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''Women Behind Bars'' by American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director Tom Eyen (1940-1991), a campy-disturbing send-up of women's prison exploitation movies. The original production at the off-Broadway Astor Place Theatre opened on May 1, 1975 with a cast headed by Pat Ast, Helen Hanft, Mary-Jennifer Mitchell and Sharon Barr.
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''Women Behind Bars'' by American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director Tom Eyen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen] (1940-1991), a campy-disturbing send-up of women's prison exploitation movies. The original production at the off-Broadway Astor Place Theatre opened on May 1, 1975 with a cast headed by Pat Ast, Helen Hanft, Mary-Jennifer Mitchell and Sharon Barr.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Directed by [[Christopher Weare|Chris Weare]] for [[CAPAB]] in July 1984 starring [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Victoria Bawcombe]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Libby Daniels]], [[Margaretha Fischer]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Rayne Hindle]].  
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Directed by [[Christopher Weare|Chris Weare]] for [[CAPAB]] in July 1984 starring [[Merle Lifson]], [[Victoria Bawcombe]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Libby Daniels]], [[Margaretha Fischer]], [[Terry Greyvenstein]], [[Rayne Hindle]], [[Susan Pam]], [[Clare Dembovsky]].  
  
 
Performed in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], 12-15 May 1993. Directed by [[Johan Esterhuizen]], starring Ira Blanckenberg, Launa Kotzé, Judy-Ann Deacon, Nadia Jacobs, Franci Swanepoel, Marleen Snyman, Suzanne Smith, Marianne Stander, Lisl Wolmarans, Christine Truter, Leon Swanepoel.
 
Performed in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], 12-15 May 1993. Directed by [[Johan Esterhuizen]], starring Ira Blanckenberg, Launa Kotzé, Judy-Ann Deacon, Nadia Jacobs, Franci Swanepoel, Marleen Snyman, Suzanne Smith, Marianne Stander, Lisl Wolmarans, Christine Truter, Leon Swanepoel.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Behind_Bars
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Behind_Bars
  
Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet, 1984
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''Women Behind Bars'' theatre programme (CAPAB) 1984.
  
 
H B Thom Theatre programme, 1993
 
H B Thom Theatre programme, 1993

Revision as of 11:01, 29 May 2015

Women Behind Bars by American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director Tom Eyen [1] (1940-1991), a campy-disturbing send-up of women's prison exploitation movies. The original production at the off-Broadway Astor Place Theatre opened on May 1, 1975 with a cast headed by Pat Ast, Helen Hanft, Mary-Jennifer Mitchell and Sharon Barr.

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Chris Weare for CAPAB in July 1984 starring Merle Lifson, Victoria Bawcombe, Lynita Crofford, Libby Daniels, Margaretha Fischer, Terry Greyvenstein, Rayne Hindle, Susan Pam, Clare Dembovsky.

Performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre, 12-15 May 1993. Directed by Johan Esterhuizen, starring Ira Blanckenberg, Launa Kotzé, Judy-Ann Deacon, Nadia Jacobs, Franci Swanepoel, Marleen Snyman, Suzanne Smith, Marianne Stander, Lisl Wolmarans, Christine Truter, Leon Swanepoel.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Behind_Bars

Women Behind Bars theatre programme (CAPAB) 1984.

H B Thom Theatre programme, 1993


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