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''Music at Night'' (1938) by J B Priestley (1894-1984). In the play the playing of a violin concerto releases a group of characters from their outer selves and permits the author to make stage presentation of the subconscious. Published in ''Four Plays'', Heinemann, 1944. (Contents: ''Music at Night''; ''[[The Long Mirror]]''; ''[[They Came to a City]]''; ''[[Desert Highway]]''.)
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'''''Music at Night''''' (1938) is a play by J B Priestley (1894-1984). In the play the playing of a violin concerto releases a group of characters from their outer selves and permits the author to make stage presentation of the subconscious. Published in ''Four Plays'', Heinemann, 1944. (Contents: ''Music at Night''; ''[[The Long Mirror]]''; ''[[They Came to a City]]''; ''[[Desert Highway]]''.)
  
Presented by the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]], produced by [[Nancy Body]], starring [[Jack Stubbs]], [[Connie Dixhart]], [[Valda Adams]], [[Dorothy Kendal-Grimston]], [[Don Howie]], in the [[Little Theatre]], July 1946.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1946: Presented by the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] at the [[Little Theatre]], produced by [[Nancy Body]], starring [[Jack Stubbs]], [[Connie Dixhart]], [[Valda Adams]], [[Dorothy Kendal-Grimston]], [[Don Howie]], in the [[Little Theatre]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
''South African Opinion'', 3(6):23, 1946.  
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''South African Opinion'', 3(6):23; ''Trek'', 11(1):18, 1946.
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p. 132.  
  
 
''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
 
''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

Latest revision as of 15:42, 18 September 2017

Music at Night (1938) is a play by J B Priestley (1894-1984). In the play the playing of a violin concerto releases a group of characters from their outer selves and permits the author to make stage presentation of the subconscious. Published in Four Plays, Heinemann, 1944. (Contents: Music at Night; The Long Mirror; They Came to a City; Desert Highway.)

Performance history in South Africa

1946: Presented by the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society at the Little Theatre, produced by Nancy Body, starring Jack Stubbs, Connie Dixhart, Valda Adams, Dorothy Kendal-Grimston, Don Howie, in the Little Theatre.

Sources

South African Opinion, 3(6):23; Trek, 11(1):18, 1946.

Inskip, 1972. p. 132.

World Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.


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