Enemy!
Enemy! is a 1969 play by Robin Maugham. 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).
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Enemy - An Anti-War Collage was a combination of two plays devised by Donald Howarth in 1972.
Enemy - An Anti-War Collage devised, directed and designed by Donald Howarth at The Space (Cape Town) from 23 August 1972. A combination of two plays it had a very good run and also became quite notorious for probably being the first play to contain a scene with mass male nudity on the South African stage. The cast consisted of Bill Flynn, Bob Kirsner, Alex Petersen, Paul Slabolepszy and Michael Swinton. Lighting by Brian Astbury, sound by Alastair Johnstone and stage management by Bee Berman.
Afrikaans translation by Mees Xteen: Vyand! (1983)
Performance history in South Africa
1972:
Enemy! presented by PACT Drama in the Arena Theatre in 1973, directed by John Hussey, starring Nigel Vermaas, Eckard Rabe, Richard Haines.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Maugham,_2nd_Viscount_Maugham
Poster NELM [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 1. 24.
PACT neswsletter, February 1973.
Astbury 1979.
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