After Magritte
After Magritte is a surreal comedy written by Tom Stoppard in 1970.
It was first performed at the Green Banana Restaurant in London (Wikipedia).
Performance history in South Africa
1971: Presented by CAPAB Drama in a double bill with The Real Inspector Hound in the Hofmeyr Theatre in October 1971, directed by Mavis Taylor, designed by Raimond Schoop. (According to Biography theatre programme back cover the intention was to present Police by Slawomir Mrozek instead of After Magritte).
Post 1975: The play was performed by students of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Art in The Nunnery at some stage between 1975 and 1983.
1980: Performed as a lunch-hour presentation by The People's Space.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Magritte
Teaterforum, 4(1), 1983, 113-114.
Notes in a photocopy of the programme for the English production for The Parents at The People's Space (1979), held in the PARC research collection at the Africa Open Institute, Stellenbosch.
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