Difference between revisions of "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"
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| − | A play by Tennessee Williams. | + | A play by Tennessee Williams. A play that looks at the final two days in the life of ageing beauty, Flora “Sissy” Goforth, the much-married, now-widowed millionaires, whose last exotic summer is consumed with an effort to dictate her memoirs before she expires – a Mediterranean summer disturbingly interrupted by the appearance of a handsome young poet, known to play companion to wealthy old women as they near death. |
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| + | Filmed in 1968 under the title ''Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and and Noël Coward. | ||
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In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]]. | In 2013 [[Artscape]] and [[Abrahamse and Meyer Productions]] presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Marcel Meyer]], [[Chris Flanders]], [[Roelof Storm]] and [[Nicholas Dallas]]. | ||
| − | + | The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success ''[[Kingdom of Earth]]'' at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the [[Artscape Arena]]. | |
Revision as of 07:14, 28 August 2013
A play by Tennessee Williams. A play that looks at the final two days in the life of ageing beauty, Flora “Sissy” Goforth, the much-married, now-widowed millionaires, whose last exotic summer is consumed with an effort to dictate her memoirs before she expires – a Mediterranean summer disturbingly interrupted by the appearance of a handsome young poet, known to play companion to wealthy old women as they near death.
It premiered on Broadway in 1963 and was
Filmed in 1968 under the title Boom!, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and and Noël Coward.
South African productions
In 2013 Artscape and Abrahamse and Meyer Productions presented a production directed and designed byt Fred Abrahamse, with Jennifer Steyn, Marcel Meyer, Chris Flanders, Roelof Storm and Nicholas Dallas.
The production premiered in the USA, the company having been invited for a return engagement of their 2012 success Kingdom of Earth at the 8th Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival (2013). The company began its 2013 US tour with a season at the Provincetown Theatre, before appearing at the festival. At the festival it played the production in repertory with their 2012 production. They returned to Cape Town to do the play from 4 to 20 October at the Artscape Arena.
