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A comedy written in 1966 by British playwright Roger Milner [https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2014/roger-milner/]. ''How’s The World Treating You?'' is full of old fashioned wise-cracking and ribaldry. Milner’s hero Frank More is a bit of a twit but an awfully likeable one. Watching him career from one mini-disaster to another in Milner’s surreal world of trouserless majors and errant washing machines is an entertaining, if baffling, ride.
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''[[How's the World Treating You?]]'' is a comedy by Roger Milner (1925-2014)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590411/bio].  
  
First produced at the New Arts Theare Club, London, 1966. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966.
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==The original text==
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A comedy full of old fashioned wise-cracking and ribaldry, in which Milner’s hero, "Frank More", is a bit of a twit, but an awfully likeable one. Watching him career from one mini-disaster to another in Milner’s surreal world of trouserless majors and errant washing machines is an entertaining, if baffling, ride.
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First produced at the New Arts Theatre Club and at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, England, with Patricia Routledge, Thelma Whiteley, and Peter Bayliss in the cast. Philip Grout was director. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by [[CAPAB]] in 1966 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] directed by [[Frank Shelley]], starring visiting British actor Michael Mellinger, [[Frank Shelley|Shelley]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Jean Shaw]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and  [[Erica Rogers]]. Settings designed by [[Michael Clarke]].
 
  
[[Frank Shelley]] directed an [[Alexander Theatre]] production. Year unknown.
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1966: Presented by [[CAPAB]] in 1966 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] directed by [[Frank Shelley]], starring visiting British actor Michael Mellinger, [[Frank Shelley|Shelley]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Jean Shaw]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and  [[Erica Rogers]]. Settings designed by [[Michael Clarke]].
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1966: [[Frank Shelley]] directed an [[Alexander Theatre]] production starring himself, [[Patricia Sanders|Pat Sanders]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Ian Hamilton]], [[Genevieve Wait]], [[George Korelin]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
''How's the World Treating You?'' theatre programme ([[CAPAB]] 1966).
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590411/bio
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''[[How's the World Treating You?]]'' theatre programme ([[CAPAB]] 1966).
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Review by [[Percy Baneshik]], ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 5 December 1966 ([[Alexander Theatre]] production).
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https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2014/roger-milner/
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 15:33, 1 November 2021

How's the World Treating You? is a comedy by Roger Milner (1925-2014)[1].

The original text

A comedy full of old fashioned wise-cracking and ribaldry, in which Milner’s hero, "Frank More", is a bit of a twit, but an awfully likeable one. Watching him career from one mini-disaster to another in Milner’s surreal world of trouserless majors and errant washing machines is an entertaining, if baffling, ride.

First produced at the New Arts Theatre Club and at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, England, with Patricia Routledge, Thelma Whiteley, and Peter Bayliss in the cast. Philip Grout was director. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966.

Performance history in South Africa

1966: Presented by CAPAB in 1966 at the Hofmeyr Theatre directed by Frank Shelley, starring visiting British actor Michael Mellinger, Shelley, Norman Coombes, Jean Shaw, Yvonne Bryceland and Erica Rogers. Settings designed by Michael Clarke.

1966: Frank Shelley directed an Alexander Theatre production starring himself, Pat Sanders, Erica Rogers, Ian Hamilton, Genevieve Wait, George Korelin.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590411/bio

How's the World Treating You? theatre programme (CAPAB 1966).

Review by Percy Baneshik, The Rand Daily Mail, 5 December 1966 (Alexander Theatre production).

https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2014/roger-milner/

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