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[[Geraldine Aron|Aron, Geraldine]]. 1985. ''[[Seven Plays and Four Monologues]]'' | [[Geraldine Aron|Aron, Geraldine]]. 1985. ''[[Seven Plays and Four Monologues]]'' | ||
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron | ||
Latest revision as of 10:10, 17 September 2020
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
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