Marlin the Magnificent

Marlin the Magnificent is a children's play by James C. Abrell (1927-2013)[1]

The original text

Subtitled "An Original Fantasy", it

Published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1971.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Wonderlike Waldo ("The Wonderful Waldo") by Roelf Laubscher

South African performances

1980: Performed in Afrikaans by SUKOVS, directed by Laurens Cilliers, with Mitzi Booysen, Laurens Cilliers, Pieter Brand, Marna Gey van Pittius, Paul Lückhoff, Antoinette Kellerman, Roelf Laubscher and Karima Barrella. Decor and costume design: Laurens Cilliers.

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Marlin_the_Magnificent.html?id=rZFkHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansas/name/james-abrell-obituary?id=13146793

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/6_New_Plays_for_Children.html?id=9pcNAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

Programme of the SUKOVS production (1980)

Antoinette Kellerman's copy of the typed text of the Afrikaans text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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