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| − | + | Described as "a tragi-comic, literary drama in the style of Auden and T. S. Eliot" by [[Christopher Heywood]] (2004),it is set in and after the [[Anglo-Boer War]]. Published in Cape Town by [[A.A. Balkema]] and in London by Fortune Press, 1956. | |
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Revision as of 06:47, 9 April 2016
The Dove Returns, a verse drama in three acts by Guy Butler (1918-2001).
The original text
Described as "a tragi-comic, literary drama in the style of Auden and T. S. Eliot" by Christopher Heywood (2004),it is set in and after the Anglo-Boer War. Published in Cape Town by A.A. Balkema and in London by Fortune Press, 1956.
South African productions
1955: Produced by National Theatre Organisation, directed by Clifford Williams, with Zoë de Villiers, Frank Wise, Alan Chadwick, Joanna Douglas, Leonard Graham, Brian Proudfoot, Aubrey Louw and Peter Boyce.
Sources
Lantern, 5(3):283-287. Feb 1956.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Butler_(poet)
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