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1979: First produced at the [[Space Theatre]] in October 1979, directed by [[Keith Grenville]], with [[Ethwyn Grant]] and [[Dermot Judge]]. | 1979: First produced at the [[Space Theatre]] in October 1979, directed by [[Keith Grenville]], with [[Ethwyn Grant]] and [[Dermot Judge]]. | ||
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1983: Presented by [[Neria Cohen]] on the [[National Arts Festival|Festival Fringe]], July 1983. | 1983: Presented by [[Neria Cohen]] on the [[National Arts Festival|Festival Fringe]], July 1983. | ||
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Revision as of 11:54, 30 December 2014
A one-act play by Geraldine Aron.
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The original text
One of Aron's "Irish" plays, but written in Cape Town, it is similar in its poetic and minimalist form to her earlier Bar and Ger, and tells the story of a mismatched couple through thirty-five years of marriage with humour and tenderness.
First performed in 1979.
First published in Seven Plays and Four Monologues, 1985 and subsequently in 1986 in Play Spectrum (ed. H. Houghton-Hawksley). Published as an acting edition by Samuel French in 2011.
Performances in South Africa
Stage
1979: First produced at the Space Theatre in October 1979, directed by Keith Grenville, with Ethwyn Grant and Dermot Judge.
198*: Produced by CAPAB in 198*, directed by **, with Diane Wilson and Michael McGovern.
1983: Presented by Neria Cohen on the Festival Fringe, July 1983.
Performances elsewhere
2012: Staged at Bewley's Cafe Theatre in Dublin, directed by Terry Byrne, and broadcast as a radio play on RTE Drama on One, 23 June 2012 http://www.radiodramareviews.com/id1208.html
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 1983.
Aron, Geraldine. 1985. Seven Plays and Four Monologues
Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron
http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=MTE3OQ==
http://www.amazon.com/A-Galway-Girl-Geraldine-Aron/dp/0573622043
http://www.radiodramareviews.com/id1208.html
Astbury, 1979
Gosher, 1988
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