Difference between revisions of "My Name is Lucy Barton"

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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
2024: First performed in South Africa at the Hilton Arts Festival in Natal, from 2-4 August, directed by [[Charmaine Weir-Smith]], with [[Julie-Anne McDowell]]  
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2024: Produced by [[How Now Brown Cow]], it was first performed in South Africa at the [[Hilton Arts Festival]] in Natal, from 2-4 August, directed by [[Charmaine Weir-Smith]], with [[Julie-Anne McDowell]]  
  
 
2024: The production then staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town from 18 September to 5 October.
 
2024: The production then staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town from 18 September to 5 October.

Revision as of 07:17, 21 July 2024

My Name is Lucy Barton is a one-person play by Elizabeth Strout and Rona Munro.

The original text

Based on Strout's novel of the same name, adapted for the stage by Munro, the piece was originally performed in New York and in London, with Laura Linney as Lucy.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2024: Produced by How Now Brown Cow, it was first performed in South Africa at the Hilton Arts Festival in Natal, from 2-4 August, directed by Charmaine Weir-Smith, with Julie-Anne McDowell

2024: The production then staged at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town from 18 September to 5 October.

2024: Also staged at the Theatre on the Square, Johannesburg from 9 to 27 October.

Sources

Mariana Malan. 2024. " 'Lucy Barton' in SA op planke ná Londen, NY", Die Burger, 1 June, 2024: p10.

https://www.hownowbrowncow.co.za/productions/lucybarton

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