The Prince of West End Avenue
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The Prince of West End Avenue is a one-man play, based on the novel by Alan Isler.
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The original text
The Prince of West End Avenue was originally written as a novel by Alan Isler and published in 1994 by Bridge Works Publishers. Set in the Emma Lazarus retirement home in uptown Manhattan, where the Jewish inmates embark on a chaotic, bitchy production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Translations and adaptations
The novel was adapted as a one-man performance piece by **
Performance history in South Africa
1999: Visiting British actor Kerry Shale performed it as a one man show at the Spier Summer Festival in Stellenbosch, playing more than 14 characters.
Sources
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/632730.The_Prince_of_West_End_Avenue
Christene Skinner. Spier Summer Festival calendar Artslink.co.za News 10/01/1999
