Difference between revisions of "The Prince of West End Avenue"

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Set in the Emma Lazarus retirement home in uptown Manhattan, where the Jewish inmates embark on a chaotic, bitchy production of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''.  
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Set in the Emma Lazarus retirement home in uptown Manhattan, where the Jewish inmates embark on a chaotic, bitchy production of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''. Published in 1996 by Vintage
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1999: Visiting British actor Kerry Shale performed it as a one man show at the [[Spier Summer Festival]] in Stellenbosch, playing more than 14 characters.
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British actor Kerry Shale performed it as a one man show at the 1999 Spier Summer Festival in Stellenbosch, playing more than 14 characters.
 
  
  

Revision as of 06:42, 7 March 2017

The Prince of West End Avenue is a play by Alan Isler.


The original text

Set in the Emma Lazarus retirement home in uptown Manhattan, where the Jewish inmates embark on a chaotic, bitchy production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Published in 1996 by Vintage

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1999: Visiting British actor Kerry Shale performed it as a one man show at the Spier Summer Festival in Stellenbosch, playing more than 14 characters.



Sources

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/632730.The_Prince_of_West_End_Avenue

Christene Skinner. Spier Summer Festival calendar Artslink.co.za News 10/01/1999