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The play ''Rain'' by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, which in turn was based on the short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain") by W. Somerset Maugham. Actress Jeanne Eagels had played the role on stage. A portrayal of conflict between carnal and spiritual love which in its ultimate expression turns out to be the same thing.  
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The play ''Rain'' by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, which was based on the short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain") by W. Somerset Maugham. Actress Jeanne Eagels had played the role on stage. A portrayal of conflict between carnal and spiritual love which in its ultimate expression turns out to be the same thing.  
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 14:21, 21 April 2014

The play Rain by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, which was based on the short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain") by W. Somerset Maugham. Actress Jeanne Eagels had played the role on stage. A portrayal of conflict between carnal and spiritual love which in its ultimate expression turns out to be the same thing.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, by an amateur company, March 1944. The cast included Elizabeth Renfield, Simon Freeman.

The adaptation by John Colton and Clemence Randolph presented by CAPAB in the Nico Malan Theatre in June 1983, directed by Ken Leach, with Roger Dwyer, Jana Cilliers, Diane Wilson.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_(1932_film)

South African Opinion, 1(2) 1944, 23

Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet June-July 1983


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