Hay Fever
Hay Fever [1] is a 1924 comic play by English playwright Noël Coward [2].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1943: Presented by the Rondebosch Dramatic Society, with Diana Johnson, Gordon Bridger, Louise Dale-Kuys and others.
1944: Produced in Johannesburg by the Munro-Inglis Company.
1946: Presented by the Brian Brooke Company, produced by Brian Brooke in the Hofmeyr Hall in November. The cast consisted of Phyllis Meine, Eve van der Byl, Petrina Fry, Cynthia Klette, Michael Marais, Dorothy Kendal-Grimston, Brian Brooke, Sydney Welch and John McIntosh.
1974: Staged by PACT, directed by John Hussey, with Shelagh Holliday (Judith), John Hussey (David), Sally Ducrow (Sorrel, Richard Haines (Sandy), Eckard Rabe (Simon), Diane Wilson (Myra), James White (Richard), Annelisa Weiland (Jacky) and Pam Jacobs (Clara). Sets designed by Richard Cook and costumes designed by Christa Scholtz.
1978: Directed by Peter Curtis for CAPAB.
Sources
Trek, 8(13):18, 1943; 8(15):18, 1944; 11(10):18, 1946.
South African Opinion, 3(10):21, 1946.
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 90.
PACT theatre programme, 1974.
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