Difference between revisions of "Village Wooing"
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Revision as of 17:22, 6 May 2023
Village Wooing is a farce by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).
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The original text
The was written in 1933 and first performed in 1934. It has only two characters, hence the subtitle "a comedietta for two voices".
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. This production was taken on tour to various destinations in the Eastern Cape in September and October.
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 Unpublished research.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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