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''[[The Best Man]]'' is a play by Gore Vidal ()[].  
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''[[The Best Man]]'' is a play by Gore Vidal (1925-2012)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal].  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:50, 20 January 2021

The Best Man is a play by Gore Vidal (1925-2012)[1].

The original text

The play opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on March 31, 1960, and was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play. Vidal adapted it into a film with the same title in 1964.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1960: Directed by Leonard Schach for the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre in November 1960, starring Ruth Abromowitz, Joyce Bradley, Edward Davies, Brian Haines. Decor by Pamela Lewis.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Man_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal

Donald Inskip. 1977. Stage by Stage: The Leonard Schach Story. Cape Town: Howard Timmins: p 122

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