Joggers

A one-act play by Geraldine Aron.

The original text

A study of two couples experiencing marital crises brought on by middle-age, set in a South African resort.

First published in Seven Plays and Four Monologues, David Philip, 1985.

Performances in South Africa

Stage

1979: First performed as a lunch hour show at The Space (Cape Town), directed by Roland Stafford with Ken Berry, Yvonne Copley, Sue Hanson and Derek Lyndon. Faruk Hoosain was the stage manager.

Television

1979: Televised by the SABC, directed by Manie van Rensburg with Grethe Fox and Henry Goodman. Won the SABC-TV Best Play Award and the Tonight Award for Best Single Drama.

Sources

Aron, Geraldine. 1985. Seven Plays and Four Monologues

Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Aron

http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=MTE3OQ==

http://www.samuelfrench.com/author/1029/geraldine-aron

Astbury, 1979

Gosher, 1988

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