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''Elizabeth: Almost By Chance A Woman'' by  [[Dario Fo]]. The action is set in 1601 over two days of a ''coup d'état'' which the young Robert Devereux, ex-lover of Elizabeth, has organised to dethrone her.
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There are a number of plays sometimes referred to simply as ''[[Elizabeth]]'':
  
== The original text ==
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'''''[[Elizabeth, or The Invisible Armada]]''''' (1870) by F.C. Burnand.
English text published in ''Plays'' by Dario Fo, by Methuen Drama, 1997.
 
  
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'''''[[Elizabeth I]]''''' (1972) by Paul Foster. 
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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'''''[[Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman]]''''' (1984) by Dario Fo.
Translated into English by Gillian Hanna, copyright 1987.
 
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
Presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama in the Nico Arena, opening 11 March 1996. Directed by [[Christopher Weare]], dseign by [[Michael Mitchell]], lighting by [[Julian August]]. The cast: [[Robyn Scott]] (Elizabeth), [[Anthea Thompson]] (Martha), [[Neels Coetzee]] (Grosslady}, [[Nicholas Dallas]] (Egerton), [[Terence Bridgett]] (Young man), [[David Isaacs]] and [[Russell Boast]] (soldiers).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
''Elizabeth'' theatre programme, 1996.
 
  
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Revision as of 08:27, 22 October 2019

There are a number of plays sometimes referred to simply as Elizabeth:

Elizabeth, or The Invisible Armada (1870) by F.C. Burnand.

Elizabeth I (1972) by Paul Foster.

Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman (1984) by Dario Fo.


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