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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 2013: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with [[Cameron Robertson]] (Mohammed Al-Masri), [[David Viviers]] (Nicholas Field) and [[Anthea Thompson]] (Ms Nevers). Lighting by [[Luke Ellenbogen]] and a soundscape by [[Ashraf Johaardien]] and | + | 2013: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with [[Cameron Robertson]] (Mohammed Al-Masri), [[David Viviers]] (Nicholas Field) and [[Anthea Thompson]] (Ms Nevers). Lighting by [[Luke Ellenbogen]] and a soundscape by [[Ashraf Johaardien]] and [[Alby Michaels]]. |
2015: The same production was staged in [[The Rosebank Theatre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with [[Cameron Robertson]] (Mohammed Al-Masri), [[David Viviers]] (Nicholas Field) and [[Anthea Thompson]] (Ms Nevers). | 2015: The same production was staged in [[The Rosebank Theatre]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with [[Cameron Robertson]] (Mohammed Al-Masri), [[David Viviers]] (Nicholas Field) and [[Anthea Thompson]] (Ms Nevers). | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
[[The Rosebank Theatre]] website [https://rosebanktheatre.com/]. | [[The Rosebank Theatre]] website [https://rosebanktheatre.com/]. | ||
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| + | ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 18 August 2015. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:12, 30 November 2020
Cry Havoc is a 2002 play by American playwright Tom Coash.
Contents
Subject
Cry Havoc is set in Cairo (where the playwright spent four years teaching playwriting at the American University [1]) in the early years of the 21st century - it explores the troubled relationship between the western world and the Islamic Middle East. The storyline focuses on the dissolution of the gay loving relationship between British expatriate writer, Nicholas Field and his young Egyptian lover, Mohammed Al-Masri.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2013: Staged at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by Roy Sargeant, with Cameron Robertson (Mohammed Al-Masri), David Viviers (Nicholas Field) and Anthea Thompson (Ms Nevers). Lighting by Luke Ellenbogen and a soundscape by Ashraf Johaardien and Alby Michaels.
2015: The same production was staged in The Rosebank Theatre in Cape Town, directed by Roy Sargeant, with Cameron Robertson (Mohammed Al-Masri), David Viviers (Nicholas Field) and Anthea Thompson (Ms Nevers).
Sources
The Rosebank Theatre website [2].
Cape Argus, 18 August 2015.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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