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''Dark of the Moon'' by Howard Richardson and William Berney. An immensely popular romantic play with songs. Began in a playwrighting workshop at the University of Iowa in 1942. By 1945 it had tried out in Washington and opened on Broadway. Since then it has covered the world. Paul Newman once acted in it; Peter Brook once directed it. And nearly every college in the world has produced it at least once.  
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''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' by Howard Richardson and William Berney. An immensely popular romantic play with songs. Began in a playwrighting workshop at the University of Iowa in 1942. By 1945 it had tried out in Washington and opened on Broadway. Since then it has covered the world. Paul Newman once acted in it; Peter Brook once directed it. And nearly every college in the world has produced it at least once.  
  
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1954: Presented by the Repertory Theatre Society later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]], June 1954.
  
1950s: In South Africa [[Taubie Kushlick]] had a huge success with this play on behalf of the [[University Players]] in the Fifties.
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1955: In South Africa [[Taubie Kushlick]] had a huge success with this play on behalf of the [[Witwatersrand University Players]], starring [[Mildred Stein]] and [[Phillip Birkinshaw]].
 
 
1954: Presented by the Repertory Theatre Society later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]], June 1954
 
  
 
1965: [[Louis Burke]] and [[Joan Brickhill]] staged it for [[PACT]] in 1965.
 
1965: [[Louis Burke]] and [[Joan Brickhill]] staged it for [[PACT]] in 1965.
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
[[NELM]]: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 61 (1954 production).
 
[[NELM]]: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 61 (1954 production).
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 25 April 1955.
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 10:02, 5 September 2020

Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson and William Berney. An immensely popular romantic play with songs. Began in a playwrighting workshop at the University of Iowa in 1942. By 1945 it had tried out in Washington and opened on Broadway. Since then it has covered the world. Paul Newman once acted in it; Peter Brook once directed it. And nearly every college in the world has produced it at least once.


Performance history in South Africa

1954: Presented by the Repertory Theatre Society later known as the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society, June 1954.

1955: In South Africa Taubie Kushlick had a huge success with this play on behalf of the Witwatersrand University Players, starring Mildred Stein and Phillip Birkinshaw.

1965: Louis Burke and Joan Brickhill staged it for PACT in 1965.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

NELM: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 61 (1954 production).

Rand Daily Mail, 25 April 1955.

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