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Revision as of 09:42, 10 January 2016
The Norman Conquests is the collective name for three ingenious plays by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939).
The orignal text
Separately titled Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden, the three works 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.
Stage productions in South Africa
1979: The trilogy of plays was first produced by the Baxter Theatre Company '79 in directed by British actor/director 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 same cast performed it at His Majesty's Theatre in Johannesburg later that year, under the auspices of Brickhill-Burke.
Sources
Programme notes for The Norman Conquests, Baxter Theatre Company 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.
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