Not Now, Darling
Not Now, Darling is a 1967 farce written by English playwrights John Chapman and Ray Cooney, first staged at the Richmond Theatre, in Richmond, England prior to a long West End run starring Donald Sinden and Bernard Cribbins, with Jill Melford and Ann Sidney. It was adapted as a film in 1973.
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The original text
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by the author Ray Cooney at the Aacdemy Theatre, 1968.
Produced in South Africa by Pieter Toerien in 1987. Directed by Rex Garner, performed in the Baxter Theatre featuring Rex Garner, Eddie Eckstein, Nicola van der Walt, Melody O'Brian, Belinda Koning, Tammy Bonell, Anne Curteis, Timothy Welsh, Christobel D'Ortez, Grant Preston, Errol Hart.
Flikflooie presented by SUKOVS Toneel in 1991 at the Bloemfontein Civic Theatre, touring to Kroonstad, Sasolburg, Vereeniging, Secunda, Klerksdorp and Welkom. Jannie Gildenhuys was the director, decor was by Johan Badenhorst, costumes and lighting by Johnny Boerstoel, sound Heidi Edeling. The cast: Hendrik Baird, Gail Hoffmann, Isadora Verwey, Marga van Rooy, Ernst Eloff, Jannie Gildenhuys, Div de Villiers, Elsabé Zietsman, Dorette Nel, Petru Wessels, Christo Compion.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Wim Vorster with the title Flikflooie
Sources
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Now,_Darling
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987
Flikflooie theatre programme, 1991.
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