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''[[The House in Fern Road]]'', presented by the UCT Dramatic Society in the [[Little Theatre]] in 1944, with [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Elaine English]].
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''[[The House in Fern Road]]'' is a one-act play by Maud Cassidy and Peter Coke (1913-2008)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coke].
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==The original text==
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Set in a dingy London boarding-house, it tells of a woman who learns that her accomplice in a murder is two-timing her with another woman, so she decides to take revenge.
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Published in Britain by [[Samuel French]] in 1941.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1944: Presented by the [[UCT Dramatic Society]], in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, with [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Elaine English]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Peter-Coke/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3APeter+Coke
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''Upper Hutt Leader'' 15 June 1961[https://newspaperarchives.uhcc.govt.nz/cgi-bin/upperhutt?a=d&d=UpperHuttLeader19610615.2.14&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------]
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https://www.progressiveplayersgateshead.co.uk/1951.html
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''[[Trek]]'' 8(25):22, 1944.
 
''[[Trek]]'' 8(25):22, 1944.
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 7 October 2023

The House in Fern Road is a one-act play by Maud Cassidy and Peter Coke (1913-2008)[1].

The original text

Set in a dingy London boarding-house, it tells of a woman who learns that her accomplice in a murder is two-timing her with another woman, so she decides to take revenge.

Published in Britain by Samuel French in 1941.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1944: Presented by the UCT Dramatic Society, in the Little Theatre, Cape Town, with Pietro Nolte, Elaine English.

Sources

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Peter-Coke/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3APeter+Coke

Upper Hutt Leader 15 June 1961[2]

https://www.progressiveplayersgateshead.co.uk/1951.html

Trek 8(25):22, 1944.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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