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''The House of Blue Leaves'' by Irish American playwright John Guare [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Guare] (born 1938).  
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''The House of Blue Leaves'' is a play by Irish American playwright John Guare [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Guare] (born 5 February 1938). This was his first full-length play, named by the New York Drama critics' Circle as the best American play of 1970-71.
 
 
== Sources ==
 
PACT Newsletter, June 1972.
 
 
 
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
 
 
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
First produced in Johannesburg by [[PACT]] Drama, 1972, directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] with [[Peter J. Elliott]] *.  
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1972: First produced in Johannesburg by [[PACT]] Drama, 1972, directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] with [[Peter J. Elliott]] *.
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1976: Presented by [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) from 19 February, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], starring [[Peter J. Elliott]], [[John Worsley]], [[Phyllis Early]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Louise Robertson]], [[Isabelle Foord]], [[Bee Berman]], [[Petronilla Whitfield]], [[Richard Morrison]], [[Colin de Castro]] and [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]].  
  
[[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) staged it in 1975 (directed by [[Mavis Taylor]]).  
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1977: [[PACOFS]] with [[Margi Lewis]] and [[James Borthwick]], directed by [[Ernst Eloff]].
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== Sources ==
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PACT Newsletter, June 1972.
  
[[PACOFS]] (1977) with [[Margi Lewis]] and [[James Borthwick]], directed by [[Ernst Eloff]].
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Theatre programme (The Space 1976).
  
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PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
  
== Sources ==
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
  

Latest revision as of 17:59, 10 September 2019

The House of Blue Leaves is a play by Irish American playwright John Guare [1] (born 5 February 1938). This was his first full-length play, named by the New York Drama critics' Circle as the best American play of 1970-71.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1972: First produced in Johannesburg by PACT Drama, 1972, directed by Taubie Kushlick with Peter J. Elliott *.

1976: Presented by The Space (Cape Town) from 19 February, directed by Mavis Taylor, starring Peter J. Elliott, John Worsley, Phyllis Early, Yvonne Bryceland, Louise Robertson, Isabelle Foord, Bee Berman, Petronilla Whitfield, Richard Morrison, Colin de Castro and Len Sparrow-Hawk.

1977: PACOFS with Margi Lewis and James Borthwick, directed by Ernst Eloff.

Sources

PACT Newsletter, June 1972.

Theatre programme (The Space 1976).

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.

Astbury 1979.


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