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''Torch Song Trilogy'' is a collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954-*) rendered in three acts: ''International Stud'', ''Fugue in a Nursery'', and ''Widows and Children First!''. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.
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''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy] is a 1982 collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein] rendered in three acts: ''International Stud'', ''Fugue in a Nursery'', and ''Widows and Children First!''. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
In South Africa a Market Theatre Company production was directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] in 1984, performed at the [[Baxter Theatre]], featuring [[Jean Dell]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Adrienne Pearce]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], [[Brenda Wood]].  
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1984: Performed at [[Market Theatre]] by [[The Company]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]], starring [[Judy Page]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Ruphin Coudyzer]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], and [[Annabel Linder]]. Designs by [[Anthony Farmer]], music directed and performed by [[John Oakley-Smith]], lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]].
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1984: This production moved to the [[Baxter Theatre]], featuring [[Jean Dell]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Adrienne Pearce]], [[Arnold Vosloo]], [[Andrew Worsdale]], [[Brenda Wood]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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''Torch Song Trilogy'' theatre programme, 1984.
  
 
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
 
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 31 December 2023

Torch Song Trilogy [1] is a 1982 collection of three plays by American actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein (1954- ) [2] rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First!. The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.

Performance history in South Africa

1984: Performed at Market Theatre by The Company, directed by Janice Honeyman, starring Judy Page, Danny Keogh, Wilson Dunster, Ruphin Coudyzer, Dorothy-Ann Gould, Arnold Vosloo, Andrew Worsdale, and Annabel Linder. Designs by Anthony Farmer, music directed and performed by John Oakley-Smith, lighting design by Mannie Manim.

1984: This production moved to the Baxter Theatre, featuring Jean Dell, Danny Keogh, Wilson Dunster, Adrienne Pearce, Arnold Vosloo, Andrew Worsdale, Brenda Wood.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Song_Trilogy

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)


Torch Song Trilogy theatre programme, 1984.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

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