The Man
There are two plays with this title:
The Man by Mel Dinelli (1950)
The original text
The Man is a full length play written in 1950 by Mel Dinelli (1912-1991)[1] and was based on "To Find Help", a short story by Dinelli - had its Broadway debut in 1950, starring Dorothy Gish.
Translations and adaptations
The play was later turned into a film called Beware, My Lovely (1952)[2].
Performance history in South Africa
1961: Staged by the Durban Lyric Theatre Company, directed by Kenneth Baker, with Patricia Sanders (Mrs Gillis), Diana Tullis (Ruth), Brian Lawson (Armstrong), Charles Vernon (Wilton), Gordon Atkins (Franks), Maurice Orden (Doug), and Kenneth Baker (Stevens).
1963: Pieter Toerien and Basil Rubin production directed by Charles Vernon, set designed, executed and painted by Joseph Cappon.
The Man by Jill Fletcher (1980s)
The original text
The Man is an one-act play by Jill Fletcher (1929–2003).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by H. Dippenaar as Die Man.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Fletcher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Dinelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beware,_My_Lovely
Durban Lyric Theatre Company programme, 1961.
Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 34. 23.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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