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| + | ''The Wages of Sin'', or ''Perfidious Piecework'' by Andrew Sachs. This classic melodrama has a Chairman, a good guy, a villain, a pretty girl and everything you expect from a melodrama, including High Drama, a fight, lasciviousness, lust, temptation and horrible deaths.... after being stabbed with a pistol. | ||
| + | [http://www.tads.org.uk/PastProd/WOS/wagesofsin.HTM]. | ||
| + | == The original text == | ||
| − | + | ==Translations and adaptations== | |
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| + | 1978: Staged as a lunch-hour presentation at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1978, directed by [[Nigel Stevenson]] with [[Gillian Burl]], [[Scott Hawker]], [[Corinne Willoughby]] and [[Guy Willoughby]]. The stage manager was [[Pam Mills]]. | ||
| − | + | == Sources == | |
| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979. | ||
| + | Not listed in plays by German-born British actor and playwright Andrew Sachs [http://audiodrama.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_Sachs]. | ||
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| + | ''The Sound of Laughter'' by Peter Kay, page 67, referring to the uncertainty of authorship of ''The Wages of Sin'': [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=L-4KWVoX7skC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=andrew+sachs+wages+of+sin&source=bl&ots=FNWt6jQoCz&sig=ggs8VATAPoLpg29uCPqeLbAc9EE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7lamKgJjKAhUINiYKHURnDfwQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=andrew%20sachs%20wages%20of%20sin&f=false] | ||
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Revision as of 10:56, 16 February 2019
The Wages of Sin, or Perfidious Piecework by Andrew Sachs. This classic melodrama has a Chairman, a good guy, a villain, a pretty girl and everything you expect from a melodrama, including High Drama, a fight, lasciviousness, lust, temptation and horrible deaths.... after being stabbed with a pistol. [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1978: Staged as a lunch-hour presentation at The Space (Cape Town) in 1978, directed by Nigel Stevenson with Gillian Burl, Scott Hawker, Corinne Willoughby and Guy Willoughby. The stage manager was Pam Mills.
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Not listed in plays by German-born British actor and playwright Andrew Sachs [2].
The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay, page 67, referring to the uncertainty of authorship of The Wages of Sin: [3]
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
