Difference between revisions of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg"
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
1973: Directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], presented by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] with [[Henry Goodman]], [[Lois Butlin]], [[Mary Ashby]], [[Tony Peake]], [[Irene Peake]] and [[Beth Dickerson]] in the cast. | 1973: Directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], presented by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] with [[Henry Goodman]], [[Lois Butlin]], [[Mary Ashby]], [[Tony Peake]], [[Irene Peake]] and [[Beth Dickerson]] in the cast. | ||
| − | 1980: | + | 1980: Performed by [[The Company]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in May, directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] with a cast that included [[Danny Keogh]], [[Sandy Dacombe]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Lesley Nott]], [[Nathalie Codd]], [[Ron Smerczak]] and [[Tiffany Kelly]] (as "Joe"). |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:36, 26 October 2023
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a play by Peter Nichols ()[]
Written in 1967, the play centres on a British couple who are struggling to save their marriage whilst trying to raise their only child, a small girl with cerebral palsy.
First staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968.
Performance history in South Africa
1972: Directed by Robert Davies at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, for the UCT Dramatic Society starring Colin Duell, Sue Phillips.
1973: Directed by Roy Sargeant, presented by the Rhodes University Drama Department with Henry Goodman, Lois Butlin, Mary Ashby, Tony Peake, Irene Peake and Beth Dickerson in the cast.
1980: Performed by The Company at the Market Theatre in May, directed by Roy Sargeant with a cast that included Danny Keogh, Sandy Dacombe, Bess Finney, Lesley Nott, Nathalie Codd, Ron Smerczak and Tiffany Kelly (as "Joe").
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
Theatre programme (Rhodes 1973) held by NELM: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2011. 370. 2. 2.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to D in Plays II Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
