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''[[Caught Napping]]'' is a three-act farce by Geoffrey Lumsden (1914-1984)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Lumsden]
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==

Revision as of 05:58, 7 October 2020

Caught Napping is a three-act farce by Geoffrey Lumsden (1914-1984)[1]

The original text

The play revolves around a schoolboy's end-of-year prank and is set at Lakeview School. It was first presented in 1959 at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Published by Evans Bros. in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

May 1 - 5, 1962. Presented by The Grey Players (Scholars at the Grey High School) in the De Waal Hall, Port Elizabeth. Produced by Jacques van Onselen.

Cast included Beresford Jobling (Wellington Potts - housemaster), Anthony Farr (Henry), Colin Kruger (Mabel), Glynn Woodin (Jill Potts - Daughter), Eldon Swallow (Gertrude Potts - Wife), Allen Duff (Dr Rodd - Headmaster), Peter Kingston (Matron), Jeffrey Ilsley (Gordon Wilding - assistant master), Trevor Kennelly (Laker-Hopp - schoolboy), John Gardner (Archie d'Arcy - bookmaker), Conal d'altera turner (Talky), Geoffrey Allen (Maj-Gen Sir Francis-Francis Carmichael), Geoffrey Comley) (Lady Carmichael).

All the dramatis personae were scholars at the boys-only school.

Sources

Original 1962 Caught Napping production programme.

Unnamed newspaper clipping, May 2, 1962.

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