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− | ''' | + | ''[[Mr McConkey's Suitcase]]'' is a one-act play by [[Geraldine Aron]] (1941-). |
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+ | == The original text == | ||
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+ | One of Aron's "Irish" plays, it deals with the efforts of a daughter to escape her mother’s stifling influence, which come to fruition when a defrocked priest arrives to lodge in their boarding-house. | ||
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+ | First published in the collection ''[[Seven Plays and Four Monologues]]'' (Aron, 1985). | ||
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+ | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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+ | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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+ | 1977: First performed as part of a ''Triple Bill'' with ''[[The Shrinking of Alby Chapman]]'' and ''[[Bar and Ger]]'' in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio. Directed by [[Glynn Day]], starring [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Rita Zazeraj]], [[Lynn Banner]], [[Dermod Judge]], [[Chris McWilliams]], [[Erica Benn]] and [[Ron Fenton]]. (According to [[John Ramsdale]], he played the role of "Abdul Solanki" in October of that year). | ||
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+ | == Sources == | ||
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+ | [[Geraldine Aron|Aron, Geraldine]]. 1985. ''[[Seven Plays and Four Monologues]]'' | ||
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+ | [[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988. | ||
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+ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron | ||
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+ | http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=MTE3OQ== | ||
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+ | Astbury, 1979 | ||
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+ | Gosher, 1988 | ||
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+ | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Mr McConkey's Suitcase is a one-act play by Geraldine Aron (1941-).
Contents
The original text
One of Aron's "Irish" plays, it deals with the efforts of a daughter to escape her mother’s stifling influence, which come to fruition when a defrocked priest arrives to lodge in their boarding-house.
First published in the collection Seven Plays and Four Monologues (Aron, 1985).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1977: First performed as part of a Triple Bill with The Shrinking of Alby Chapman and Bar and Ger in the Baxter Theatre Studio. Directed by Glynn Day, starring Pippa Duffy, Glynn Day, Rita Zazeraj, Lynn Banner, Dermod Judge, Chris McWilliams, Erica Benn and Ron Fenton. (According to John Ramsdale, he played the role of "Abdul Solanki" in October of that year).
Sources
Aron, Geraldine. 1985. Seven Plays and Four Monologues
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron
http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=MTE3OQ==
Astbury, 1979
Gosher, 1988
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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