Difference between revisions of "Virginia"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 6: Line 6:
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
In South Africa the play was directed by [[Bobby Heaney]] for the [[Market Theatre Company]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] opening 14 February 1983, featuring [[Sandra Duncan]] (Virginia), [[Robert Whitehead]] (The Man, first appearing as Virginia's father then as Leonrad Woolf), [[Diane Wilson]] (Vita Sackville-West), also performed in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]] in 1983-1984. Designed by [[Andrew Botha]], lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]].
+
In South Africa the play was directed by [[Bobby Heaney]] for the [[Market Theatre Company]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] opening 14 February 1983, featuring [[Sandra Duncan]] (Virginia), [[Robert Whitehead]] (The Man, first appearing as Virginia's father then as Leonrad Woolf), [[Yvonne Banning]], [[Diane Wilson]] (Vita Sackville-West), also performed in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]] in 1983-1984. Designed by [[Andrew Botha]], lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 18:09, 21 December 2015

Virginia, by Edna O'Brien [1] (1930-*), an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short story writer. In 1981, she wrote a play, Virginia based on the lives and writings of Virginia and Leonard Woolf and it was staged originally in Canada and subsequently in the West End of London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Maggie Smith and directed by Robin Phillips.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

In South Africa the play was directed by Bobby Heaney for the Market Theatre Company at Upstairs at the Market opening 14 February 1983, featuring Sandra Duncan (Virginia), Robert Whitehead (The Man, first appearing as Virginia's father then as Leonrad Woolf), Yvonne Banning, Diane Wilson (Vita Sackville-West), also performed in the Baxter Studio in 1983-1984. Designed by Andrew Botha, lighting design by Mannie Manim.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_O'Brien

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

Virginia theatre programme, 1983-4.


Return to

Return to V in Plays 2 Foreign Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to Main Page