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''The Bed Before Yesterday'' by Ben Travers. A farce about marriage and the sexual drive in women. First produced in London in 1975. Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1976, with [[Leonard Whiting]], [[Graham Armitage]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Naomi Buch]], [[Jean Kent]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].  
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''The Bed Before Yesterday'' is a farce written by English writer Ben Travers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Travers] (1886-1980). The play is about marriage and the sexual drive in women. First produced in London in 1975. It was the longest-running of all his stage works. When it was first produced Joan Plowright played the central character with John Moffatt, Helen Mirren and Royce Mills in the main supporting roles.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Presented by [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1976, directed by [[Donald Howarth, starring [[Leonard Whiting]], [[Graham Armitage]], [[Marjorie Gordon]], [[Naomi Buch]], [[Jean Kent]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]].
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== Sources ==
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Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Travers#Novelist_and_playwright].
  
 
[[Donald Howarth]]'s report that he was to come to South Africa in September 1976 to direct ''The Bed Before Yesterday''; [Correspondence, 6 January to 7 September 1976 between Donald Howarth and Mannie Manim, [[NELM]] Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 50. 3
 
[[Donald Howarth]]'s report that he was to come to South Africa in September 1976 to direct ''The Bed Before Yesterday''; [Correspondence, 6 January to 7 September 1976 between Donald Howarth and Mannie Manim, [[NELM]] Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 50. 3
  
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Revision as of 11:14, 15 August 2015

The Bed Before Yesterday is a farce written by English writer Ben Travers [1] (1886-1980). The play is about marriage and the sexual drive in women. First produced in London in 1975. It was the longest-running of all his stage works. When it was first produced Joan Plowright played the central character with John Moffatt, Helen Mirren and Royce Mills in the main supporting roles.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by Pieter Toerien in 1976, directed by [[Donald Howarth, starring Leonard Whiting, Graham Armitage, Marjorie Gordon, Naomi Buch, Jean Kent and Gordon Mulholland.


Sources

Wikipedia [2].

Donald Howarth's report that he was to come to South Africa in September 1976 to direct The Bed Before Yesterday; [Correspondence, 6 January to 7 September 1976 between Donald Howarth and Mannie Manim, NELM Collection: MANIM, Mannie]: 2010. 38. 9. 2. 50. 3

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