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Presented by [[Michael Brooke]] [at an unknown theatre] directed by [[Brian Brooke]] and [[Petrina Fry]], 1970, starring [[Margaret Fry]], [[Bruce Millar]], [[Jennifer Sinclair-David]]. | Presented by [[Michael Brooke]] [at an unknown theatre] directed by [[Brian Brooke]] and [[Petrina Fry]], 1970, starring [[Margaret Fry]], [[Bruce Millar]], [[Jennifer Sinclair-David]]. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies_Are_Free_(play)]. | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies_Are_Free_(play)]. | ||
| + | Material re Michael Brooke production held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 7. 66 and [Collection: Theatre programmes]: 2009. 80. 10. | ||
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| + | Theatre programme (GADS) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 43. | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 10 November 2015
Butterflies are Free is a play by American playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist Leonard Gershe [1] (1922-2000).
After twelve previews, the Broadway production, directed by Milton Katselas, opened on October 21, 1969 at the Booth Theatre.
Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a Manhattan blind man whose controlling mother disapproves of his relationship with a free-spirited hippie.
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Performance history in South Africa
Presented by Michael Brooke [at an unknown theatre] directed by Brian Brooke and Petrina Fry, 1970, starring Margaret Fry, Bruce Millar, Jennifer Sinclair-David.
Directed by Ray Tunmer for the Grahamstown Amateur Dramatic Society. Year unknown.
Sources
Wikipedia [2].
Material re Michael Brooke production held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 7. 66 and [Collection: Theatre programmes]: 2009. 80. 10.
Theatre programme (GADS) held by NELM: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 43.
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