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''[[Alter Ego]]'' is a radio play by Arch Oboler (1909-1987)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Oboler].
  
 
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Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Alter Ego]]'' by [[Conradie]].
  
 
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https://broadcastellan.blogspot.com/2008/04/originally-written-for-bette-davis-arch.html

Revision as of 16:02, 20 May 2022

Alter Ego is a radio play by Arch Oboler (1909-1987)[1].

The original text

A radio play about a young woman compelled by an inner voice to kill her lover, it was apparently written for Bette Davis and was first produced by the Texaco Star Theater (5 October 1938), with Davis in the role of a young woman. Retitled Another World the psychodrama was subsequently presented on the programme Arch Oboler’s Plays (28 July 1939), with radio actress Betty Garde in the lead. On 22 April, 1945, it was once again soundstaged under its original title of “Alter Ego” as a Your Radio Hall of Fame production.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Alter Ego by Conradie.

Broadcast history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Oboler

https://broadcastellan.blogspot.com/2008/04/originally-written-for-bette-davis-arch.html


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