Difference between revisions of "Doctor on the Boil"

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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Adapted for the stage by ?
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Adapted for the stage by Ted Willis (1914-1992)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Willis,_Baron_Willis]. (this could not be confirmed).
 
 
According to ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 16 November 1979, page 7, ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' is a farce by John Willis, of whom no information could be traced.
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 10:38, 13 September 2022

Doctor on the Boil is a comic novel by Richard Gordon (pen name of English surgeon and anaesthetist Gordon Ostiere, born 1921, [1]).

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Adapted for the stage by Ted Willis (1914-1992)[2]. (this could not be confirmed).

Performance history in South Africa

1979: Presented at the Academy Theatre in December 1979, directed by Rex Garner, starring visiting British actor Geoffrey Sumner and a local cast including Brenda Wood, Tina Witkowska and Olive King.

Sources

NELM: [Collection: KING, Olive]: 2006. 1. 1. 7.

Tucker, 1997. 375.

The Rand Daily Mail, 16 November 1979.

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