984.
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] (probably from the Wodehouse version) as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]''. ("Schemes in the night")
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] (probably from the Wodehouse version) as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' ("Schemes in the night") by [[M.P.O. Burgers]]
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Produced  in English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]].
-: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]] starring, among others, [[Pieter Geldenhuys]].
+: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]], directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], starring  [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] in the lead as Sandor Turai, [[Eghard van der Hoven]] (Mansky), [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (Albert Adam), [[Berdine Grunewald]] (Ilona Szabo), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Almady), [[Cobus Rossouw]] and [[Piet Bezuidenhout]].
 : Produced  in English as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Robert Whitehead]], first performance 8 November. Design by [[Johan Engels]], lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]], André Previn's music directed by [[Peter McLea]]. The cast: [[John Whiteley]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Robert Haber]]. Performed at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]].
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 "Rough Crossing" in F.H. Londré  ''Words at Play'' (SIU Press, 2005)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=cb8xnWPTBGQC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=The+Play+in+the+Castle++Molnar&source=bl&ots=AqChfjgXUH&sig=6fk5Z6r18RcWo11AuHR862P5e9U&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWh8zsmYjMAhUFXRQKHWBIAWE4ChDoAQgqMAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Play%20in%20the%20Castle%20%20Molnar&f=false]
-''Trek'' , 8(2):16, 1943.
+''[[Trek]]'' , 8(2):16, 1943.
 ''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced  in English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]]..
+: Produced  in English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]].
-: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].
+: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]] starring, among others, [[Pieter Geldenhuys]].
 : Produced  in English as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Robert Whitehead]], first performance 8 November. Design by [[Johan Engels]], lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]], André Previn's music directed by [[Peter McLea]]. The cast: [[John Whiteley]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Robert Haber]]. Performed at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]].

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 : Produced  in English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]]..
 : Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].
 : Produced  in English as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Robert Whitehead]], first performance 8 November. Design by [[Johan Engels]], lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]], André Previn's music directed by [[Peter McLea]]. The cast: [[John Whiteley]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Robert Haber]]. Performed at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]].

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	1954: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].		1954: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].
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		+	1987: Produced in English as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Robert Whitehead]], first performance 8 November. Design by [[Johan Engels]], lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]], André Previn's music directed by [[Peter McLea]]. The cast: [[John Whiteley]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Mark Richardson]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Fiona Ramsay]], [[Robert Haber]]. Performed at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]].

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 : Produced  in English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]]..
-: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Gekonkel in die Donker]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].
+: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].
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