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−	''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (French title: ''[[La Folle de Chaillot]]'') by French dramatist [[Jean Giraudoux]]. Written during the German Occupation of Paris in 1943, it was not performed until after his death in 1944. The premiere was in Paris in December 1945 in a production by Giraudoux's frequent collaborator, actor and theatre director Louis Jouvet with Marguerite Moreno in the lead. It was she who had been the inspiration for the piece.
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
−	~~Translated into English by Maurice Valency.~~
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−	~~Translated from the French into [[Afrikaans]], entitled ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'', by [[Rita Elferink]].~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
−	1951: The first South African production in English was by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town in October 1951, followed by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society\|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in 1952, starring [[Haidee Cassell]] as "Countess Aurelia", [[Ivy Collins]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Valerie Philip]], [[Shirley Wakefield]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Basil Warner]]. Decor was by [[Len Grossett]] and costumes by [[Louis Jacobson]].
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−	The Cape Town cast were [[Haidee Cassell]], [[Dorothy Nettlefold]], [[Zandberg Jansen]], [[Geoffrey Barry]], [[Connie Dix-Hart]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Percy Sieff]]. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]].
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−	1977: ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'' premièred in May 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], staged by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]. Directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Die Direkteur), [[Johan Naudé]] (Die Baron), [[Solly Oosthuizen]] (Marital), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Claude), [[Charmaine Potgieter]] (Syrille), [[Johann van Heerden]] (Victor, die Vodderaper), [[Kobus Geldenhuys]] (Jean-Jacques), [[Tammy Alberts]] (Irma), [[Niel le Roux]] (Skoenveterverkoper), [[Gerrit Snyman]] (Die Makelaar), [[Chris van Jaarsveld]] (Aandeelhouer), [[Jan le Roux]] (Losbol), [[Ronny Belcher]] (Prospekteerder), [[Jeannette Roussouw]] (Aurelie, Mal Vrou van Chaillot), [[Peter de Villiers]] (Die Bode), [[Fred le Roux]] (Dr. Jadin), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Lewensredder), [[Wouter Struwig]] (Pierre), [[Johan J. Fourie]] (Konstabel), [[Van Rooyen Terblanche]] (Nare Man), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Mnr. Florian), [[Margaret Fölscher]] (Mal Vrou van Passy), [[Elmarie Kritzinger]] (Mal Vrou van St. Sulpice), [[Joan-Helen Dry]] (Mal Vrou van La Concorde) and [[Thierry Delameilleure]], [[Louié Loots]], [[Davida Day]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Leona Rich]], [[Arina van Zyl]], [[Mari Hauptfleisch]], [[Susan Coetzer]], [[Kathy Beard]], [[CIA Lewis]], [[Morlette Lindsay]], [[Heide-Marie Rossocha]], [[Marlinda Vermeulen]], [[Gaby Wengrove]], [[Paul Marais]], [[Pierre Rommelaere]], [[Hardus Rust]]. Costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Emile Aucamp]] and masurkas composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]].
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−	~~1985: ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' presented by students of the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] at the [[Little Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] in September 1985~~
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madwoman_of_Chaillot.~~
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−	~~Undated clipping from ''[[Die Burger]]'' found in a scrapbook dated 1951, prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].~~
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−	Photographs of Percy Sieff and the cast of the production of ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' by Jean Giradeaux, produced by Leonard Schach at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, on 20 October 1951, including [[Helen Houghton]], [[Dudley Davies]], [[Haidee Cassel]], [[Paul Vierya]], [[Brian Proudfoot]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Hudson Clausen]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[John Kerr]], [[Petal du Toit]], [[Frances Barry]], [[Beronese Mann]], [[Zandberg Jansen]] and [[Melvin Simmers]]. [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 38.
