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'''''Not Now, Darling''''' is a 1967 farce written by English playwrights [[John Chapman]] and [[Ray Cooney]], first staged at the Richmond Theatre, in Richmond, England prior to a long West End run starring Donald Sinden and Bernard Cribbins, with Jill Melford and Ann Sidney. It was adapted as a film in 1973.
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'''''Not Now, Darling''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Now,_Darling] is a 1967 farce written by English playwrights [[John Chapman]] and [[Ray Cooney]], first staged at the Richmond Theatre, in Richmond, England prior to a long West End run starring Donald Sinden and Bernard Cribbins, with Jill Melford and Ann Sidney. It was adapted as a film in 1973.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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Directed by the author [[Ray Cooney]] at the [[Academy Theatre]], 1968.
 
Directed by the author [[Ray Cooney]] at the [[Academy Theatre]], 1968.
  
Produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1987. Directed by [[Rex Garner]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] featuring [[Rex Garner]], [[Eddie Eckstein]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Melody O'Brian]], [[Belinda Koning]], [[Tammy Bonell]], [[Anne Curteis]], [[Timothy Welsh]], [[Christobel D'Ortez]], [[Grant Preston]], [[Errol Hart]].
 
  
''Flikflooie'' presented by [[SUKOVS]] Toneel in 1991 at the Bloemfontein [[Civic Theatre]], touring to Kroonstad, Sasolburg, Vereeniging, Secunda, Klerksdorp and Welkom. [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] was the director, decor was by [[Johan Badenhorst]], costumes and lighting by [[Johnny Boerstoel]], sound [[Heidi Edeling]]. The cast: [[Hendrik Baird]], [[Gail Hoffmann]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Div de Villiers]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[Dorette Nel]], [[Petru Wessels]], [[Christo Compion]].
 
  
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1987: Produced by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Rex Garner]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] featuring [[Rex Garner]], [[Eddie Eckstein]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Melody O'Brian]], [[Belinda Koning]], [[Tammy Bonell]], [[Anne Curteis]], [[Timothy Welsh]], [[Christobel D'Ortez]], [[Grant Preston]], [[Errol Hart]].
  
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1991: The [[Wim Vorster|Vorster]] Afrikaans translation ''Flikflooie'' presented by [[SUKOVS]] Toneel at the Bloemfontein [[Civic Theatre]], touring to Kroonstad, Sasolburg, Vereeniging, Secunda, Klerksdorp and Welkom. [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] was the director, decor was by [[Johan Badenhorst]], costumes and lighting by [[Johnny Boerstoel]], sound [[Heidi Edeling]]. The cast: [[Hendrik Baird]], [[Gail Hoffmann]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Div de Villiers]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[Dorette Nel]], [[Petru Wessels]], [[Christo Compion]].
  
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== Sources ==
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''Wikipedia'' [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Now,_Darling].
  
== Sources ==
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The [[Academy Theatre]] programme, 1968.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Now,_Darling
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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
  
 
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''
 
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''

Revision as of 13:06, 11 September 2015

Not Now, Darling [1] is a 1967 farce written by English playwrights John Chapman and Ray Cooney, first staged at the Richmond Theatre, in Richmond, England prior to a long West End run starring Donald Sinden and Bernard Cribbins, with Jill Melford and Ann Sidney. It was adapted as a film in 1973.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans by Wim Vorster with the title Flikflooie.

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by the author Ray Cooney at the Academy Theatre, 1968.


1987: Produced by Pieter Toerien, directed by Rex Garner, performed in the Baxter Theatre featuring Rex Garner, Eddie Eckstein, Nicola van der Walt, Melody O'Brian, Belinda Koning, Tammy Bonell, Anne Curteis, Timothy Welsh, Christobel D'Ortez, Grant Preston, Errol Hart.

1991: The Vorster Afrikaans translation Flikflooie presented by SUKOVS Toneel at the Bloemfontein Civic Theatre, touring to Kroonstad, Sasolburg, Vereeniging, Secunda, Klerksdorp and Welkom. Jannie Gildenhuys was the director, decor was by Johan Badenhorst, costumes and lighting by Johnny Boerstoel, sound Heidi Edeling. The cast: Hendrik Baird, Gail Hoffmann, Isadora Verwey, Marga van Rooy, Ernst Eloff, Jannie Gildenhuys, Div de Villiers, Elsabé Zietsman, Dorette Nel, Petru Wessels, Christo Compion.

Sources

Wikipedia [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Now,_Darling].

The Academy Theatre programme, 1968.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987

Flikflooie theatre programme, 1991.

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