Anna Christie
Anna Christie (1921) is a play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953).
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The original text
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1923.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1942: Produced by the Johannesburg Reps in 1942, Directed by André Huguenet, featuring ***, *** and ***, and involving Taubie Kushlick, Louis Jacobson, John Cranko and Cecilia Sonnenberg in the back-stage crew.
1944: Jan Bruyns had a role in this play in Cape Town in the early 1940's.
1962: Produced by Fred Engelen 1962 in Cape Town under the auspices of the ICTB for the Cape Regional Theatre’s first production in English starring Johan van Zyl, Emile Aucamp, Jannie Lindeque, Morné Coetzer, Frank Wise, Estelle Kohler, Tine Balder, Patrick Mynhardt.
Sources
Helikon, 1(5):96. 1952.
Anna Christie theatre programme, 1962-1963.
Tucker, 1997. p. 19.
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