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'''''Wild Decembers''''' is a play in three acts written by English novelist and playwright Clemence Dane, pseudonym of Winifred Ashton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemence_Dane ] (1888-1965).
 
'''''Wild Decembers''''' is a play in three acts written by English novelist and playwright Clemence Dane, pseudonym of Winifred Ashton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemence_Dane ] (1888-1965).
  
First produced at The Apollo Theatre, London, on 26 May 1933. Published in ''The Collected Plays of Clemence Dan'', Volume 1. Heinemann, 1961.
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First produced at The Apollo Theatre, London, on 26 May 1933. Published in ''The Collected Plays of Clemence Dane'', Volume 1. Heinemann, 1961.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1937: [[Rollo Gamble]] directed University of Cape Town students in a production of this play.
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1937: Presented by the [[University of Cape Town]]'s Speech and Drama Department at the [[Little Theatre]] in May, directed by [[Rollo Gamble]]. [[Zoë Randall]] stood in for one of the students who became ill.
  
 
1953: Produced by [[Lily-Jean Satusky]] for the Cape Town Training College on 8 and 9 May 1953.
 
1953: Produced by [[Lily-Jean Satusky]] for the Cape Town Training College on 8 and 9 May 1953.
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
Theatre programme held by the [[Stellenbosch University]] Manuscripts Section. Reference 31/5/12.
 
Theatre programme held by the [[Stellenbosch University]] Manuscripts Section. Reference 31/5/12.
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.122.
  
  

Latest revision as of 15:44, 3 August 2017

Wild Decembers is a play in three acts written by English novelist and playwright Clemence Dane, pseudonym of Winifred Ashton [1] (1888-1965).

First produced at The Apollo Theatre, London, on 26 May 1933. Published in The Collected Plays of Clemence Dane, Volume 1. Heinemann, 1961.

Performance history in South Africa

1937: Presented by the University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department at the Little Theatre in May, directed by Rollo Gamble. Zoë Randall stood in for one of the students who became ill.

1953: Produced by Lily-Jean Satusky for the Cape Town Training College on 8 and 9 May 1953.

Sources

Theatre programme held by the Stellenbosch University Manuscripts Section. Reference 31/5/12.

Inskip, 1972. p.122.


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