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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1990: Presented in January Upstairs at the [[Market Theatre]] under the title ''[[Speed the Plow]]''. Directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]] with [[Andrew Buckland]], [[Dawid Minnaar]] and [[Megan Kruskal]].
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1990: Presented under the title ''[[Speed the Plow]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]] in January, directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]] with [[Andrew Buckland]], [[Dawid Minnaar]] and [[Megan Kruskal]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 17:49, 19 January 2024

Speed-the-Plow is a play by American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author David Mamet (born 1947) [1].

Not to be confused with Speed the Plough by H.V. Morton (1798).


The original text

A satirical dissection of the American movie business, the play premiéred on Broadway at the Royale Theatre in a production by the Lincoln Center Theater, opening on May 3, 1988 and closing on Dec 31, 1988 after 279 performances.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Presented under the title Speed the Plow Upstairs at the Market in January, directed by Malcolm Purkey with Andrew Buckland, Dawid Minnaar and Megan Kruskal.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-the-Plow

Tucker, 1997. 486.

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