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''A Touch of Spring'' is a comedy by American playwright and screenwriter Samuel Taylor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Taylor] (1912-2000). Full length. Casting: 7m, 2f.
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''[[A Touch of Spring]]'' is a comedy by American playwright and screenwriter Samuel Taylor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Taylor] (1912-2000).  
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== The original text ==
  
 
Dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring.
 
Dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring.
  
== The original text ==
 
 
Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822211617.
 
Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822211617.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Presented on Broadway as ''AVANTI!''
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Presented on Broadway, and later filmed  as ''[[Avanti!]]''
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Philip Grout]], at the Johannesburg [[Civic Theatre]] and the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in Cape Town in 1972 starring [[Leonard Whiting]] and directed by [[Philip Grout]].
 
Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Philip Grout]], at the Johannesburg [[Civic Theatre]] and the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in Cape Town in 1972 starring [[Leonard Whiting]] and directed by [[Philip Grout]].
  
[[Rick Rogers]] appeared as a supporting actor in a production of this play in Cape Town in 1988.
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1988: Performed [[Rick Rogers]] appeared as a supporting actor in a production of this play in Cape Town in 1988.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 16:26, 6 November 2023

A Touch of Spring is a comedy by American playwright and screenwriter Samuel Taylor [1] (1912-2000).

The original text

Dealing with love and red tape and the magical atmosphere of Rome in the spring.

Published by Dramatists Play Service, ISBN: 9780822211617.

Translations and adaptations

Presented on Broadway, and later filmed as Avanti!

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by Pieter Toerien, directed by Philip Grout, at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre and the Nico Malan Theatre in Cape Town in 1972 starring Leonard Whiting and directed by Philip Grout.

1988: Performed Rick Rogers appeared as a supporting actor in a production of this play in Cape Town in 1988.

Sources

Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 1. 63.

Samuel French [2].


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