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Rookery Nook is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers (1886-1980) [1]. It was first performed at the Aldwych Theatre, London in 1926, the third in the series of twelve Aldwych farces [2] presented by the actor-manager Tom Walls at the theatre between 1923 and 1933. The action takes place on a summer night in the lounge-hall of "Rookery Nook", a house at Chumpton-on-Sea, Somerset.
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The original text
Based on the playwright's 1923 novel of the same name.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Nigel Hawthorne and Aubrey Louw for the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre, December 1960, starring Joyce Bradley, Nigel Hawthorne, Estelle Kohler, Aubrey Louw, Reinet Maasdorp, Michael McGovern, Flora McKenna, Siegfried Mynhardt and Nanette Rennie. Decor by Pamela Lewis and Giuseppe Cappon.
The play was presented by PACT at the Intimate Theatre, Johannesburg and the National Theatre, Pretoria and taken on tour in the Transvaal and the Free State in 1963-1964. It was directed by Siegfried Mynhardt and the cast included Patricia Sanders, George Lane, Arthur Hall and Fiona Fraser.
Presented by CAPAB English Drama Company (in association with PACOFS and NAPAC) under the direction of Roger Dwyer opening at the Nico Malan Theatre on 10 May 1975 starring Lois Butlin, John Whiteley, Colin Duell, Paddy Canavan, David Crichton, Pamela Buchner, Mary Dreyer, Patti Canning, Simon Swindell and Bill Jervis. Sets designed by Roy Cooke, costumes by Penny Simpson, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell. Senior stage manager Brian Kennedy. This production was subsequently presented at the H.B. Thom Theatre 4-7 June 1975 and at the Bloemfontein Civic Theatre.
Sources
Wikipedia [3]
PACT report 1963/64
Inskip, 1977. p 123
(Africa-Wide) NELM [Collection: DICKERSON, Beth]: 2009. 118. 6. 3.
Rookery Nook theatre programme (CAPAB), 1975.
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