Women Behind Bars
Women Behind Bars by American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director Tom Eyen (1940-1991), a campy-disturbing send-up of women's prison exploitation movies. The original production at the off-Broadway Astor Place Theatre opened on May 1, 1975 with a cast headed by Pat Ast, Helen Hanft, Mary-Jennifer Mitchell and Sharon Barr.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Chris Weare for CAPAB in July 1984 starring Marthinus Basson, Victoria Bawcombe, Lynita Crofford, Libby Daniels, Margaretha Fischer, Terry Greyvenstein, Rayne Hindle.
Performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre, 12-15 May 1993. Directed by Johan Esterhuizen, starring Ira Blanckenberg, Launa Kotzé, Judy-Ann Deacon, Nadia Jacobs, Franci Swanepoel, Marleen Snyman, Suzanne Smith, Marianne Stander, Lisl Wolmarans, Christine Truter, Leon Swanepoel.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Behind_Bars
Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet, 1984
H B Thom Theatre programme, 1993
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