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''Don't Let the Summer Come'', by ***. Directed by [[Brian Astbury]] for [[CAPAB]], 1968. Cast included [[Ken Leach]], [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Tirzah Loewenstein]] and [[Mavis Taylor]].
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''Don't Let Summer Come'', by the British playwright Terence Feely (1928-2000). It is an off-beat play which has as its theme the inability of the protagonist to come to terms with reality, and his consequent efforts to escape from the society in which he finds himself. It was first performed at the Mermaid Theatre, London, in 1964.
  
(Source: Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50).
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Opened in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 14 September 1968, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] for [[CAPAB]]. With [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Tirzah Lowenstein]], [[Ken Leach]]. Decor by [[Mavis Taylor]] and [[Peter Benade]], costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]].
  
''Don't Let Summer Come'', by the British playwright Terence Feely (1928-2000). Opened in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 14 September 1968, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] for [[CAPAB]]. With [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Tirzah Lowenstein]], [[Ken Leach]]. Decor by [[Mavis Taylor]] and [[Peter Benade]], costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]]. It is an off-beat play which has as its theme the inability of the protagonist to come to terms with reality, and his consequent efforts to escape from the society in which he finds himself. It was first performed at the Mermaid Theatre, London, in 1964. (Source: ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1) and (2), 1968).
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Sources ==
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''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1) and (2), 1968.
  
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CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.
  
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Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50
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Revision as of 16:18, 14 June 2014

Don't Let Summer Come, by the British playwright Terence Feely (1928-2000). It is an off-beat play which has as its theme the inability of the protagonist to come to terms with reality, and his consequent efforts to escape from the society in which he finds himself. It was first performed at the Mermaid Theatre, London, in 1964.

Performance history in South Africa

Opened in the Hofmeyr Theatre on 14 September 1968, directed by Mavis Taylor for CAPAB. With Lyn Hooker, Tirzah Lowenstein, Ken Leach. Decor by Mavis Taylor and Peter Benade, costumes by Jennifer Craig.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Teater SA, 1(1) and (2), 1968.

CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.

Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50


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