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| − | ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' | + | ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' is a play by Terence Feely [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Feely], (1928-2000). Full Length Play, casting: 6m, 2f. |
Barbara Love is a famous TV star who, just before her Christmas party, is threatened by a chilling voice on her answering machine and then receives a macabre present boxed in a miniature coffin. Not so much a 'whodunnit' but more a 'who's going to do it', as along troop the staff of her television show for the Christmas buffet, each one of them with a motive to murder her. The tension mounts as this cunningly plotted thriller twists and turns towards the final spine-tingling revelation. | Barbara Love is a famous TV star who, just before her Christmas party, is threatened by a chilling voice on her answering machine and then receives a macabre present boxed in a miniature coffin. Not so much a 'whodunnit' but more a 'who's going to do it', as along troop the staff of her television show for the Christmas buffet, each one of them with a motive to murder her. The tension mounts as this cunningly plotted thriller twists and turns towards the final spine-tingling revelation. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Directed by [[Anthony Sharp]] for the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] starring [[John Justin]] | + | 1971: Directed by [[Anthony Sharp]] for the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] starring the London stars [[John Justin]] and [[Naomi Chance]], with [[David Crichton]], [[Adrian Egan]] , [[Christine le Brocq ]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1971. This production opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 14 September for a short season, including [[Nigel Kane]], [[Anthony Wheeler]], [[Robert Marais]], [[John Walton]] in the cast. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | '' | + | ''CAPAB News'', September/October 1971. |
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| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. | ||
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| + | [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:46, 11 September 2017
Who Killed Santa Claus? is a play by Terence Feely [1], (1928-2000). Full Length Play, casting: 6m, 2f.
Barbara Love is a famous TV star who, just before her Christmas party, is threatened by a chilling voice on her answering machine and then receives a macabre present boxed in a miniature coffin. Not so much a 'whodunnit' but more a 'who's going to do it', as along troop the staff of her television show for the Christmas buffet, each one of them with a motive to murder her. The tension mounts as this cunningly plotted thriller twists and turns towards the final spine-tingling revelation.
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Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573015106
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Performance history in South Africa
1971: Directed by Anthony Sharp for the Toerien-Firth Company starring the London stars John Justin and Naomi Chance, with David Crichton, Adrian Egan , Christine le Brocq at the Intimate Theatre, Johannesburg in 1971. This production opened at the Nico Malan Theatre on 14 September for a short season, including Nigel Kane, Anthony Wheeler, Robert Marais, John Walton in the cast.
Sources
CAPAB News, September/October 1971.
Tucker, 1997.
NELM catalogue.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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