Difference between revisions of "Subject to Fits"

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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]]. Venue and exact date unknown.
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There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]] staged at the [[Arena Theatre]], Rosebank.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 12:35, 24 November 2017

Subject to Fits is a play by American actor, producer, director Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) [1]. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's The Idiot".

The original text

Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573700354.

Premiered at the Pubic Theater (New York Shakespeare Festival) 1971.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring Robert Gordon, Beverley Melnick, Michael Richard and Leonie Hofmeyr staged at the Arena Theatre, Rosebank.

Sources

Samuel French [2].

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