Elizabeth

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Elizabeth: Almost By Chance A Woman by Dario Fo. The action is set in 1601 over two days of a coup d'état which the young Robert Devereux, ex-lover of Elizabeth, has organised to dethrone her.

The original text

English text published in Plays by Dario Fo, by Methuen Drama, 1997.


Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Gillian Hanna, copyright 1987.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by CAPAB Drama in the Nico Arena, opening 11 March 1996. Directed by Christopher Weare, dseign by Michael Mitchell, lighting by Julian August. The cast: Robyn Scott (Elizabeth), Anthea Thompson (Martha), Neels Coetzee (Grosslady}, Nicholas Dallas (Egerton), Terence Bridgett (Young man), David Isaacs and Russell Boast (soldiers).


Sources

Elizabeth theatre programme, 1996.


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