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1984: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, directed by [[Michael Williams]] with [[Paul Savage]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Susan Dall|Sue Dall]], [[Russell Copley]]. | 1984: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, directed by [[Michael Williams]] with [[Paul Savage]], [[Lionel Newton]], [[Susan Dall|Sue Dall]], [[Russell Copley]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 8 February 2024
There are two plays by this name
Contents
Savages by Christopher Hampton (1946-)[1]
The original text
A play about injustices which prevail in a tense South American country.
Translations and adaptations
South African performances
1982: Performed in September in the State Theatre by PACT, directed by Francois Swart for PACT with Michael McCabe, Frantz Dobrowsky, Christine le Brocq, John Hussey, Norman Coombes, Andrew Buckland.
Savages by Michael Williams
The original text
Written by Michael Williams for the National Arts Festival Fringe in 1984, it is set in the future in a deserted town in the middle of a wilderness, where society as we know it has collapsed and it is only the fittest who survive.
South African performances
1984: Performed at the National Arts Festival Fringe, directed by Michael Williams with Paul Savage, Lionel Newton, Sue Dall, Russell Copley.
Sources
PACT theatre pamphlet, 1982.
National Arts Festival programme, 1984.
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