Popcorn
1. Popcorn by Pieter-Dirk Uys.
2. Popcorn a black comedy by British playwright Ben Elton, best known for the Blackadder series. The play, taking a penetrating look at the absurd values of Hollywood, is about a day in the life of Bruce Delamitri, a film director nominated for an Oscar.
Performance history in South Africa
1. Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys as a lunch-hour presentation for The Space (Cape Town) in 197*, with Paddy Canavan, Val De Klerk, Bill Flynn and Peter Piccolo. *** Popcorn by Pieter-Dirk Uys. A play about * First produced in 1973 Space Theatre, with Bill Flynn, Peter Piccolo, Val de Klerk, Paddy Canavan – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
2. Directed by Dawn Lindberg in 1998, featuring Sean Taylor, Michele Maxwell, Shelley Meskin, Anthony Fridjhon, Nick Boraine, Amanda Lane, Lucinda Hooley, Catherine Daymond, David Webb. Decor by Stan Knight, sound by Des Lindberg. Tesson Theatre at the Civic Theatre, Johannesburg. Presented by Kickstart in 2000, directed by Greg King, starring Michael Gritten, Belinda Henwood, Catherine Farren, Belinda Harwood, costume and sets by Greg King
Translations and adaptations
Sources
The Star, 12 March 1998
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