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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[UCT Dramatic Society]] and [[Children's Theatre]] at the [[Little Theatre]], April 1954. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]]. In the cast: [[jenny Gratus]], [[Peter Boyce]].
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Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for the [[UCT Dramatic Society]] and [[Children's Theatre]] at the [[Little Theatre]], April 1954. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]]. In the cast: [[Jenny Gratus]], [[Peter Boyce]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 11:28, 19 June 2014

The Critic: or, a Tragedy Rehearsed is a satire by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779. It is a burlesque on stage acting and play production conventions, and Sheridan considered the first act to be his finest piece of writing.

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Leonard Schach for the UCT Dramatic Society and Children's Theatre at the Little Theatre, April 1954. Decor by Cecil Pym. In the cast: Jenny Gratus, Peter Boyce.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

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

Inskip, 1977. p 119

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