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1975: First adapted and performed at [[The Space]] (Cape Town) with [[Wilson Dunster]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]], under the direction of [[Walter Donahue]], 1975/8?*. | 1975: First adapted and performed at [[The Space]] (Cape Town) with [[Wilson Dunster]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]], under the direction of [[Walter Donahue]], 1975/8?*. | ||
| − | 1977: Performed as part of a ''Triple Bill'' with ''[[Mr | + | 1977: Performed as part of a ''Triple Bill'' with ''[[Mr McConkey's Suitcase]]'' and ''[[The Shrinking of Alby Chapman]]'' in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in 1977. Directed by [[Glynn Day]], starring [[Pippa Duffy]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Rita Zazeraj]], [[Lynn Banner]], [[Dermod Judge]], [[Chris McWilliams]], [[Erica Benn]]. |
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A two-hander by Geraldine Aron.
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A hugely popular performance piece for young actors, this ode to Aron's brother, who had died in a motor-cycle accident, was originally written as a poem, but was reworked for the stage and is usually performed as a two-hander.
First adapted and performed at The Space (Cape Town) with Wilson Dunster and Yvonne Bryceland, under the direction of Walter Donahue, 1975. This was followed by performances at The Druid Theatre, Ireland; the Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) London; the King's Head, Pentameters; The Lyric Studio, Edinburgh Festival, etc.
Also adapted as a short film by the author, directed by (Ashley Lazarus, 197*) and as a radio play (broadcast by BBC Radio).
The stage text was first published in Modern Stage Directions (ed. Stephen Gray and D. Schalkwyk, pub. Maskew Miller, 1984), and subsequently in Seven Plays and Four Monologues, (pub. David Philip, 1985) and Play Spectrum (ed. H. Houghton-Hawksley, pub. David Philip, 1986). Many times reprinted in a variety of other collections since.
The play received numerous awards , including the RAPS Best Play; Transvaal Drama Festival, Best Play; and The Eileen Harper Memorial Trophy. Internationally it was voted an Edinburgh Fringe First and appeared in Variety Magazine's Edinburgh's "Best Ten", and won the Salter's Cup in the UK, and the Kentucky State Thespian Award in the USA.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Bar en Ger twice, once by Danie Botha and once by Marielle Labuschagne respectively .
Performance history in South Africa
1975: First adapted and performed at The Space (Cape Town) with Wilson Dunster and Yvonne Bryceland, under the direction of Walter Donahue, 1975/8?*.
1977: Performed as part of a Triple Bill with Mr McConkey's Suitcase and The Shrinking of Alby Chapman in the Baxter Theatre Studio in 1977. Directed by Glynn Day, starring Pippa Duffy, Glynn Day, Rita Zazeraj, Lynn Banner, Dermod Judge, Chris McWilliams, Erica Benn.
[TH, JH].
Sources
Geraldine Aron. 1985. Seven Plays and Four Monologues
Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron
http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=MTE3OQ==
Astbury, 1979
Gosher, 1988
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