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| − | 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]]. | + | 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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Revision as of 17:09, 23 August 2016
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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