Don't Listen, Ladies!

Don't Listen, Ladies! is a Comedy in Three Acts from the French of French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the Boulevard theatre, Alexandre-Pierre Georges (Sacha) Guitry (21 February 1885 - 24 July 1957) [1].[2].

The original text

N'écoutez pas, mesdames! by Sacha Guitry. Staged in English at the St James Theatre in London in 1948.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted from the original French by playwright Guy Bolton (1884-1979) [3] and Stephen Powys. Published 1952.

Performance history in South Africa

1950: Produced by Anna Romain Hoffman at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, 12 to 27 May, with Hoffman the role of Julie Bille-en-Bois, Elizabeth Renfield (one of the two wives), Philip Birkinshaw (Daniel Bachelet), Doreen Mantle, Frank Wise, Siegfried Mynhardt, Arthur Cavendish, Fay Titmus and David Lander.

1951: Produced by African Consolidated Theatres at His Majesty's Theatre starring Clifford Mollison (as Daniel), Avril Wheatley, Joy Wood, John Boxer, Blanche Fothergill, Michel Anderson.

1972: The world premiere of the musical version of the play was directed by Michael Meacham [4] for NAPAC at the Alhambra Theatre, Durban, starring London actor Basil Hoskins (1929-2005) [5], Pamela Jacobs, Mary Harrison and Deborah Witkin.

Sources

Bibliographic details of the original text, Google Books [6].

Trek, 15(6):42, 1950.

NELM: [Collection: MEINTJES, Johannes]: 2012. 456. 5. 4. 4 (African Consolidated Theatres production). 1951.

NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 11. 37 (NAPAC production).

The Rand Daily Mail, 22 May 1950; 26 October 1951; 6 July 1972.

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