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'''''The Happiness Cage''''' is a 1970 play by American playwright Dennis J. Reardon (1944- ) [http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/people/bio/dReardon.shtml]. | '''''The Happiness Cage''''' is a 1970 play by American playwright Dennis J. Reardon (1944- ) [http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/people/bio/dReardon.shtml]. | ||
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| − | + | Set in 1960s USA, patients in a Vietnam War veterans hospital are induced to participate in a programme of experimental brain implantation designed to achieve conformable neurological happiness. One resists, preferring the limitations with his own identity to the technologically achievable bliss. [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/reardon-dennis-j.html] | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | + | 1974: Staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Ken Leach]], with [[Michael McCabe]] (Reese), [[Hal Orlandini|Harold Orlandini]] (Orderly), [[Michael Mayer]] (Miles), [[Graham Haley]] (Rhodes), [[Kenneth Hendel]] (Dr Freytag), [[Hugh Rouse]] (The General), [[Albert Raphael]] (The Aide), [[Sheila Ferguson]] (Nurse), [[Diane Wilson]] (Anna Ames), [[Jo-Anne Bayes|Joanne Bayes]] (Press), [[Graham Rooke]] (Press) and [[Cedric Sundstrom]]. Sets by [[Richard Cook]] and costumes by [[Christa Scholtz]]. | |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1974. | ||
| − | + | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection. | |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:24, 17 March 2017
The Happiness Cage is a 1970 play by American playwright Dennis J. Reardon (1944- ) [1].
Contents
Synopsis
Set in 1960s USA, patients in a Vietnam War veterans hospital are induced to participate in a programme of experimental brain implantation designed to achieve conformable neurological happiness. One resists, preferring the limitations with his own identity to the technologically achievable bliss. [2]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1974: Staged by PACT, directed by Ken Leach, with Michael McCabe (Reese), Harold Orlandini (Orderly), Michael Mayer (Miles), Graham Haley (Rhodes), Kenneth Hendel (Dr Freytag), Hugh Rouse (The General), Albert Raphael (The Aide), Sheila Ferguson (Nurse), Diane Wilson (Anna Ames), Joanne Bayes (Press), Graham Rooke (Press) and Cedric Sundstrom. Sets by Richard Cook and costumes by Christa Scholtz.
Sources
PACT theatre programme, 1974.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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