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| + | Based on the experimental play/novella ''Burning Bright'' by John Steinbeck, a play written in novel format. "Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Bright]. | ||
| − | + | The play was first staged by Rodgers and Hammerstein in New Haven and Boston in 1950, directed by Guthrie McClintic. It was later turned into an opera by American composer Frank Lewin. | |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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Based on the experimental play/novella Burning Bright by John Steinbeck, a play written in novel format. "Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment"[1].
The play was first staged by Rodgers and Hammerstein in New Haven and Boston in 1950, directed by Guthrie McClintic. It was later turned into an opera by American composer Frank Lewin.
Performance history in South Africa
The Reps staged a production of this play in 1962 with Israeli Albert Ninio directing Gordon Mulholland. The play's name comes from The Tyger, a poem by William Blake about the "wonder of the creation". Steinbeck, like Blake, "pondered on man's finiteness in a boundless universe and found his answer in the creative richness of love: in man's capacity for good" (according to the programme of the production of 1962). The play was described as a "modern morality play, a parable told through four symbolic characters: husband, wife, friend and intruder" (Programme 1962). The play moves through three backgrounds namely a circus, a farm and on board a ship. The cast consisted of Gordon Mulholland (Joe Saul), Simon Swindell (Friend Ed), Marijke Haakman (Mordeen) and Michael McGovern (Victor). Decor by Roy Cooke. Stage Manager: Norman Kelly-Harde. Asst. Stage Manager: Garth Scott.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Bright
Alexander Theatre programme of January 1962, No. 156.
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