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''Separate Tables'' (1954) by Terence Rattigan (1911-1977). Two plays, ''Table by the Window'' and ''Table Number Seven'' set in a shabby but genteel hotel on England's South coast, dealing with love and scandal. The plays are about people who are driven by loneliness into a state of desperation.
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''Separate Tables'' (1954) by British dramatist Terence Rattigan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan] (1911-1977). Two plays, ''Table by the Window'' and ''Table Number Seven'' set in a shabby but genteel hotel on England's South coast, dealing with love and scandal. The plays are about people who are driven by loneliness into a state of desperation.
  
 
The play had its premiere at the St James's Theatre in London on 22 September 1954.
 
The play had its premiere at the St James's Theatre in London on 22 September 1954.
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1958: Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], November 1958. In the cast were [[Connie Dix-Hart]], [[Jane Fenn]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Eric Messiter]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Daphne Riggs]]. Decor by [[Bruce Palmer]].
 
1958: Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], November 1958. In the cast were [[Connie Dix-Hart]], [[Jane Fenn]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Margaret Inglis]], [[John McKelvey]], [[Eric Messiter]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Daphne Riggs]]. Decor by [[Bruce Palmer]].
  
1978: [[NAPAC]] production directed by [[Malcolm Farquhar]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]], Durban, from 12 August.
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1966: Presented by the [[Queenstown Theatrical Society]].
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1978: A [[NAPAC]] production was directed by [[Malcolm Farquhar]] at the [[Alhambra Theatre]], Durban, from 12 August. Farquhar also directed a production presented by [[CAPAB]] at the [[Guild Theatre]], East London, in August.
  
 
1984: A [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] production was directed by [[Robin Lake]] at the [[Little Theatre]] from 18 August to 1 September, starring [[Belinda Koning]], [[Mark Hoeben]], [[Claire Berlein]], [[Sue Mitchell]] and other students of the department.
 
1984: A [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] production was directed by [[Robin Lake]] at the [[Little Theatre]] from 18 August to 1 September, starring [[Belinda Koning]], [[Mark Hoeben]], [[Claire Berlein]], [[Sue Mitchell]] and other students of the department.
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1995: An amateur production in the Cape Town area was designed by [[Walter Hodges]] with [[Peter Manser]] in the cast.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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UCT Drama Department theatre programme, 1984.
 
UCT Drama Department theatre programme, 1984.
  
''AfricaWide'' database.
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
  
 
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Separate Tables (1954) by British dramatist Terence Rattigan [1] (1911-1977). Two plays, Table by the Window and Table Number Seven set in a shabby but genteel hotel on England's South coast, dealing with love and scandal. The plays are about people who are driven by loneliness into a state of desperation.

The play had its premiere at the St James's Theatre in London on 22 September 1954.

Performance history in South Africa

1957: First produced in South Africa by Brian Brooke, directed by Leonard Schach(?*) with Dennis Price, Margaret Inglis, Diane Wilson,* in 1957. The play toured the then Transvaal and Southern and Northern Rhodesia with the The Reluctant Debutante.

1958: Directed by Leonard Schach for the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre, November 1958. In the cast were Connie Dix-Hart, Jane Fenn, Nigel Hawthorne, Margaret Inglis, John McKelvey, Eric Messiter, Zoë Randall, Daphne Riggs. Decor by Bruce Palmer.

1966: Presented by the Queenstown Theatrical Society.

1978: A NAPAC production was directed by Malcolm Farquhar at the Alhambra Theatre, Durban, from 12 August. Farquhar also directed a production presented by CAPAB at the Guild Theatre, East London, in August.

1984: A University of Cape Town Drama Department production was directed by Robin Lake at the Little Theatre from 18 August to 1 September, starring Belinda Koning, Mark Hoeben, Claire Berlein, Sue Mitchell and other students of the department.

1995: An amateur production in the Cape Town area was designed by Walter Hodges with Peter Manser in the cast.

Translations and adaptations

The 1958 film, with a few extra parts, was adapted for the screen by Rattigan. It starred Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster and Wendy Hiller.

Sources

Wikipedia [2].

Inskip, 1977. p 122.

UCT Drama Department theatre programme, 1984.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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