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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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A play about a well-informed hostile takeover that leads the targeted board of directors to suspect treachery.
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The stage play performed in 1958 by the Westminster Theatre Co. at Westminster Theatre, London and at the  Sheffield Playhouse.
  
 
Published as French's Acting Edition. no. 1032, Samuel French, 1959
 
Published as French's Acting Edition. no. 1032, Samuel French, 1959
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
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Adapted for radio by David Tanner; with Judy Parfitt, Brian Kent, William Avenall, David Crosse, Ronald Magill and Ross Hutchinson. Broadcast on the Home Service, 24 December 1960, and repeated 30 September 1961 and 3 August 1964.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Any_Other_Business.html?id=4JP6vQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Any_Other_Business.html?id=4JP6vQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/others60.html
  
 
Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 1.
 
Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 1.

Latest revision as of 17:13, 26 November 2020

Any Other Business is a play in three acts by Campbell Singer (1909-1976) [1] and George Ross (1907-1982)[2].

The original text

A play about a well-informed hostile takeover that leads the targeted board of directors to suspect treachery.

The stage play performed in 1958 by the Westminster Theatre Co. at Westminster Theatre, London and at the Sheffield Playhouse.

Published as French's Acting Edition. no. 1032, Samuel French, 1959

Translations and adaptations

Adapted for radio by David Tanner; with Judy Parfitt, Brian Kent, William Avenall, David Crosse, Ronald Magill and Ross Hutchinson. Broadcast on the Home Service, 24 December 1960, and repeated 30 September 1961 and 3 August 1964.

Performance history in South Africa

1959: Presented by the Johannesburg Repertory Players February 1959.

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Any_Other_Business.html?id=4JP6vQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/others60.html

Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 1. 1.

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