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A comedy written in 1966 by British playwright Roger Milner.First produced at the New Arts Theare Club, London, 1966. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966. ''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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A comedy written in 1966 by British playwright Roger Milner. First produced at the New Arts Theare Club, London, 1966. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966. ''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.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
[[Ian Hamilton]], [[Erica Rogers]], 196*
 
[[Ian Hamilton]], [[Erica Rogers]], 196*
  
Presented by [[CAPAB]] in 1966.
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Presented by [[CAPAB]] in 1966 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]].
  
  

Revision as of 20:19, 25 May 2015

A comedy written in 1966 by British playwright Roger Milner. First produced at the New Arts Theare Club, London, 1966. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966. 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.

Performance history in South Africa

Ian Hamilton, Erica Rogers, 196*

Presented by CAPAB in 1966 at the Hofmeyr Theatre.


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http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/35632/hows-the-world-treating-you-

http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview/4633.html

CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.

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