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''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' is a play by Robert Anderson (1917-).  
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''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' is a play by Robert Anderson (1917-2009).  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both.
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The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both. It tells the story of a widowed college professor who feels dominated by his aging father, yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California. It was first performed in New York in 1968, directed by Alan Schneider with Alan Webb, Lillian Gish and Hal Holbrook.
  
 
==Original text ==
 
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== Translations and adaptations ==
 
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A movie was adapted from the play by the author and released in 1970 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father].
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Adapted as a movie by Anderson,  produced and directed by Gilbert Cates, and released in 1970, starring stars Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, and Elizabeth Hubbard.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father].
  
  
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https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/7469/i-never-sang-for-my-father
 
https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/7469/i-never-sang-for-my-father
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father
  
 
''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 28 October 1975.
 
''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 28 October 1975.

Latest revision as of 07:19, 10 September 2022

I Never Sang for My Father is a play by Robert Anderson (1917-2009).

The original text

The play probes the disquieting alienation that can exist between father and son, which time and old age can only deepen — despite the best intentions of both. It tells the story of a widowed college professor who feels dominated by his aging father, yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California. It was first performed in New York in 1968, directed by Alan Schneider with Alan Webb, Lillian Gish and Hal Holbrook.

Original text

Published in the Dramatists Play Service series by Samuel French[1].

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as a movie by Anderson, produced and directed by Gilbert Cates, and released in 1970, starring stars Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, and Elizabeth Hubbard.[2].


Performance history in South Africa

1975: Presented by The Sandowners, directed by Eris Malan, starring Brenda Wood as "Alice", Richard Knibbs as "Gene", Brian Gaven as "Tom" and Noreen Sterling as "Margaret".

Sources

https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/7469/i-never-sang-for-my-father

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father

The Rand Daily Mail, 28 October 1975.

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