The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a pioneering Australian play written by Ray Lawler and first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, on 28 November 1955. The play is unanimously considered by scholars of literature to be the most historically significant in Australian theatre history, openly and authentically portraying distinctly Australian life and characters.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Leonard Schach for the National Theatre Organisation (N.T.O). Decor by Frank Graves. It opened on New Year's Day of 1958 at the Hofmeyr Theatre, after which it went on a national tour and was the N.T.O's first real commercial success. Cast members included Joan Blake, Bill Brewer, Jane Fenn, Marjorie Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Turner. On tour: Joyce Bradley, Fiona Fraser, Eveline Garrett, Ted Ogden.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_the_Seventeenth_Doll
Inskip, 1977. p 120.
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