Present Laughter
Present Laughter by Noël Coward. A comic play written by in 1939 and first staged in 1942 on tour.
Performance history in South Africa
Produced in South Africa by Brian Brooke in 1948/49 , directed by John Roberts with Petrina Fry, Brian Brooke and Cynthia Klette. Backed by African Consolidated Theatres, and performed in His Majesty’s Theatre, Johannesburg.
Directed by Charles Hickman, opening in the Alexander Theatre on 21 May 1969. Décor by Clarence Wilson, gowns by Peter Soldatos. The cast: Marion Archer, Sheelagh Ross, Anthony James, Margaret Inglis, Bernard Brown, Margaret Heale, Ian Hamilton, George Koreliv, Gordon Mulholland, Jenny Gratus, Margarey Dickie-Clarke.
Later also done by CAPAB, directed by Roger Dwyer (with Pamela Buchner), including performances in the H.B. Thom Theatre in October 1974.
CAPAB December 1987 - January 1988, Nico Malan Theatre.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Teater SA, 1(4), 1969.
UTS theatre pamphlet
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