Difference between revisions of "The Best of Dorothy Parker"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 17: Line 17:
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker
 +
 +
https://www.hcbooksonline.com/product/best-dorothy-parker-folio-society-1995/
  
 
https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/the-best-of-dorothy-parker.html
 
https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/the-best-of-dorothy-parker.html

Revision as of 18:15, 5 October 2023

The Best of Dorothy Parker is a stage presentation based on the life and work of Dorothy Parker(1893-1967)[1]

The original text

The title and - probably the text - appear to have been derived from the volume The Best of Dorothy Parker, a collection of Dorothy Parker's poems, stories and sketches published originally published in New York, 1952 and in London by Methuen & Co. in 1953.

A new edition by The Folio Society published in 1995 (First Impression No.830)[2] and again in 2022, the latter illustrated by Helen Smithson and introduced by Mervyn Horder.[3]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1967: Performed by the CAPAB English Company as a tribute in the year of her death.


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker

https://www.hcbooksonline.com/product/best-dorothy-parker-folio-society-1995/

https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/the-best-of-dorothy-parker.html

Biography of Peter Curtis submitted to ESAT by Craig Curtis in September 2023.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to South_African_Films

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to South African Radio Plays and Serials

Return to South African Television Plays and Series

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page