Difference between revisions of "Village Wooing"

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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1945: Produced by [[Joyce Burch]] in the [[Little Theatre]] in 1945. With [[Joyce Burch]] and [[Charles Johnman]].
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1945: Produced by [[Joyce Burch]] for the [[University of Cape Town]] Speech and Drama Department in the [[Little Theatre]] in 1945. With [[Joyce Burch]] and [[Charles Johnman]].
  
 
1971: ''[[Vryasie op die Dorp]]'' was  produced by [[KRUIK]] in March 1971. The actor-manager [[Louw Verwey]]'s company was contracted by [[CAPAB]] to undertake tours and this was its first production, opening on 19 July 1971.
 
1971: ''[[Vryasie op die Dorp]]'' was  produced by [[KRUIK]] in March 1971. The actor-manager [[Louw Verwey]]'s company was contracted by [[CAPAB]] to undertake tours and this was its first production, opening on 19 July 1971.

Revision as of 17:50, 11 August 2017

Village Wooing is a farce by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans by Nerina Ferreira entitled Vryasie op die Dorp.

Performance history in South Africa

1945: Produced by Joyce Burch for the University of Cape Town Speech and Drama Department in the Little Theatre in 1945. With Joyce Burch and Charles Johnman.

1971: Vryasie op die Dorp was produced by KRUIK in March 1971. The actor-manager Louw Verwey's company was contracted by CAPAB to undertake tours and this was its first production, opening on 19 July 1971.

Sources

Trek, 10(5):23, 1945.

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 67.

Theatre scrapbook held by NELM: [Collection: LILENSTEIN, Mavis]: 2007. 9. 25. 3.


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