Noises Off

Noises Off (1982), by English author of novels and plays, Michael Frayn (1933-*).

Performance history in South Africa

1983: Directed for Pieter Toerien Productions by Rex Garner, opening 11 May a the André Huguenet Theatre, subsequently moving to the Baxter Theatre, starring Joy Stewart Spence, Rex Garner, Eckard Rabe, Alida Labia, Tammy Bonell, Ralph Lawson, Clare Marshall, Errol Hart, Kenneth Baker.

1999: Staged by the Technikon Pretoria, directed by Shirley Sacks with a cast of students.

2005: Performed at the Montecasino Theatre and the Theatre on the Bay, directed by Christopher Weare, starring Robyn Scott, Alan Committie, Ralph Lawson, Neville Thomas, Julie Hartley, Jenny Stead, Daniel Bartlett, Pierre Malherbe and Henri Landon.

Translations and adaptations

Lawwe Geluide, a translation into Afrikaans by Charles J. Fourie. Performed at the KKNK in the 2000s.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Frayn

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

Technikon Pretoria theatre programme, 1999.

Star 26 July 2005.

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