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''Tea and Sympathy'' is a play in three acts by Robert Anderson (1917–2009)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(playwright)].  
 
''Tea and Sympathy'' is a play in three acts by Robert Anderson (1917–2009)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(playwright)].  
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==The original text==
  
 
A play about a male private school student, Tom Lee, who faces accusations of homosexuality, it was first produced on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on September 30, 1953 by The Playwrights' Company, directed by Elia Kazan. The text was published by Random House in 195*.
 
A play about a male private school student, Tom Lee, who faces accusations of homosexuality, it was first produced on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on September 30, 1953 by The Playwrights' Company, directed by Elia Kazan. The text was published by Random House in 195*.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
  
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_and_Sympathy_(play)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_and_Sympathy_(play)
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(playwright)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(playwright)
  
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[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press: p. 67. 
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''The Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival, An appreciation and a tribute.'' By [[John Hamber]] - undated but believed to be 1982.
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http://ivormarkman0.wixsite.com/mannville
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 5 February 2018

Tea and Sympathy is a play in three acts by Robert Anderson (1917–2009)[1].

The original text

A play about a male private school student, Tom Lee, who faces accusations of homosexuality, it was first produced on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on September 30, 1953 by The Playwrights' Company, directed by Elia Kazan. The text was published by Random House in 195*.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1954: produced by Taubie Kushlick and starred Margaret Inglis, John Templer and Brian Bell in 1954.

1961: Produced by the Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival with The Lark.


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_and_Sympathy_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_(playwright)

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press: p. 67.

The Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival, An appreciation and a tribute. By John Hamber - undated but believed to be 1982.

http://ivormarkman0.wixsite.com/mannville


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

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

Return to Main Page