The Happiest Days of Your Life - Revision history

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 : Toured in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gelukkige Dae]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1955, playing for 66 performances. Directed by [[Schalk Theron]], with [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Kobus Botha]], [[Louw Botes]], [[Jane Potgieter]], [[Bettie Coetsee]], [[Pieter Wilcocks]], [[Eugene von Bülow]] and [[Petro van der Walt]].
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Ndl-Nic|Nel]], 1972. 102-3.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Sources==
-Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiest_Days_of_Your_Life].
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiest_Days_of_Your_Life.
-Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dighton].
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dighton.
 http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/487612/

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 : Performed in [[Afrikaans]] for [[Johannesburgse Afrikaanse Amateur Toneelspelers|J.A.A.T.S.]] in 1953 by [[Aletta Gericke]]. The cast for the performance in Afrikaans included [[Gys Steyn]], [[Natie Steyn]], [[Billy Pretorius]], [[Frances Coertze]], [[Willem van Heerden]], [[Jan Esterhuizen]] and others.
-: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by the [[Bloemfonteinse Teatergroep]] in March 1953 in the [[Visser Hall]], Bloemfontein, directed by [[Bessie Kotzé]]. The cast included [[Margaretha Spies]], [[Schalk Theron]], [[Jan Eksteen]], [[Anna van Biljon]], [[Ulrich Fabian]], [[Lida Waldeck]], [[Pieter van Aswegen]], [[Maria Bosman]], [[Alice Wilmot]], [[Jaco Kruger]], [[Philip de Wet]], [[William Harding]] and [[Marietjie Mostert]]. Decor and costumes by [[Hennie van Deventer]] and [[Dollie Serfontein]]. [[Hans Binswanger]]***???.
+: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by the [[Bloemfonteinse Teatergroep]] in March 1953 in the [[Visser Hall]], Bloemfontein, directed by [[Bessie Kotzé]]. The cast included [[Margaretha Spies]], [[Schalk Theron]], [[Jan Eksteen]], [[Anna van Biljon]], [[Ulrich Fabian]], [[Lina Waldeck]], [[Pieter van Aswegen]], [[Maria Bosman]], [[Alice Wilmot]], [[Jaco Kruger]], [[Philip de Wet]], [[William Harding]] and [[Marietjie Mostert]]. Decor and costumes by [[Hennie van Deventer]] and [[Dollie Serfontein]]. [[Hans Binswanger]]***???.
 : In an [[Intimate Theatre]] production of ''The Happiest Days of Your Life'' in December 1953, [[Diane Wilson]] played Barbara Cahoun.

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 : Performed in [[Afrikaans]] for [[Johannesburgse Afrikaanse Amateur Toneelspelers|J.A.A.T.S.]] in 1953 by [[Aletta Gericke]]. The cast for the performance in Afrikaans included [[Gys Steyn]], [[Natie Steyn]], [[Billy Pretorius]], [[Frances Coertze]], [[Willem van Heerden]], [[Jan Esterhuizen]] and others.
-: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by the [[Bloemfonteinse Teatergroep]] in March 1953 in the [[Visser Hall]], Bloemfontein, directed by [[Bessie Kotzé]]. The cast included [[Margaretha Spies]], [[Schalk Theron]], [[Jan Eksteen]], [[Anna van Biljon]], [[Ulrich Fabian]], [[Lina Waldeck]], [[Pieter van Aswegen]], [[Maria Bosman]], [[Alice Wilmot]], [[Jaco Kruger]], [[Philip de Wet]], [[William Harding]] and [[Marietjie Mostert]]. Decor and costumes by [[Hennie van Deventer]] and [[Dollie Serfontein]]. [[Hans Binswanger]]***???.
+: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by the [[Bloemfonteinse Teatergroep]] in March 1953 in the [[Visser Hall]], Bloemfontein, directed by [[Bessie Kotzé]]. The cast included [[Margaretha Spies]], [[Schalk Theron]], [[Jan Eksteen]], [[Anna van Biljon]], [[Ulrich Fabian]], [[Lida Waldeck]], [[Pieter van Aswegen]], [[Maria Bosman]], [[Alice Wilmot]], [[Jaco Kruger]], [[Philip de Wet]], [[William Harding]] and [[Marietjie Mostert]]. Decor and costumes by [[Hennie van Deventer]] and [[Dollie Serfontein]]. [[Hans Binswanger]]***???.
 : In an [[Intimate Theatre]] production of ''The Happiest Days of Your Life'' in December 1953, [[Diane Wilson]] played Barbara Cahoun.
 : Toured in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gelukkige Dae]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1955, playing for 66 performances. Directed by [[Schalk Theron]], with [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Kobus Botha]], [[Louw Botes]], [[Jane Potgieter]], [[Bettie Coetsee]], [[Pieter Wilcocks]], [[Eugene von Bülow]] and [[Petro van der Walt]].
 ==Sources==

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 http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/487612/
-''Trek'', 14(10):44, 1950.
+''[[Trek]]'', 14(10):44, 1950.
 Undated clipping from ''[[Die Burger]]'' found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], dated 1951.

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 Undated clipping from ''[[Die Burger]]'' found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], dated 1951.
-''Helikon'', 2(11), 1953.
+''[[Helikon]]'', 2(11), 1953.
-''Helikon'', 2(12), 1953.
+''[[Helikon]]'', 2(12), 1953.
 ''[[Lantern]]'', 5(3):283-286. Feb 1956.

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-''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' is a farce by John Dighton (1909 – 1989)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dighton].
+''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' is a farce by John Dighton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dighton] (1909 – 1989).
 == The original text ==
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 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gelukkige Dae]]'' by [[A.J.B. de Klerk]]. A typewritten copy of this translation (with the alternative title ''Die Gelukkigste Dae'') is available at the [[Stellenbosch University]] Library, Manuscripts Section. Reference 31/17/10.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Toured in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gelukkige Dae]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1955, playing for 66 performances. Directed by [[Schalk Theron]], with [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Kobus Botha]], [[Louw Botes]], [[Jane Potgieter]], [[Bettie Coetsee]], [[Pieter Wilcocks]], [[Eugene von Bülow]] and [[Petro van der Walt]].
 ==Sources==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by The [[Brian Brooke Company]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]]. This production was also staged at the [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in Cape Town]], directed by [[Mary Byron]] and starring [[Michael Drinn]] (who took over the role at short notice), [[Kathleen Williams]], [[John Roberts]], [[Dianna Beaumont]] ([[Diana Beaumont]]?), [[Hilda Kriseman]] and [[Lawrence Ayris]].
+: Presented by The [[Brian Brooke Company]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]]. This production was also staged at the [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Mary Byron]] and starring [[Michael Drinn]] (who took over the role at short notice), [[Kathleen Williams]], [[John Roberts]], [[Dianna Beaumont]] ([[Diana Beaumont]]?), [[Hilda Kriseman]] and [[Lawrence Ayris]].
 : Performed in English for the [[East Rand Theatre Club]] in 1952, directed by ??**.