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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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1965: Presented by the [[University of Cape Town]]'s Speech and Drama Department at the [[Little Theatre]] in June, directed by Robert Mohr
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cocktail_Party
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cocktail_Party
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.151.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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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.

1965: Presented by the University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department at the Little Theatre in June, directed by Robert Mohr

Sources

Helikon, 1(2)

Lantern, 1(5):521. May 1952.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot

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

Inskip, 1972. p.151.

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