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'''''Cop-Out''''' is a 1968 comedy play by Irish American playwright [[John Guare]] (1938- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Guare]
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'''''Cop-Out''''' is a 1968 comedy by Irish American playwright John Guare (1938- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Guare].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1972/3: The first South African production was staged [[Upstairs at the Space]] in Cape Town, directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] with [[Phillip Boucher]] and [[Val de Klerk]]. Lighting [[Donald Fuller|Don Fuller]] and the stage manager was [[Bee Berman]].  
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1973: The first South African production was staged [[Upstairs at the Space]] in Cape Town, directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] with [[Phillip Boucher]] and [[Val de Klerk]]. Lighting [[Donald Fuller|Don Fuller]] and the stage manager was [[Bee Berman]]. The first performance was on Wednesday 17 January.
  
 
1974: Presented by [[The Company]] at The [[Village Theatre]] in Orange Grove, directed by [[Mannie Manim]], with [[Vanessa Cooke]] and [[David Eppel]]. Music by [[John Oakley-Smith]], sung by [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]]. Costumes by [[Sue Kiel]] and the stage manager was [[Jud Cornell]].
 
1974: Presented by [[The Company]] at The [[Village Theatre]] in Orange Grove, directed by [[Mannie Manim]], with [[Vanessa Cooke]] and [[David Eppel]]. Music by [[John Oakley-Smith]], sung by [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]]. Costumes by [[Sue Kiel]] and the stage manager was [[Jud Cornell]].
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1988: This play was the University of Pretoria's entry for the Student Drama Festival during the [[National Arts Festival]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 11:02, 17 October 2016

Cop-Out is a 1968 comedy by Irish American playwright John Guare (1938- ) [1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1973: The first South African production was staged Upstairs at the Space in Cape Town, directed and designed by Pieter-Dirk Uys with Phillip Boucher and Val de Klerk. Lighting Don Fuller and the stage manager was Bee Berman. The first performance was on Wednesday 17 January.

1974: Presented by The Company at The Village Theatre in Orange Grove, directed by Mannie Manim, with Vanessa Cooke and David Eppel. Music by John Oakley-Smith, sung by Aletta Bezuidenhout. Costumes by Sue Kiel and the stage manager was Jud Cornell.

1988: This play was the University of Pretoria's entry for the Student Drama Festival during the National Arts Festival.

Sources

The Company theatre programme (undated).

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

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