Murder Among Friends

Murder Among Friends: A Play in Two Acts. by Bob Barry (died 2011). Take an aging, exceedingly vain actor; his very rich wife; a double dealing, double loving agent plunk them down in an elegant New York duplex and add dialogue crackling with wit and laughs and you have the basic elements for an evening of pure, sophisticated entertainment.

The original text

Published by Samuel Franch, 1976. ISBN: 9780573612817

First performed at the Biltmore Theatre, New York City, on 28 November 1975.

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Roger Redfarn for Pieter Toerien at the Baxter Theatre, 1977. Cast: Moira Lister, Barry Stokes, Nigel Davenport, Paddy Canavan, Norman Coombes, Lindsay Reardon.

Directed by Murray McGibbon for NAPAC opening at the Natal Playhouse on 26 November 1993 starring Erica Rogers, Mark Mulder, John Whiteley, Pamela Perry, Roger Dwyer and André Jacobs. Costume design by Neil Stuart-Harris, set design by Gary van der Merwe. Stage manager Tracy Willan.

Sources

Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987..

Murder Among Friends theatre programme, 1993.

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