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''Isn't It Romantic'' is a play by American playwright Wendy Wasserstein [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein] *1950-2006), Directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] for [[Pieter Toerien]], presented at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1985. Cast: [[Kathy-Jo Ross]], [[Gaynor Young]], [[Richard Rawstorne]], [[Judy Page]], [[Annabel Linder]], [[Terry Lester]], [[Bruce Millar]], [[Peter Krummeck]]. Set designed by [[Andrew Botha]]. Lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]].
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''[[Isn't It Romantic]]'' is a play by Wendy Wasserstein [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein] (1950-2006)
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''Occasionally (wrongly) written '''[[Isn't It Romantic?]]'''''.
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==The original text==
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Described by '''Dramatists Play Service'''[https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1213] as a "brightly witty, trenchantly observant contemporary comedy", the play deals with the post-college careers (and dilemmas) of two former classmates: Janie Blumberg (a short, slightly plump would-be writer) and  named , and Harriet Cornwall, her tall, thin, gorgeous WASP friend, Harriet Cornwall. Both are struggling to escape from lingering parental domination and to establish their own lives and identities.
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First performed in 1981, the acting edition of the text first published by Dramatists Play Service in 1984.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1985: Directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] for [[Pieter Toerien]], presented at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1985. Cast: [[Kathy-Jo Ross]], [[Gaynor Young]], [[Richard Rawstorne]], [[Judy Page]], [[Annabel Linder]], [[Terry Lester]], [[Bruce Millar]], [[Peter Krummeck]]. Set designed by [[Andrew Botha]]. Lighting by [[Jannie Swanepoel]].
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
  
(Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1213
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[[Brian Barrow]] and [[Yvonne Williams-Short]]. 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''. Cape Town: [[The Baxter Theatre]]
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Programme for the 1985 [[Pieter Toerien]] production of ''[[Edmund Kean]]'', [[ESAT Archive]]
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Programme of the 1985 [[Pieter Toerien]] production of ''[[Isn't It Romantic]]'', [[ESAT Archive]]
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 10 January 2024

Isn't It Romantic is a play by Wendy Wasserstein [1] (1950-2006)

Occasionally (wrongly) written Isn't It Romantic?.

The original text

Described by Dramatists Play Service[2] as a "brightly witty, trenchantly observant contemporary comedy", the play deals with the post-college careers (and dilemmas) of two former classmates: Janie Blumberg (a short, slightly plump would-be writer) and named , and Harriet Cornwall, her tall, thin, gorgeous WASP friend, Harriet Cornwall. Both are struggling to escape from lingering parental domination and to establish their own lives and identities.

First performed in 1981, the acting edition of the text first published by Dramatists Play Service in 1984.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1985: Directed by Janice Honeyman for Pieter Toerien, presented at the André Huguenet Theatre and the Baxter Theatre in 1985. Cast: Kathy-Jo Ross, Gaynor Young, Richard Rawstorne, Judy Page, Annabel Linder, Terry Lester, Bruce Millar, Peter Krummeck. Set designed by Andrew Botha. Lighting by Jannie Swanepoel.

Sources

https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1213

Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short. 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987. Cape Town: The Baxter Theatre

Programme for the 1985 Pieter Toerien production of Edmund Kean, ESAT Archive

Programme of the 1985 Pieter Toerien production of Isn't It Romantic, ESAT Archive


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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