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| − | ''Torch Song Trilogy'' is a collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954- | + | ''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy] is a 1982 collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein] rendered in three acts: ''International Stud'', ''Fugue in a Nursery'', and ''Widows and Children First!''. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s. |
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
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| + | 1984: Performed at [[Market Theatre]] by [[The Company]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]], starring [[Judy Page]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Ruphin Coudyzer]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], and [[Annabel Linder]]. Designs by [[Anthony Farmer]], music directed and performed by [[John Oakley-Smith]], lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]]. | ||
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| + | 1984: This production moved to the [[Baxter Theatre]], featuring [[Jean Dell]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Adrienne Pearce]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], [[Brenda Wood]]. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy | ||
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| + | [[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer) | ||
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| + | ''Torch Song Trilogy'' theatre programme, 1984. | ||
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''. | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 31 December 2023
Torch Song Trilogy [1] is a 1982 collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954- ) [2] rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First!. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.
Performance history in South Africa
1984: Performed at Market Theatre by The Company, directed by Janice Honeyman, starring Judy Page, Danny Keogh, Wilson Dunster, Ruphin Coudyzer, Dorothy-Ann Gould, Arnold Vosloo, Andrew Worsdale, and Annabel Linder. Designs by Anthony Farmer, music directed and performed by John Oakley-Smith, lighting design by Mannie Manim.
1984: This production moved to the Baxter Theatre, featuring Jean Dell, Danny Keogh, Wilson Dunster, Adrienne Pearce, Arnold Vosloo, Andrew Worsdale, Brenda Wood.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
Torch Song Trilogy theatre programme, 1984.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
Return to
Return to T in Plays II Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
