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by [[Guy Butler]]. **** Produced by [[NTO]] in 1955. Published in/by?? [[Balkema]].  
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''[[The Dove Returns]]'', a verse drama in three acts by [[Guy Butler]] (1918-2001).  
  
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== The original text ==
  
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Described as "a tragi-comic, literary drama in the style of Auden and T. S. Eliot" by [[Christopher Heywood]] (2004:p. 81), it is set in and after the [[Anglo-Boer War]] and looks at reconciliation betwee the warring parties. Published in Cape Town by [[A.A. Balkema]] and in London by Fortune Press, 1956.
  
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==South African productions==
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1955: Produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]], directed by [[Clifford Williams]], with [[Zoë de Villiers]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Joanna Douglas]], [[Leonard Graham]], [[Brian Proudfoot]], [[Aubrey Louw]] and [[Peter Boyce]].
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==Sources==
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''[[Lantern]]'', 5(3):283-287. Feb 1956.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Butler_(poet)
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[[Christopher Heywood]], 2004
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[[Martin Orkin]], 1991
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:58, 9 April 2016

The Dove Returns, a verse drama in three acts by Guy Butler (1918-2001).

The original text

Described as "a tragi-comic, literary drama in the style of Auden and T. S. Eliot" by Christopher Heywood (2004:p. 81), it is set in and after the Anglo-Boer War and looks at reconciliation betwee the warring parties. Published in Cape Town by A.A. Balkema and in London by Fortune Press, 1956.

South African productions

1955: Produced by National Theatre Organisation, directed by Clifford Williams, with Zoë de Villiers, Frank Wise, Alan Chadwick, Joanna Douglas, Leonard Graham, Brian Proudfoot, Aubrey Louw and Peter Boyce.

Sources

Lantern, 5(3):283-287. Feb 1956.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Butler_(poet)

Christopher Heywood, 2004

Martin Orkin, 1991

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

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