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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
A Comma Production of ''Loot'' was presented in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in 1980, directed by [[Barbara Maguire]]. The cast included [[Don Maguire]], [[Yvonne Copley]], [[Nigel Sweet]], [[Charles Gallacher]], [[Richard Farmer]], [[Kenny Rafel]].
 
A Comma Production of ''Loot'' was presented in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in 1980, directed by [[Barbara Maguire]]. The cast included [[Don Maguire]], [[Yvonne Copley]], [[Nigel Sweet]], [[Charles Gallacher]], [[Richard Farmer]], [[Kenny Rafel]].
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Presented by [[PACT]] in October 1986, directed by [[Terrence Shank]], starring [[Michael McCabe]], [[James Borthwick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 14:03, 5 April 2014

Loot is a two-act play by the English playwright Joe Orton. The play is a dark farce that satirises the Roman Catholic Church, social attitudes to death, and the integrity of the police force. Orton completed a first draft in October 1964, which premiered in Cambridge on 1 February 1965.


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Performance history in South Africa

A Comma Production of Loot was presented in the Baxter Theatre Studio in 1980, directed by Barbara Maguire. The cast included Don Maguire, Yvonne Copley, Nigel Sweet, Charles Gallacher, Richard Farmer, Kenny Rafel.

Presented by PACT in October 1986, directed by Terrence Shank, starring Michael McCabe, James Borthwick, Michael Richard and Aletta Bezuidenhout.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_(play)

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

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