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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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1962: Staged by [[Leonard Schach Productions]] first in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in Cape Town  an later in the [[Playhouse Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
  
  

Revision as of 06:37, 26 January 2016

A Shot in the Dark is a 1961 comic play by American playwright Harry Kunitz (1908-1968) [1],

The original text

It is adapted from and based on L'Idiote [2] a comic mystery play by French playwright Marcel Achard (1899-1974) [3].

Translations and adaptations

It was made into a 1964 comedy film, also called A Shot in the Dark [4], which was the second installment in The Pink Panther film series directed by Blake Edwards and featuring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté.

Performance history in South Africa

1962: Staged by Leonard Schach Productions first in the Hofmeyr Theatre in Cape Town an later in the Playhouse Theatre in Johannesburg.


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