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| − | ''Donkeys' Years'' by English playwright Michael Frayn | + | ''Donkeys' Years'' is a play by English playwright Michael Frayn. |
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| + | Premiered at the Globe Theatre, London, in 1976. The play is a West End farce, a genre that Frayn parodied five years later in his play within a play ''Nothing On'' from ''Noises Off''. In ''Donkeys' Years'' six former students spend the weekend at their old university college for their 25th year reunion. The wife of the Master of the college becomes locked within its walls for the night, supplying the material for a classical bedroom farce. A cabinet minister is placed in a series of embarrassing positions. (Source: Wikipedia). | ||
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| + | ==Performance history in South Africa== | ||
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| + | In South Africa a Monterey and Pilgrim Players Production was directed by [[Brenda Gray]] and performed in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]] in 1982. | ||
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''). | ||
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| + | ==Return to== | ||
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Revision as of 17:04, 12 May 2025
Donkeys' Years is a play by English playwright Michael Frayn.
Original text
Premiered at the Globe Theatre, London, in 1976. The play is a West End farce, a genre that Frayn parodied five years later in his play within a play Nothing On from Noises Off. In Donkeys' Years six former students spend the weekend at their old university college for their 25th year reunion. The wife of the Master of the college becomes locked within its walls for the night, supplying the material for a classical bedroom farce. A cabinet minister is placed in a series of embarrassing positions. (Source: Wikipedia).
Performance history in South Africa
In South Africa a Monterey and Pilgrim Players Production was directed by Brenda Gray and performed in the Baxter Studio in 1982.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).
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