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| − | 1951: Produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1951 with [[André Huguenet]], [[Gwen Adeler]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[Robert Whitfield]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Hymie Shapiro]], [[Merilyn Oates]], [[Marcia Colville]], [[Frank Wise]], and directed by [[Marda Vanne]]. | + | 1951: Produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1951 with [[André Huguenet]] ("Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly"), [[Gwen Adeler]] ("Julia", [[Marda Vanne]], [[Robert Whitfield]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Hymie Shapiro]], [[Merilyn Oates]] ("Celia"), [[Marcia Colville]] ("Lavinia"), [[Frank Wise]], and directed by [[Marda Vanne]]. Décor by [[Nina Campbell Quine]]. |
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The Cocktail Party is a verse play by T.S. Eliot (1888–1965)[1].
The original text
A contemporary verse version of Euripides's Alcestis, set in a drawing room and a psychiatrist's consulting room. Made its debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949 and premiered on Broadway on January 21, 1950,
South African productions
1951: Produced by National Theatre Organisation in 1951 with André Huguenet ("Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly"), Gwen Adeler ("Julia", Marda Vanne, Robert Whitfield, Ronald Wallace, Hymie Shapiro, Merilyn Oates ("Celia"), Marcia Colville ("Lavinia"), Frank Wise, and directed by Marda Vanne. Décor by Nina Campbell Quine.
Sources
Helikon, 1(2)
Lantern, 1(5):521. May 1952.
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