Guests
There are two plays by this name that have been performed in South Africa.
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Guests by Ronald Harwood
Guests is a play by Ronald Harwood, part of a double bill with Goodbye Kiss, about the South African diaspora.
Original text
A copy of the text is held by NELM: [Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2005. 11. 1. 133.
Performance history
No evidence was found of a South African production.
2000: Performed at the Broomhill Opera House in London as The Guests by A Million Freds Productions, directed by Joe Marston 27 April - 3 June. Lighting by Mannie Manim and set was designed by Liz Cooke
Sources
Material held by NELM: [Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 121. 9.
Guests by Wannie de Wijn
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2008: Guests was performed at the KKNK festival, as part of a trilogy of short experimental plays (along with Insomnia by Mike van Graan and Power by Jaco Bouwer). Also done in Cape Town, at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and at the 969 Festival in Braamfontein.
Sources
Beeld, 18 June 2008.
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