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| − | ''Seduced'' (1979), a play in two acts by American playwright Sam Shephard. Henry Hackamore, reputed to be the richest man in the world, is now a bearded, aged recluse, who lives on the top floor of a Caribbean luxury hotel, attended by his bodyguard-nurse, Raul. Paranoid, desperately lonely and obsessed by a fear of germs, he is kept alive by drugs and infusions of blood from other geniuses. Aware that his life is ebbing away, and determined to have one last fling, he flies in two women whom he had known, and loved, in the past. | + | ''Seduced'' (1979), a play in two acts by American playwright [[Sam Shephard]]. Henry Hackamore, reputed to be the richest man in the world, is now a bearded, aged recluse, who lives on the top floor of a Caribbean luxury hotel, attended by his bodyguard-nurse, Raul. Paranoid, desperately lonely and obsessed by a fear of germs, he is kept alive by drugs and infusions of blood from other geniuses. Aware that his life is ebbing away, and determined to have one last fling, he flies in two women whom he had known, and loved, in the past. |
| − | + | == The original text == | |
| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| + | Presented by the [[Baxter Theatre]] opening in the Baxter Studio on 10 April 1982, directed and designed by [[Maralin Vanrenen]]. The cast: [[Henry Goodman]] (Henry Hackamore), [[Sean Taylor]] (Raul), [[Jacqui Singer]] (Luna), [[Fiona Ramsay]] (Miami), [[Richard Benjamin]] (Gangster). Stage manager [[Richard Benjamin]]. Lighting designer [[Theo Davids]]. | ||
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| + | ''Seduced'' theatre programme, 1982. | ||
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Revision as of 10:41, 12 December 2014
Seduced (1979), a play in two acts by American playwright Sam Shephard. Henry Hackamore, reputed to be the richest man in the world, is now a bearded, aged recluse, who lives on the top floor of a Caribbean luxury hotel, attended by his bodyguard-nurse, Raul. Paranoid, desperately lonely and obsessed by a fear of germs, he is kept alive by drugs and infusions of blood from other geniuses. Aware that his life is ebbing away, and determined to have one last fling, he flies in two women whom he had known, and loved, in the past.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by the Baxter Theatre opening in the Baxter Studio on 10 April 1982, directed and designed by Maralin Vanrenen. The cast: Henry Goodman (Henry Hackamore), Sean Taylor (Raul), Jacqui Singer (Luna), Fiona Ramsay (Miami), Richard Benjamin (Gangster). Stage manager Richard Benjamin. Lighting designer Theo Davids.
Sources
Seduced theatre programme, 1982.
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Return to S in Plays II Foreign Plays
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