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by [[James Ambrose Brown]]. A play about the involvement of a well-meaning innocent in subversion,  sabotage and treason.   
 
by [[James Ambrose Brown]]. A play about the involvement of a well-meaning innocent in subversion,  sabotage and treason.   
 
First performed in 1966, as [[CAPAB]]'s  first indigenous English production, and as their contribution to the fifth [[Republic Festival]]. It  was produced for [[CAPAB]] by [[Toerien-Rubin]] and directed by [[David Bloomberg]], with [[Johann Nell]], [[Frank Shelley]],  [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Erica Rogers]] and [[Glynn Day]].
 
 
This production also played at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, and toured the country, being seen by just over 10 000 people in the course of 38 performances as far afield as Queenstown and Kimberley.
 
  
 
Unpublished/First published by ** in 196*.??  
 
Unpublished/First published by ** in 196*.??  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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First performed in 1966, as [[CAPAB]]'s  first indigenous English production, and as their contribution to the fifth [[Republic Festival]]. It  was produced for [[CAPAB]] by [[Toerien-Rubin]] and directed by [[David Bloomberg]], with [[Johann Nell]], [[Frank Shelley]],  [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Erica Rogers]] and [[Glynn Day]].
  
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This production also played at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, and toured the country, being seen by just over 10 000 people in the course of 38 performances as far afield as Queenstown and Kimberley.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.
  
 
[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], ''[[CAPAB]] 25 Years'', 1987. Unpublished research. p 42.
 
[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], ''[[CAPAB]] 25 Years'', 1987. Unpublished research. p 42.

Revision as of 14:09, 14 June 2014

by James Ambrose Brown. A play about the involvement of a well-meaning innocent in subversion, sabotage and treason.

Unpublished/First published by ** in 196*.??


Performance history in South Africa

First performed in 1966, as CAPAB's first indigenous English production, and as their contribution to the fifth Republic Festival. It was produced for CAPAB by Toerien-Rubin and directed by David Bloomberg, with Johann Nell, Frank Shelley, Yvonne Bryceland, Erica Rogers and Glynn Day.

This production also played at the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, and toured the country, being seen by just over 10 000 people in the course of 38 performances as far afield as Queenstown and Kimberley.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 42.

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