Dinner at the Monkey House

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Dinner at the Monkey House is a satirical comedy by Warrick Grier.

The original text

According to what appears to be a copy of an early version of the text (no author mentioned), belonging to the lecturer and former head of CAPAB drama, Johan Esterhuizen, the play was originally called Welcome to the Monkey House.... It was renamed Dinner the Monkey House for its first performance in 1989, with Warwick Grier given as author.

Productions

1989: Presented by Utterly Splendid Productions at the Baxter Studio, directed by Rob Amato, starring Warrick Grier, Ruth Abrahams, Lungile Maninjwa, Joseph Mitchell, Sue Mitchell, David Tomlyn.

Sources

Baxter Theatre pamphlet

Johan Esterhuizen's copy of Welcome to the Monkey House..., found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.

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