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''[[Subject to Fits]]'' is a play by Robert Montgomery. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's ''[[The Idiot]]''".
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''[[Subject to Fits]]'' is a play by American actor, producer, director Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)]. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's ''[[The Idiot]]''".
 
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==

Revision as of 12:08, 24 November 2017

Subject to Fits is a play by American actor, producer, director Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) [1]. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's The Idiot".

The original text

Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573700354.

Premiered at the Pubic Theater (New York Shakespeare Festival) 1971.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring Robert Gordon, Beverley Melnick, Michael Richard and Leonie Hofmeyr. Venue and exact date unknown.

Sources

Samuel French [2].

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