Breath of Spring
Breath of Spring is a comedy in three acts by British playwright Peter Coke [1] (1913-2008) .
First produced at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, March 1958.
Contents
The original text
First published Samuel French, London, 1959.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1958: Presented by The Brian Brooke Company, opening 14 October.
1962: Opening on 14 March, it was staged by The Bank Players in the Library Theatre in Johannesburg, directed by John Stone, with Dew Barry (Nan), Bob Wood (Brig. Albert Rayne), Sybil Stacey (Lily), Audrey M. Stark (Alice), Bridget Nykamp (Bee), Mary E. Cuthbertson (Hattie), Joe Wright (Pape) and Bryan Stacey (Kemp).
Sources
Doollee [2]
Scrapbook containing theatre programmes held by NELM: ([Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 1).
The Bank Players theatre programme, 1962.
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