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'''''The Bedsitting Room''''' is a comedy written by [[Spike Milligan]] and English playwright and script writer John Antrobus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Antrobus].
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'''''The Bedsitting Room''''' is a comedy written by [[Spike Milligan]] (1918-2002) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan] and English playwright and script writer John Antrobus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Antrobus]. The play is set in a post-apocalyptic London, nine months after World War III.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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A film based on the play was released in 1969.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1978 produced and directed by [[Nigel Vermaas]] starring [[Kenneth Baker]]. The Publications appeal Board overruled their earlier censorship order and allowed the production to go ahead without any cuts.
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Presented at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1978 produced and directed by [[Nigel Vermaas]] starring [[Kenneth Baker]], [[Anthony James]]. The Publications appeal Board overruled their earlier censorship order and allowed the production to go ahead without any cuts.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bed-Sitting_Room_(play)].
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''The Citizen'', 28 March 1978.
 
''The Citizen'', 28 March 1978.
  

Latest revision as of 17:08, 8 September 2016

The Bedsitting Room is a comedy written by Spike Milligan (1918-2002) [1] and English playwright and script writer John Antrobus [2]. The play is set in a post-apocalyptic London, nine months after World War III.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

A film based on the play was released in 1969.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented at the Market Theatre in 1978 produced and directed by Nigel Vermaas starring Kenneth Baker, Anthony James. The Publications appeal Board overruled their earlier censorship order and allowed the production to go ahead without any cuts.

Sources

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bed-Sitting_Room_(play)].

The Citizen, 28 March 1978.

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