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| − | A film, directed by [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Bill Flynn]] with Paul Slabolepszy, Bill Flynn, Shirley Johnston, Nicky Rebelo, Michelle Levin, Graham Hopkins, Brendan Grealey, David Sherwood, Robert Whitehead and others, was set in Wales and released in 1999 to coincide with the '99 Rugby World Cup hosted by Wales. | + | A film, directed by [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Bill Flynn]] with [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Shirley Johnston]], [[Nicky Rebelo]], [[Michelle Levin]], [[Graham Hopkins]], [[Brendan Grealey]], [[David Sherwood]], [[Robert Whitehead]] and others, was set in Wales and released in 1999 to coincide with the '99 Rugby World Cup hosted by Wales. |
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Revision as of 09:28, 2 May 2014
A commercial farce by Paul Slabolepszy (1995.) Published in Mooi Street and Other Moves by Wits University Press (1994).
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Subject
A farce about fanatic rugby fans, devised to commercially exploit the rugby fever and hysteria around the Rugby World Cup held in South Africa in 1995.
Performance history in South Africa
Premièred at the Baxter Theatre in March 1995, staged by Space Kids Productions, directed by Tim Plewman, with Paul Slabolepszy, Bill Flynn, Shirley Johnston, Lucinda Hooley and Gideon Emery. The same production opened in the Tesson Theatre at The Civic in May 1995, with Gaby Lomberg replacing Shirley Johnson.
It won the FNB Vita Award for the Best Comedy of the Year 1994-1995 and the Star Tonight Best Comedy Award for 1995.
Translations and adaptations
A film, directed by Rod Stewart and Bill Flynn with Paul Slabolepszy, Bill Flynn, Shirley Johnston, Nicky Rebelo, Michelle Levin, Graham Hopkins, Brendan Grealey, David Sherwood, Robert Whitehead and others, was set in Wales and released in 1999 to coincide with the '99 Rugby World Cup hosted by Wales.
Sources
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