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'''''In Praise of Love''''' is a play by British dramatist Terrence Rattigan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan] (1911-1977).  
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''[[In Praise of Love]]'' is a play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan] (1911-1977).  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
Originally entitled ''After Lydia'', it is the first part of a double-bill play by the English playwright Terrence Rattigan (the second half being ''Before Dawn'', a burlesque of the opera ''Tosca'') — it was the penultimate play he wrote and was inspired by the true-life relationship between Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall, using characters named Sebastian and Lydia respectively and follows her illness and death.
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Originally entitled ''[[After Lydia]]'', it is the first part of a double-bill play by the English playwright Terence Rattigan (the second half being ''[[Before Dawn]]'', a burlesque of the opera ''Tosca'') — it was the penultimate play he wrote and was inspired by the true-life relationship between Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall, using characters named Sebastian and Lydia respectively and follows her illness and death.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan
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''In Praise of Love'' theatre programme, 1995.
 
''In Praise of Love'' theatre programme, 1995.
  
 
National Arts Festival programme, 1995.
 
National Arts Festival programme, 1995.
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[[Beeld]], 12 August 1995.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 31 January 2022

In Praise of Love is a play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan [1] (1911-1977).

The original text

Originally entitled After Lydia, it is the first part of a double-bill play by the English playwright Terence Rattigan (the second half being Before Dawn, a burlesque of the opera Tosca) — it was the penultimate play he wrote and was inspired by the true-life relationship between Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall, using characters named Sebastian and Lydia respectively and follows her illness and death.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1974: Produced by the Toerien-Firth Company with Ron Smerczak, Robert Flemyng, Robert Beatty and Muriel Pavlow at the Intimate Theatre in 1974.

1995: Staged in the Theatre on the Bay (a Pieter Toerien Production) in June 1995, directed by Maralin Vanrenen, with Jana Cilliers (Lydia), Rex Garner (Sebastian), Roger Dwyer (Mark) and Calvin Hayward (Joey). Set and lighting designed by Jannie Swanepoel. This production went to the Grahamstown Festival (1995).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Rattigan

In Praise of Love theatre programme, 1995.

National Arts Festival programme, 1995.

Beeld, 12 August 1995.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page