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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring.
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A full length play dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring.
  
Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822211617.
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Published by [[Dramatists Play Service]], ISBN: 9780822211617.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 16:35, 6 November 2023

A Touch of Spring is a comedy by American playwright and screenwriter Samuel Taylor [1] (1912-2000).

The original text

A full length play dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring.

Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822211617.

Translations and adaptations

Presented on Broadway, and later filmed as Avanti!

Performance history in South Africa

1972: Presented by Pieter Toerien, directed by Philip Grout, at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre and at the Nico Malan Theatre in Cape Town. Directed by Philip Grout and starring Leonard Whiting.

1988: Performed in Cape Town, Rick Rogers appeared as a supporting actor.

Sources

Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 1. 63.

http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/6597/touch-of-spring-a-or-avanti-samuel-taylor.


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