Enemy!

by Robin Maugham. Full-length. Cast: mixed. Robert Cecil Romer Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–1981), known as Robin Maugham, was a British novelist, playwright and travel writer, nephew of Somerset Maugham.

1969: Enemy (play) Premiere, The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford 1969: Enemy (play) Saville Theatre, London

The play is set in the Western Desert during World War II, describing a kind of camaraderie that exists between a young British trooper and a German gunner who find themselves thrown together and fighting for survival.

Published in in "Plays Of The Year Vol.39", Elek, London (Plays & Players March 1970), 1971 -

Afrikaans translation by Mees Xteen: Vyand!

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Maugham,_2nd_Viscount_Maugham

PACT neswsletter, February 1973.

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