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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Manhoff's play was the opening production of the [[Academy Theatre]] in 1967, starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]].
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1967: Manhoff's play was the opening production of the [[Academy Theatre]] in 1967, starring [[Barbara Kinghorn]] and [[Christopher Galloway]]. It was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]].
 
 
[[Rhodes University Drama Department]] ''The Owl and the Pussycat'' by Sheila Ruskin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Ruskin] and David Wood [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wood_(actor)]], based on the stories and verses of Edward Lear, directed by [[Jane Osborne]] in August 1976.
 
 
 
Slightly retitled ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See...]]'', the Ruskin/Wood adaptation was produced by [[Sue Broer]] for the [[UCT Drama Department]] and staged at the [[Arena Theatre]] for the 1973 Christmas holidays.  Amongst those in the cast who went on to acting careers were [[Gillian Harris]], [[Jane Auld]], [[Pippa Dyer]], [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Diana Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]] and [[Judith Krummeck]].
 
  
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1970: Presented by the [[Arts Theatre Club]] at the [[Guild Theatre]], directed by [[Mary Howe]].
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
Theatre programme (Academy Theatre) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Theatre programmes]: 2009. 80. 90.
 
Theatre programme (Academy Theatre) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Theatre programmes]: 2009. 80. 90.
  
Programmes held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2011. 370. 2. 4.
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[[Arts Theatre Club]] archive held by [[George Mountjoy]].
 
 
[[The Argus]], 12 December 1973
 
 
 
[[Cape Times]], 15 December 1973
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 16:38, 27 April 2024

The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1964 Broadway stage play written by Hollywood screenwriter and producer and playwright Bill Manhoff (1919-1974) [1].

The title was borrowed from but unrelated to a nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussycat written by Edward Lear, first published during 1871 [2].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

A subsequent 1970 movie featuring Barbra Streisand and George Segal was based on the stage play.

Performance history in South Africa

1967: Manhoff's play was the opening production of the Academy Theatre in 1967, starring Barbara Kinghorn and Christopher Galloway. It was directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke.

1970: Presented by the Arts Theatre Club at the Guild Theatre, directed by Mary Howe.

Sources

Theatre programme (Academy Theatre) held by NELM: [Collection: Theatre programmes]: 2009. 80. 90.

Arts Theatre Club archive held by George Mountjoy.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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