London Assurance
London Assurance by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault (1820-1890).
Contents
The original text
Written for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. First presented in 1841.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted by James Ambrose Brown.
Performance history in South Africa
Brown's adaptation directed by Peter Curtis for CAPAB English Drama, opening 19 January 1974 at the Nico Malan Theatre. Michael Atkinson, Vivienne Drummond, Lois Butlin, Patti Canning, Roger Dwyer, Nicholas Ellenbogen, Henry Goodman, Keith Grenville, Roland Stafford, Simon Swindell, Michael Swinton, Dugald Thomson, John Whiteley and Alec Bell were in the cast. SAssociate director John Burch, set designed by Penny Simpson, costumes by Jennifer Craig, lighting by John T. Baker.
Sources
London Assurance theatre programme, 1974.
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