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Revision as of 06:45, 8 June 2023
Rats: A Play for Two Rats and a Baby (or simply Rats) is a play by Israel Horovitz (1939-)[1] .
Contents
The original text
Description The story is about two rats. One has control over a rich hunting ground in New York City and the other has come down from Greenwich, Connecticut, looking for an in. The power rat is reluctant to let anybody into his domain but his visitor is convincing and talks his way in, until an infant child makes his appearance. Then the country rat wants his bite, the city rat is revealed as kindhearted and they fight over the screaming baby.
Published under its full title, Rats: A Play for Two Rats and a Baby, as Issue 3572 of the CU off-site play collection by Dramatists Play Service, 1968.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1974: Presented to club members in the Outer Space at The Space (Cape Town), directed by Charlotte du Toit with Bill Curry, Totti Ebrahim and Vincent Ebrahim.
Sources
Rats: A Play for Two Rats and a Baby, Google Books [2].
Astbury 1979.
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