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Satj: /* What the Butler Saw by Edward Parry and Frederick Mouillot (1905) */

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What the Butler Saw by Edward Parry and Frederick Mouillot (1905)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-**: Presented by [[Don Hughes|Don Hughes Productions]] at the [[President Theatre]], Plein street, Johannesburg, directed by [[Aubrey Berg]] (Year unknown).
+?: Presented by [[Don Hughes|Don Hughes Productions]] at the [[President Theatre]], Plein street, Johannesburg, directed by [[Aubrey Berg]] (Year unknown).
 : Staged at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1973, directed by [[Brian Astbury]] in his directorial debut, with [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Ronald France]], [[Christopher Prophet]], [[Maralin Vanrenen]] and [[Jacqui Singer]]. [[John Nankin]] was the designer and the stage manager was [[Neville Burgess]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 =''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' by Joe Orton (1969)=
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 This farce by Joe Orton (1933–1967)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Orton] is about a psychiatrist -  who attempts to seduce his attractive prospective secretary - and his wife, who is also being seduced and blackmailed by a Nicholas Beckett, to whom she then promises the post as secretary. Chaos inevitably ensues. It was Orton's last work and the second to be performed after his death, premièring at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1969.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Performed by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg in July, with a cast including [[James Borthwick]].
-==Translations and adaptations==
+== Sources ==
-== Sources ==
+J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press (2nd, revised edition):pp. 251-2[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Edward+Parry+and+Frederick+Mouillot++What+the+Butler+Saw+(1905),&source=bl&ots=1PPGOO1AgM&sig=ACfU3U2Z6Ji3byomUo2cbBsZFpqlPy9gLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqhb6zl9rjAhXDJFAKHaXWC9MQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Parry%20and%20Frederick%20Mouillot%20%20What%20the%20Butler%20Saw%20(1905)%2C&f=false]
 Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Butler_Saw_(play)].

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 : Produced by the [[Company of Four]],  directed by [[Leonard Schach]] and featuring [[Keith Grenville]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Diana Allen]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Henry Goodman]], [[Icky Kurgan]]. It was performed in the Concert Hall, [[Baxter Theatre]].
-: Performed by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg in July.
+: Performed by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg in July, with a cast including [[James Borthwick]].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-**: Presented by [[Don Hughes|Don Hughes Productions]] at the [[President Theatre]], Plein street, Johannesburg, directed by [[Aubrey Berg]] ? (Year unknown).
+**: Presented by [[Don Hughes|Don Hughes Productions]] at the [[President Theatre]], Plein street, Johannesburg, directed by [[Aubrey Berg]] (Year unknown).
 : Staged at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1973, directed by [[Brian Astbury]] in his directorial debut, with [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Ronald France]], [[Christopher Prophet]], [[Maralin Vanrenen]] and [[Jacqui Singer]]. [[John Nankin]] was the designer and the stage manager was [[Neville Burgess]].

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 Theatre programme (Don Hughes Productions) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: TUCKER, Percy]: 2001. 20. 1. 1. 569.
-Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
+[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]], 1979.

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 == Sources ==
 Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Butler_Saw_(play)].
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 Invitation to Barney Simon to [[PACT]] production, 1991, held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 1995. 11. 8. 430.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==The original text==
-This is a farce about a married man who pretends to be single while his wife is away in America,  written by Edward Abbott Parry (1863–1943)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbott_Parry]  and [[Frederick Mouillot]] (1864-1911)[https://www.palacetheatreclub.org.uk/content/palace-theatre/gertrude-mouillot-biography], and subtitled: ''Farcical Problem 3a''
+This is a farce about a married man who pretends to be single while his wife is away in America,  written by Edward Abbott Parry (1863–1943)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbott_Parry]  and '''[[Frederick Mouillot]]''' (1864-1911)[https://www.palacetheatreclub.org.uk/content/palace-theatre/gertrude-mouillot-biography], and subtitled: ''Farcical Problem 3a''
 First performed as ''[[When the Wife's Away]]'' at the Theatre Royal Dublin on 6 March 1905, as ''[[The Absence of Mrs Barrington]]'' at the Grand Theatre, Southampton on 28 June, 1905, and as ''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' in London at Wyndham's Theatre on 2 August, 1905.

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 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 W|W]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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	J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press (2nd, revised edition):pp. 251-2[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Edward+Parry+and+Frederick+Mouillot++What+the+Butler+Saw+(1905),&source=bl&ots=1PPGOO1AgM&sig=ACfU3U2Z6Ji3byomUo2cbBsZFpqlPy9gLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqhb6zl9rjAhXDJFAKHaXWC9MQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Parry%20and%20Frederick%20Mouillot%20%20What%20the%20Butler%20Saw%20(1905)%2C&f=false]		J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press (2nd, revised edition):pp. 251-2[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Edward+Parry+and+Frederick+Mouillot++What+the+Butler+Saw+(1905),&source=bl&ots=1PPGOO1AgM&sig=ACfU3U2Z6Ji3byomUo2cbBsZFpqlPy9gLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqhb6zl9rjAhXDJFAKHaXWC9MQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Parry%20and%20Frederick%20Mouillot%20%20What%20the%20Butler%20Saw%20(1905)%2C&f=false]
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		+	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]]

	=''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' by Joe Orton (1969)=		=''[[What the Butler Saw]]'' by Joe Orton (1969)=

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	Gertrude Mouillot biography, ''The Palace Theatre Club'' website[https://www.palacetheatreclub.org.uk/content/palace-theatre/gertrude-mouillot-biograph]

	J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press (2nd, revised edition):pp. 251-2[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Edward+Parry+and+Frederick+Mouillot++What+the+Butler+Saw+(1905),&source=bl&ots=1PPGOO1AgM&sig=ACfU3U2Z6Ji3byomUo2cbBsZFpqlPy9gLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqhb6zl9rjAhXDJFAKHaXWC9MQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Parry%20and%20Frederick%20Mouillot%20%20What%20the%20Butler%20Saw%20(1905)%2C&f=false]		J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press (2nd, revised edition):pp. 251-2[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Edward+Parry+and+Frederick+Mouillot++What+the+Butler+Saw+(1905),&source=bl&ots=1PPGOO1AgM&sig=ACfU3U2Z6Ji3byomUo2cbBsZFpqlPy9gLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqhb6zl9rjAhXDJFAKHaXWC9MQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Parry%20and%20Frederick%20Mouillot%20%20What%20the%20Butler%20Saw%20(1905)%2C&f=false]