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Love! Valour! Compassion! is a play by Terrence McNally. Its off-Broadway premiere took place at the Manhattan Theatre Club on October 11, 1994, in a staging by Joe Mantello that ran for 72 performances. The production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway, where, after 28 previews, it opened on February 14, 1995, and closed on 17 September after an additional 248 performances.
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A 1994 play by [[Terrence McNally]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love!_Valour!_Compassion!]
  
The setting is at a lakeside summer vacation house in Dutchess County, two hours north of New York City where eight gay friends spend the three major holiday weekends of one summer together for Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day. The house belongs to Gregory, a successful Broadway choreographer now approaching middle age, who fears he is losing his creativity; and his twenty-something lover, Bobby, a legal assistant who's blind. Each of the guests at their house is connected to Gregory’s work in one way or another - Arthur and longtime partner Perry are business consultants; John Jeckyll, a sour Englishman, is a dance accompanist; die-hard musical theater fanatic Buzz Hauser is a costume designer and the most stereotypically gay man in the group. Only John's summer lover, Ramon, and John's twin brother James are outside the circle of friends. But Ramon is outgoing and eventually makes a place for himself in the group, and James is such a gentle soul that he is quickly welcomed. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling and skinny-dipping mix monumental questions about life and death with a wacky dress rehearsal for Swan Lake performed in drag.
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== The original text ==
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The setting is at a lakeside summer vacation house where eight gay friends spend the three major holiday weekends of one summer together. The house belongs to Gregory, a successful Broadway choreographer now approaching middle age, who fears he is losing his creativity; and his twenty-something lover, Bobby, a legal assistant who's blind. Each of the guests at their house is connected to Gregory’s work in one way or another. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling and skinny-dipping mix monumental questions about life and death with a wacky dress rehearsal for Swan Lake performed in drag.
  
Presented by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Drummond Marais]], [[Greg Melvill-Smith]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Russel Savadier]], [[Kenneth Robinson]], [[James van Helsdingen]]. Designer [[James McNamara]], Lighting designer [[Tersia du Plessis]], Production manager [[Jacques Mulder]], Choreographer [[Christopher Kindo]].
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Its off-Broadway première took place at the Manhattan Theatre Club on October 11, 1994, in a staging by [[Joe Mantello]].
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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An adaptation by [[Henry Mylne]] places the play in a South African setting.
  
==Sources==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1996: Presented by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996, directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Drummond Marais]], [[Greg Melvill-Smith]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Russel Savadier]], [[Kenneth Robinson]], [[James van Helsdingen]]. Designer [[James McNamara]], lighting designer [[Tersia du Plessis]], production manager [[Jacques Mulder]], choreographer [[Christopher Kindo]]. After the Festival the production was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
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2005: [[Tesson Theatre]], directed by [[Henry Mylne]], starring [[Blaise Koch]] (Buzz), [[Rowan Cloete]] (Bobby), [[Grant Swanby]] (Gregory), [[Terence Bridgett]], [[Stephen van Niekerk]], [[Justin Strydom]] and [[Fezile Mpela]].
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2021: Directed by [[Gregg Pettigrew]] and produced by [[Frans Swart]] of [[Lefra Productions]] in the [[John Kani Theatre]] at the [[Market Theatre]] from 23 November to 12 December.
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== Sources ==
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love!_Valour!_Compassion!
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love!_Valour!_Compassion!
  
National Arts Festival programme, 1996.
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[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1996.
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''[[Beeld]]'', 2 August 2005.
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 4 December 2021

A 1994 play by Terrence McNally. [1]

The original text

The setting is at a lakeside summer vacation house where eight gay friends spend the three major holiday weekends of one summer together. The house belongs to Gregory, a successful Broadway choreographer now approaching middle age, who fears he is losing his creativity; and his twenty-something lover, Bobby, a legal assistant who's blind. Each of the guests at their house is connected to Gregory’s work in one way or another. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling and skinny-dipping mix monumental questions about life and death with a wacky dress rehearsal for Swan Lake performed in drag.

Its off-Broadway première took place at the Manhattan Theatre Club on October 11, 1994, in a staging by Joe Mantello.

Translations and adaptations

An adaptation by Henry Mylne places the play in a South African setting.

Performance history in South Africa

1996: Presented by PACT Drama at the Grahamstown Festival in 1996, directed by Mark Graham, with Drummond Marais, Greg Melvill-Smith, Blaise Koch, Philip Godawa, Russel Savadier, Kenneth Robinson, James van Helsdingen. Designer James McNamara, lighting designer Tersia du Plessis, production manager Jacques Mulder, choreographer Christopher Kindo. After the Festival the production was staged at the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg.

2005: Tesson Theatre, directed by Henry Mylne, starring Blaise Koch (Buzz), Rowan Cloete (Bobby), Grant Swanby (Gregory), Terence Bridgett, Stephen van Niekerk, Justin Strydom and Fezile Mpela.


2021: Directed by Gregg Pettigrew and produced by Frans Swart of Lefra Productions in the John Kani Theatre at the Market Theatre from 23 November to 12 December.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love!_Valour!_Compassion!

National Arts Festival programme, 1996.

Beeld, 2 August 2005.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

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