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'''''Cactus Flower''''' (1969) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_Flower_%28play%29] is a comedy by [[Abe Burrows]]. A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.  
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'''''Fleur de Cactus''''' is a French comedy by [[Pierre Barillet]] and [[Jean-Pierre Grédy]]. The first production was staged on 23 September 1964 by the Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
''Cactus Flower'' is based on the French play ''Fleur de cactus'' by [[Pierre Barillet]] and [[Jean-Pierre Grédy]].
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Adapted in 1969 for film as: ''Cactus Flower'' with Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn (for which Hawn won an Academy Award) and again in 2010 as ''Just Go With It'' starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker.
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The American [[Abe Burrows]] wrote a 1969 play entitled '''''Cactus Flower''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_Flower_%28play%29] based on ''Fleur de Cactus''.
  
Translated into Afrikaans by [[Nerina Ferreira]] titled ''As die Turksvy Blom'' (''When the Prickly Pear Flowers''). Full-length. Cast: mixed. (Available at Dalro, http://www.dalro.co.za/).
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The Burrows play was adapted later in 1969 for film as: ''Cactus Flower'' with Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn (for which Hawn won an Academy Award) and again in 2010 as ''Just Go With It'' starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker.
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Translated from the French into Afrikaans by [[Nerina Ferreira]] titled ''As die Turksvy Blom'' (''When the Prickly Pear Flowers'') (1982). Full-length. Cast: mixed. (Available at Dalro, http://www.dalro.co.za/).
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064117/?ref_=nm_knf_t2
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064117/?ref_=nm_knf_t2
  
PACT theatre pamphlet 1982.
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[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1982.
 
 
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
 
 
 
  
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[[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:13, 8 May 2015

Fleur de Cactus is a French comedy by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy. The first production was staged on 23 September 1964 by the Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

The American Abe Burrows wrote a 1969 play entitled Cactus Flower [1] based on Fleur de Cactus.

The Burrows play was adapted later in 1969 for film as: Cactus Flower with Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn (for which Hawn won an Academy Award) and again in 2010 as Just Go With It starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker.

Translated from the French into Afrikaans by Nerina Ferreira titled As die Turksvy Blom (When the Prickly Pear Flowers) (1982). Full-length. Cast: mixed. (Available at Dalro, http://www.dalro.co.za/).

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by PACT Afrikaans Drama in the State Theatre in October 1982; PACOFS in 1983, directed by Sandra Kotzé, starring Anton Dekker, Pieter Brand, Gretha Brazelle, Rika Sennett, Elzette Maarschalk.


Sources

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064117/?ref_=nm_knf_t2

PACT theatre programme, 1982.

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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