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| − | A comedy written in 1966 by British playwright Roger Milner. | + | 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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| + | First produced at the New Arts Theare Club, London, 1966. 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]]. | |
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| − | Presented by [[CAPAB]] in 1966 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] starring visiting British actor Michael Mellinger | ||
[[Frank Shelley]] directed an [[Alexander Theatre]] production. Year unknown. | [[Frank Shelley]] directed an [[Alexander Theatre]] production. Year unknown. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview/4633.html | http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview/4633.html | ||
| − | CAPAB | + | ''How's the World Treating You?'' theatre programme ([[CAPAB]] 1966). |
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 25 July 2015
A comedy written in 1966 by British playwright Roger Milner [1]. 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.
First produced at the New Arts Theare Club, London, 1966. First published by Samuel French, London, 1966.
Performance history in South Africa
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.
Frank Shelley directed an Alexander Theatre production. Year unknown.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview/4633.html
How's the World Treating You? theatre programme (CAPAB 1966).
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