A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by the English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968. The play centers on a British couple who are struggling to save their marriage whilst trying to raise their only child, a small girl with cerebral palsy.
Performance history in South Africa
Colin Duell, Sue Phillips in Cape Town 1972.
Directed by Roy Sargeant, with Henry Goodman and Lois Butlin in the cast, presented by the Rhodes University Drama Department in 1973.
Roy Sargeant directed this play for The Company at the Market Theatre in May 1980. It starred Danny Keogh and Sandy Dacombe, Bess Finney, Tiffany Kelly as Joe, Lesley Nott.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Death_of_Joe_Egg
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