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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
The play was made into a film in 1967, also starring Redford, and Jane Fonda.
 
The play was made into a film in 1967, also starring Redford, and Jane Fonda.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Barefoot in the park by Neil Simon [28.7.1965 - 25.9.1965 tour];  
 
Barefoot in the park by Neil Simon [28.7.1965 - 25.9.1965 tour];  
  
Presented by [[Brian Brooke]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1965, taken on tour from 28 July to 25 September.([Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 6. 16).
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Presented by [[Brian Brooke]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1965, with a cast consisting of [[Heather Lloyd-Jones]], [[John Whiteley]], [[Petrina Fry]], [[John Hayter]] and [[Jack Payne]].  It was taken on tour from 28 July to 25 September.([Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 6. 16).
  
 
Presented by the [[Claremont Dramatic Society]] in 2008.
 
Presented by the [[Claremont Dramatic Society]] in 2008.

Revision as of 15:36, 10 July 2019

Barefoot in the Park is a comedy by American playwright Neil Simon [1] (born 1927).

The play premiered on Broadway in 1963 and starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

The play was made into a film in 1967, also starring Redford, and Jane Fonda.

Performance history in South Africa

Barefoot in the park by Neil Simon [28.7.1965 - 25.9.1965 tour];

Presented by Brian Brooke at the Brooke Theatre in 1965, with a cast consisting of Heather Lloyd-Jones, John Whiteley, Petrina Fry, John Hayter and Jack Payne. It was taken on tour from 28 July to 25 September.([Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 6. 16).

Presented by the Claremont Dramatic Society in 2008.

Sources

Wikipedia [2].

Photocopies of programmes for productions by the Brian Brooke Company held by NELM: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 7. 11.

Cape Times, 12 August 2008.

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