Les Nonnes

Les Nonnes ("The Nuns") is a French comedy by Cuban born playwright and novelist Eduardo Manet (1930- ) [1],

The original text

The play was written in French Written in 1969 the sinister play is set in Haiti at the time of the first Negro revolt of 1804.

The play has been translated into more than twenty languages.

Translated into English as The Nuns by Robert Baldick (1927-1972) [2] in 1970.

Translated from the English into Afrikaans as Die Nonne, by Mees Xteen in 1973.

1972: The Nuns presented by PACT at the Arena Theatre, Johannesburg, directed by Norman Coombes, starring Nigel Vermaas (Mother Superior), Ken Leach (Sister Angela), Frantz Dobrowsky (Sister Inez) and Sue Kiel (The Senora).

1973: Die Nonne, the Xteen Afrikaans translation was staged in the Hofmeyr Theatre, directed by Mees Xteen.

1984: The Nuns , directed by Rudy Nadler-Nir of the Habimah Theatre, Israel (who took over the direction after the death of Robert Mohr) was staged at the Little Theatre (5-19 May 1984), starring Gideon de Wet (Sister Ines), Michael Williams (Mother Superior), Rodney-Mark Venner (Sister Angela), Rachel Browne (Senora). Designer A. Samsodien, lighting Pip Marshall, costumes by Jeff Smith.