Five Finger Exercise

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Five Finger Exercise is a 1959 play by English playwright Peter Shaffer(1926-2016)[1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1959: Performed by the Brian Brooke Company, Brooke Theatre in 1959, guest-starring Brook Williams (son of Emlyn Williams).

1961: Presented by the Barn Theatre Players at the Little Theatre, University of Cape Town, directed by David Bloomberg, from 18 to 25 November 1961.

1962: Presented by the Amateur Theatre Guild at the Port Elizabeth City Hall, presented by Jem Miller Production, from 20 - 24 February.

1962: Presented by the Amateur Theatre Guild at the Uitenhage Town Hall, presented by Jem Miller Production, on March 2.

1987: staged by the University of Pretoria Drama Department, directed by Braam Cilliers, with Anna Pio, Michael Modena, Bart Fouche, Jan Steyn and Elma van Wijk.

Sources

NELM [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 13. 22.

University of Pretoria Drama Department theatre programme, 1987.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Percy Tucker, 1997.

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