A Phoenix too Frequent
A Phoenix too Frequent (1936) is a comedy by English poet and playwright Christopher Fry (1907-2005) [1].
Published by Oxford University Press, 1949.
Translations
Translated into Dutch by Bert Voeten entitled Ales een phoenix. Published by De Beuk, 1957.
Performance history in South Africa
Val Donald, Anne Porter and Fitz Morley took a reading, held in libraries, of this play on tour for CAPAB as far as the Eastern Cape.
1965: Produced by Joan Greyvenstein for University Theatre Stellenbosch in the Botha Hall in 1965, starring Sarita Minnaar, Sjoukje Strydom and Piers Nicholson.
1968: Directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke for the Tavern Theatre, Pretoria, opening 2 December 1968. Cast: Sybil Ferguson, Maureen McAllister, Louis Burke.
1972: In 1972 it ran as a lunch-hour presentation at The Space (Cape Town), directed by Robin Malan. The cast consisted of Yvonne Bryceland, Val Donald and Christopher Prophet, with Alastair Johnstone as stage manager and lighting designer.
1977: Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival [P.E.S.F.] starring Helen Wilkins, Jean Young.
Sources
Photographs held by NELM (1977 production):[Collection: MANN, Bruce]: 2008. 2. 3. 37.
Astbury 1979.
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 414)
UTS theatre pamphlet
Teater SA, 1(3), 1969).
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