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| − | ''Torch Song Trilogy'' is a collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954-*) rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s. | + | ''Torch Song Trilogy'' is a collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954-*) rendered in three acts: ''International Stud'', ''Fugue in a Nursery'', and ''Widows and Children First!''. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s. |
| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
In South Africa a Market Theatre Company production was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1984, performed at the [[Baxter Theatre]], featuring [[Jean Dell]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Adrienne Pearce]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], [[Brenda Wood]]. | In South Africa a Market Theatre Company production was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1984, performed at the [[Baxter Theatre]], featuring [[Jean Dell]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Adrienne Pearce]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], [[Brenda Wood]]. | ||
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Revision as of 21:03, 24 March 2014
Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954-*) rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First!. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.
Performance history in South Africa
In South Africa a Market Theatre Company production was directed by Janice Honeyman in 1984, performed at the Baxter Theatre, featuring Jean Dell, Danny Keogh, Wilson Dunster, Adrienne Pearce, Arnold Vosloo, Andrew Worsdale, Brenda Wood.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
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Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 ATAT] in Plays II Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
