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| − | ''The Affair'' by Ronald Millar, based on the novel by C.P. Snow. | + | ''The Affair'' is a 1962 play by English actor, scriptwriter, and dramatist Ronald Millar (1919-1998) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Millar], based on the novel by C.P. Snow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._P._Snow]. |
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| + | A group of professors at Cambridge University try to hire an old colleague back even though they all don't like him, they all agree he was dismissed unfairly. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | + | First staged in South Africa by [[Taubie Kushlick]] at the [[Civic Theatre]], Johannesburg and the [[Aula]], Pretoria for [[PACT]] in 1963. The cast included [[George Vollaire]], [[Colin Fish]], [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Fiona Fraser]], [[Arthur Hall]], [[Arthur Linscott]], [[Michael Newell]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Billy Matthews]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Frank Douglass]], [[Helen Faul]], [[Richard Daneel]], [[Taffy Griffiths]] and [[Hugh Rouse]]. Sets designed by [[Anthony Farmer]]. | |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Affair_(play)]. | ||
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PACT report 1963/64. | PACT report 1963/64. | ||
Revision as of 08:24, 20 May 2016
The Affair is a 1962 play by English actor, scriptwriter, and dramatist Ronald Millar (1919-1998) [1], based on the novel by C.P. Snow [2].
A group of professors at Cambridge University try to hire an old colleague back even though they all don't like him, they all agree he was dismissed unfairly.
Contents
The original text
First staged in London in 1961 and in New York in 1962.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
First staged in South Africa by Taubie Kushlick at the Civic Theatre, Johannesburg and the Aula, Pretoria for PACT in 1963. The cast included George Vollaire, Colin Fish, Philip Birkinshaw, Fiona Fraser, Arthur Hall, Arthur Linscott, Michael Newell, Siegfried Mynhardt, Ronald Wallace, Billy Matthews, Simon Swindell, Frank Douglass, Helen Faul, Richard Daneel, Taffy Griffiths and Hugh Rouse. Sets designed by Anthony Farmer.
Sources
Wikipedia [3].
PACT report 1963/64.
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