Da
Da [1] is a 1978 comedy play by Irish dramatist Hugh Leonard [2] (1926-2009). It earned Leonard both a Tony Award [3] and a Drama Desk Award [4] for Best Play.
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The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Performed at the André Huguenet Theatre, Johannesburg and at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town for Toerien-Firth Company in 1979. Directed by Leonard Schach. The cast: Michael McGovern, Garalt MacLiam, Godfrey Quigley, Ann Courtneidge, Michael Maxwell, Bill Smale, Corinne Willoughby, Pauline Bailey.
Sources
Toerien-Firth Company theatre programme (undated).
Tucker, 1997. 373-4.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
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