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''[[The Norman Conquests]]'' is the collective name for three ingenious plays by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn]. 
  
''The Norman Conquests'' is the collective name for three ingenious plays by British playwright [[Alan Ayckbourn]] (b. 1939).  Entitled ''Table Manners'', ''Living Together'' and ''Round and Round the Garden'', they feature the same six characters over a single weekend in three different parts of a house - the dining room, the living room and the garden respectively. The trilogy was first produced at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where Ayckbourn was artistic director, prior to a successful season in London.
 
  
In South Africa the plays were first produced by the [[Baxter Company]] in 1979, directed by British actor/director [[Brian Rawlinson]]. The cast consisted of [[Bill Flynn]] (Norman), [[Eckard Rabe]] (Tom). [[Sandra Duncan]] (Sarah), [[Dorothy Ann Gould]] (Annie), [[John Lesley]] (Reg) and [[Jana Cilliers]] (Ruth).  The design was by [[Peter Krummeck]] and the lighting by [[Winston Cowie]].  The same cast took it to [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in Johannesburg later that year.
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== The original text ==
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Entitled ''[[Table Manners]]'', ''[[Living Together]]'' and ''[[Round and Round the Garden]]'', they feature the same six characters over a single weekend in three different parts of a house - the dining room, the living room and the garden respectively. The trilogy was first produced at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where Ayckbourn was artistic director, prior to a successful season in London,  with a cast that included Tom Courtenay as Norman, Penelope Keith as Sarah, Felicity Kendal as Annie, Michael Gambon as Tom, Bridget Turner as Ruth, and Mark Kingston as Reg.
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== Translations and adaptations ==
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== South African Productions ==
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1979: The trilogy was first produced in South Africa by the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Company '79]], directed by [[Brian Rawlinson]], with [[Bill Flynn]] (Norman), [[Eckard Rabe]] (Tom). [[Sandra Duncan]] (Sarah), [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] (Annie), [[John Lesley]] (Reg) and [[Jana Cilliers]] (Ruth).  The design was by [[Peter Krummeck]] and the lighting by [[Winston Cowie]].  The Baxter Theatre production, with the same cast, appeared at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in Johannesburg later that year, under the auspices of [[Brickhill-Burke]].
  
 
== Sources ==   
 
== Sources ==   
  
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Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Norman_Conquests].
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Programme notes of the [[Baxter Theatre]] production, 1979.
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[[Brian Barrow]] and [[Yvonne Williams-Short]] (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'': p. 113.
  
Programme notes
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[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket!'': p. 374.
  
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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Latest revision as of 15:00, 15 February 2016

The Norman Conquests is the collective name for three ingenious plays by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939)[1].


The original text

Entitled Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden, they feature the same six characters over a single weekend in three different parts of a house - the dining room, the living room and the garden respectively. The trilogy was first produced at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where Ayckbourn was artistic director, prior to a successful season in London, with a cast that included Tom Courtenay as Norman, Penelope Keith as Sarah, Felicity Kendal as Annie, Michael Gambon as Tom, Bridget Turner as Ruth, and Mark Kingston as Reg.

Translations and adaptations

South African Productions

1979: The trilogy was first produced in South Africa by the Baxter Company '79, directed by Brian Rawlinson, with Bill Flynn (Norman), Eckard Rabe (Tom). Sandra Duncan (Sarah), Dorothy-Ann Gould (Annie), John Lesley (Reg) and Jana Cilliers (Ruth). The design was by Peter Krummeck and the lighting by Winston Cowie. The Baxter Theatre production, with the same cast, appeared at His Majesty's Theatre in Johannesburg later that year, under the auspices of Brickhill-Burke.

Sources

Wikipedia: [2].

Programme notes of the Baxter Theatre production, 1979.

Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987: p. 113.

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket!: p. 374.

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

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