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| − | ''[[Chase Me, Comrade!]]'' is a play by Ray Cooney | + | ''[[Chase Me, Comrade!]]'' is a farce by Ray Cooney |
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| | Also found as ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' | | Also found as ''[[Chase Me Comrade]]'' |
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Loosely based on Rudolf Nuryenev's defection to the West in the 1960s, it is the story of a defecting Russian ballet dancer involved in intrigue and connivance at the highest level.
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| − | First performed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor on the 30th March 1964, followed by a run at the Whitehall Theatre, London.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Vat So!]]'' by [[Wim Vorster]]
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1992: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACOFS]] as ''[[Vat So!]]'' at the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] [[Civic Theatre]] during February, beofre going on tour to Kroonstad, Welkom and Sasolburg. Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], with [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Petro-Nelise Trichardt]], [[Cobus Fourie]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Pieter Brand]], [[Christo Compion]], [[Andre Odendaal]] and [[Igor Merkulov]] (as the Russsian ballet dancer). Merkulov had been imported from the Russia by PACOFS and played the role of the Russsian ballet dancer in Russian, as it had been in the original text.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://www.raycooney.co.uk/ray-cooney-plays-chase-me-comrade
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| − | E-Mail correspondence from [[Wim Vorster]], 9 November, 2024.
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