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A play by David Parker, from the novel by John Fowles.  
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1963 novel by John Fowles, which was made into a movie in 1965. Subsequently many stage adaptations have appeared.  
  
The Collector is a 1963 novel by John Fowles. It was made into a movie in 1965 and turned into a stage play by David Parker and Fowles in 1973.
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The first was by David Parker and Fowles in 1973, Staged with Marianne Faithfull and Simon Williams at St Martin's Theatre in the West End, it received bad reviews.  
 
 
Another version by Mark Healy was first performed at Derby Playhouse in October 1998. Many other adaptations have appeared over the years.  
 
  
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Another version by Mark Healy was first performed at Derby Playhouse in October 1998.
  
  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector
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Curriculum Viatae of [[Johann van Heerden]] (2011)
  
 
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Revision as of 15:54, 20 November 2013

A 1963 novel by John Fowles, which was made into a movie in 1965. Subsequently many stage adaptations have appeared.

The first was by David Parker and Fowles in 1973, Staged with Marianne Faithfull and Simon Williams at St Martin's Theatre in the West End, it received bad reviews.

Another version by Mark Healy was first performed at Derby Playhouse in October 1998.


Performance history in South Africa

A Baxter Theatre production in 1982 was directed by Keith Grenville, starring Sean Taylor and Janet du Plessis.


Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Vlindervanger ( Lit. "The Butterfly Catcher") by Johann van Heerden, for production by students of the Drama Department, Stellenbosch University in 1986. Directed by Van Heerden.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector

Curriculum Viatae of Johann van Heerden (2011)

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(Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).


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