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''George Washington Slept Here'' is an American farce  by American playwrights George Kaufman (1889-1961) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman] and Moss Hart (1904-1961) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Hart].
 
''George Washington Slept Here'' is an American farce  by American playwrights George Kaufman (1889-1961) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman] and Moss Hart (1904-1961) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Hart].
  
Produced by [[Mary Holder]] for [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society|Cape Reps]], [[Little Theatre]], 1945. With [[Cynthia Klette]], [[James March]], [[Estelle de Villiers]], [[E. Clifford Jones]], [[Carey Lacey]], [[Dorothy Felbert]], [[Kevin Woodgate]], [[Donald Inskip]].
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== The original text ==
  
[[Taubie Kushlick]] in the lead, [[Wensley Pithey]], [[Gordon Mulholland]], set designed by [[Nina Campbell Quine]] and executed by [[Roy Cooke]], 1947 (Johannesburg?)
 
  
Photograph of [[Percy Sieff]], [[Max Friedman]], [[Rayla Samuels]], [[Cyril Goldschmidt]], [[Dorothy Gelcer]] and [[Miriam Rubenstein]] in the [[Scopus Club]] production produced by [[Issy Cohen]] in May 1953.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1945: Produced by [[Mary Holder]] for [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society|Cape Reps]], [[Little Theatre]], 1945. With [[Cynthia Klette]], [[James March]], [[Estelle de Villiers]], [[E. Clifford Jones]], [[Carey Lacey]], [[Dorothy Felbert]], [[Kevin Woodgate]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[René Pittier]], [[Valerie Edwards]].
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1946: [[Taubie Kushlick]] directing and in the lead, with [[Wensley Pithey]], [[Gordon Mulholland]], set designed by [[Nina Campbell-Quine]] and executed by [[Roy Cooke]] at the [[Standard Theatre]], December 1946.
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1953: Photograph of [[Percy Sieff]], [[Max Friedman]], [[Rayla Samuels]], [[Cyril Goldschmidt]], [[Dorothy Gelcer]] and [[Miriam Rubenstein]] in the [[Scopus Club]] production produced by [[Issy Cohen]] in May 1953.
  
 
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[[NELM]]: Shelved with photographs [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 9.
 
[[NELM]]: Shelved with photographs [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 9.
  
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 27.
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 11 August 2017

George Washington Slept Here is an American farce by American playwrights George Kaufman (1889-1961) [1] and Moss Hart (1904-1961) [2].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1945: Produced by Mary Holder for Cape Reps, Little Theatre, 1945. With Cynthia Klette, James March, Estelle de Villiers, E. Clifford Jones, Carey Lacey, Dorothy Felbert, Kevin Woodgate, Donald Inskip, René Pittier, Valerie Edwards.

1946: Taubie Kushlick directing and in the lead, with Wensley Pithey, Gordon Mulholland, set designed by Nina Campbell-Quine and executed by Roy Cooke at the Standard Theatre, December 1946.

1953: Photograph of Percy Sieff, Max Friedman, Rayla Samuels, Cyril Goldschmidt, Dorothy Gelcer and Miriam Rubenstein in the Scopus Club production produced by Issy Cohen in May 1953.

Sources

South African Opinion, 2(6):18-19, 1945; 3(11):21, 1947; Trek, 10(2):18, 1945.

NELM: Shelved with photographs [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 9.

Inskip, 1972.

Tucker, 1997. 27.

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