Difference between revisions of "The House of Blue Leaves"
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1976: Presented by [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) from 19 February, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], starring [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[John Worsley]], [[Phyllis Early]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Louise Robertson]], [[Isabelle Foord]], [[Bee Berman]], [[Petronilla Whitfield]], [[Richard Morrison]], [[Colin de Castro]] and [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]]. | 1976: Presented by [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) from 19 February, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], starring [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[John Worsley]], [[Phyllis Early]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Louise Robertson]], [[Isabelle Foord]], [[Bee Berman]], [[Petronilla Whitfield]], [[Richard Morrison]], [[Colin de Castro]] and [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]]. | ||
| − | [[PACOFS]] | + | 1977: [[PACOFS]] with [[Margi Lewis]] and [[James Borthwick]], directed by [[Ernst Eloff]]. |
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 10 September 2019
The House of Blue Leaves is a play by Irish American playwright John Guare [1] (born 5 February 1938). This was his first full-length play, named by the New York Drama critics' Circle as the best American play of 1970-71.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1972: First produced in Johannesburg by PACT Drama, 1972, directed by Taubie Kushlick with Peter J. Elliott *.
1976: Presented by The Space (Cape Town) from 19 February, directed by Mavis Taylor, starring Peter J. Elliott, John Worsley, Phyllis Early, Yvonne Bryceland, Louise Robertson, Isabelle Foord, Bee Berman, Petronilla Whitfield, Richard Morrison, Colin de Castro and Len Sparrow-Hawk.
1977: PACOFS with Margi Lewis and James Borthwick, directed by Ernst Eloff.
Sources
PACT Newsletter, June 1972.
Theatre programme (The Space 1976).
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
Astbury 1979.
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