See How They Run
See How They Run is an English comedy in three acts by Philip King.
Its title is a line from the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice. It is considered a farce for its tense comic situations and headlong humour, heavily playing on mistaken identity, doors, and vicars.
In 1955 it was adapted as a film starring Roland Culver. His play was first staged by Henry Kendall at the Peterborough Rep in 1944 prior to a British tour as an entertainment for the troops.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Pieter Fourie as Kyk Hoe Hol Hulle in 1982-3.
Performance history in South Africa
1950: First produced at His Majesty's Theatre by Brian Brooke for African Theatres, directed by Shaun Sutton, subsequently touring for four months, also staged at the Hofmeyr Theatre.
1967: Performed by senior students of the Wynberg Boys' High School, with a cast that included Rochelle Malbin as a guest actress, and designs by Norman Coates.
1973: Presented by CAPAB English Drama in the Nico Malan Theatre in February 1973, directed by Roger Dwyer.
1983: Performed in Afrikaans as Kyk Hoe Hol Hulle by CAPAB, directed by Pieter Fourie, with Riana Wilkens, Christine Basson, Mary Dreyer, Neels Coetzee, Pieter Joubert, Johan Malherbe, Marthinus Basson, Tjaart Potgieter, Eric Nobbs. Decor and costumes by Penny Simpson, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell. The first performance was in the Bellville Civic Centre on 11 February 1983.
1986: Performed in Afrikaans as Kyk Hoe Hol Hulle by PACOFS, directed by Pieter Fourie with Annemarie Rauh, Blaise Koch, Michele Burgers, Shaleen Surtie-Richards
1987: Performed in Afrikaans as Kyk Hoe Hol Hulle by PACT, directed by Pieter Fourie with Bill Curry, Christine Basson, Chris van Niekerk, Amor Tredoux, Richard van der Westhuizen, Peter Terry, Ben Kruger, Johan Malherbe and Tjaart Potgieter.
1988: Presented in English by Pieter Toerien, directed by Rex Garner, with Garner himself, Mark Richardson, Anne Power, Patricia Sanders, George Korelin, Kate Edwards, Graham Hopkins, Errol Hart and Timothy Welsh. Lighting design by Jannie Swanepoel, set design by Kay Page, costumes by Alison Yates.
1991: Performed in English by the Performing Arts Administration on behalf of the Wits School of Dramatic Arts in August. Directed by Margaret Heale, with Cheryl Gow, Barbie Rubin, Robert Lucas, Sarah Edwards, Gideon Emery, Justin Foxton, Jason Kennett, Donald Woodburn, Donovan Woodburn and Donovan Marsh. Design by Paul Romanoff and Adam Steyn.
Sources
Brooke 1978, 196.
Wynberg Boys' Schools Magazine 1967[1]
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Programme notes of the student production of See How They Run in 1991.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_How_They_Run_(play)
Kyk Hoe Hol Hulle theatre programmes 1983 (CAPAB); 1987 (PACT).
See How they Run programmes, 1988, 1991.
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