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Pyjama Pour Six is a French two-act play by Marc Camoletti (1923 – 2003)[1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Adapted from the French into English as Don't Dress for Dinner by Robin Hawdon ()[] (at the request of producer Mark Furness). The English version opened in the West End at the Apollo Theatre in March 1991, directed by Peter Farago and starring Simon Cadell Su Pollard, Jane How and John Quayle. It ran in London for six years and opened on Broadway in 2012.
Performance history in South Africa
1993: Presented by Pieter Toerien by arrangement with Mark Furness at the Leonard Rayne Theatre opening 1 April 1993 and the Theatre on the Bay opening 11 August 1993. Directed by Rex Garner starring Clive Scott, Mike Huff, Jo da Silva-Penfold, Natasha Sutherland, Claire Wrogemann and Andrew Matthews. Lighting by Jannie Swanepoel, set design by Anne Carghill, costumes co-ordinated by Colleen Moabelo.
2013: Presented by Pieter Toerien and KickstArt. Director Steven Stead starring Natasha Sutherland, James Cuningham, Robert Fridjhon, Emily Child, Nhlakanipho Manqele and Janna Ramos-Violante at the Montecasino Theatre.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Dress_for_Dinner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Camoletti_(playwright)
Don't Dress for Dinner programme, 1993.
Review by Dianne de Beer, The Star, 19 March 2013.
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