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Revision as of 20:25, 16 April 2016
Seven against the Sun is a play by James Ambrose Brown
Contents
The original text
A play about tensions that are engendered when seven soldiers are stranded in the desert during the war. Published by Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, 1962.
Translations and adaptations
In 1966 it was made into an internationally acclaimed film by David Millin, featuring an all South African cast, headed by Gert van den Bergh.
Performance history in South Africa
1958-1959: First produced by National Theatre Organisation in the NTO Kamertoneel, their one sucessful production of an indigenous English play. Directed by Victor Melleney, with Arthur Hall, David Herbert and Pietro Nolte. Athol Fugard was one of the stage managers.
Sources
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