Under the Oaks

by Paul Slabolepszy. A short comedyplay about cricket-players and fans, {set in the dressing rooms}XXXX at Newlands cricket ground in Cape Town.It’s set in the sitting stalls under the famous oaktrees (which does not exist anymore) at the Newlands Cricket Ground. One part of a two-hander, of which Over the Hill is the second part. First presented at the PACT Liqui-Fruit Pot Pourri Festival in September, 1984, with the following cast: James Borthwick, Graham Hopkins and Jenny Sharp. In December, 1984, as part of the Oude Libertas Summer Festival, in Stellenbosch, it was performed with the following cast: James Borthwick, Neil McCarthy and Jenny Sharp. In July, 1985 – it began a National Tour (as part of a Double-bill with Over the Hill) at the Grahamstown Standard Bank Festival of the Arts, with the following cast: James Borthwick, Jonathan Rands and Kate Edwards. First It was presented at the close of the 1985 Grahamstown Festival as a double-bill with Over the Hill, before moving to the Market Theatre. Published in Mooi Street and Other Moves by Witwatersrand University Press (1994).?*

Sources

National Arts Festival programme, 1985.

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