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''Barefoot in the Park'' is a comedy by American playwright Neil Simon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon] (born 1927).
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''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' is a comedy by American playwright Neil Simon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon] (born 1927).
  
 
The play premiered on Broadway in 1963 and starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.  
 
The play premiered on Broadway in 1963 and starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Barefoot in the park by Neil Simon [28.7.1965 - 25.9.1965 tour];
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1965: 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.
  
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).
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2008: Presented by the [[Claremont Dramatic Society]] in 2008.
 
 
Presented by the [[Claremont Dramatic Society]] in 2008.
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Photocopies of programmes for productions by the Brian Brooke Company held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 7. 11.
 
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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Additional material held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 6. 16.
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''[[Cape Times]]'', 12 August 2008.
  
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== Return to ==
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  

Revision as of 11:54, 9 August 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

1965: 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.

2008: 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.

Additional material held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 6. 16.

Cape Times, 12 August 2008.

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