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−	~~[[UTS]] theatre programme, May 1977.~~
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−	~~[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1977. p 118, 120.~~
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−	~~[[Little Theatre]] programme, 1985.~~
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−	~~Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]].~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]~~
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	''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (French title: ''[[La Folle de Chaillot]]'') by French dramatist [[Jean Giraudoux]]. Written during the German Occupation of Paris in 1943, it was not performed until after his death in 1944. The premiere was in Paris in December 1945 in a production by Giraudoux's frequent collaborator, actor and theatre director Louis Jouvet with Marguerite Moreno in the lead. It was she who had been the inspiration for the piece.		''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (French title: ''[[La Folle de Chaillot]]'') by French dramatist [[Jean Giraudoux]]. Written during the German Occupation of Paris in 1943, it was not performed until after his death in 1944. The premiere was in Paris in December 1945 in a production by Giraudoux's frequent collaborator, actor and theatre director Louis Jouvet with Marguerite Moreno in the lead. It was she who had been the inspiration for the piece.

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 == Sources ==
-Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madwoman_of_Chaillot].
 Undated clipping from ''[[Die Burger]]'' found in a scrapbook dated 1951, prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
 Photographs of Percy Sieff and the cast of the production of ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' by Jean Giradeaux, produced by Leonard Schach at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, on 20 October 1951, including [[Helen Houghton]], [[Dudley Davies]], [[Haidee Cassel]], [[Paul Vierya]], [[Brian Proudfoot]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Hudson Clausen]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[John Kerr]], [[Petal du Toit]], [[Frances Barry]], [[Beronese Mann]], [[Zandberg Jansen]] and [[Melvin Simmers]]. [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 38.
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 118, 120.
-[[UTS]] theatre pamphlet, 1977.
+[[Little Theatre]] programme, 1985.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]].

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 The Cape Town cast were [[Haidee Cassell]], [[Dorothy Nettlefold]], [[Zandberg Jansen]], [[Geoffrey Barry]], [[Connie Dix-Hart]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Percy Sieff]]. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]].
-: ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'' performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in May 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], starring [[Herman Pretorius]], [[Jannie Hofmeyr]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Fred le Roux]], [[Dawid Minnaar]] and others.
+: ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'' premièred in May 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], staged by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]. Directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Die Direkteur), [[Johan Naudé]] (Die Baron), [[Solly Oosthuizen]] (Marital), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Claude), [[Charmaine Potgieter]] (Syrille), [[Johann van Heerden]] (Victor, die Vodderaper), [[Kobus Geldenhuys]] (Jean-Jacques), [[Tammy Alberts]] (Irma), [[Niel le Roux]] (Skoenveterverkoper), [[Gerrit Snyman]] (Die Makelaar), [[Chris van Jaarsveld]] (Aandeelhouer), [[Jan le Roux]] (Losbol), [[Ronny Belcher]] (Prospekteerder), [[Jeannette Roussouw]] (Aurelie, Mal Vrou van Chaillot), [[Peter de Villiers]] (Die Bode), [[Fred le Roux]] (Dr. Jadin), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Lewensredder), [[Wouter Struwig]] (Pierre), [[Johan J. Fourie]] (Konstabel), [[Van Rooyen Terblanche]] (Nare Man), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Mnr. Florian), [[Margaret Fölscher]] (Mal Vrou van Passy), [[Elmarie Kritzinger]] (Mal Vrou van St. Sulpice), [[Joan-Helen Dry]] (Mal Vrou van La Concorde) and [[Thierry Delameilleure]], [[Louié Loots]], [[Davida Day]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Leona Rich]], [[Arina van Zyl]], [[Mari Hauptfleisch]], [[Susan Coetzer]], [[Kathy Beard]], [[CIA Lewis]], [[Morlette Lindsay]], [[Heide-Marie Rossocha]], [[Marlinda Vermeulen]], [[Gaby Wengrove]], [[Paul Marais]], [[Pierre Rommelaere]], [[Hardus Rust]]. Costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Emile Aucamp]] and masurkas composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]].
-: ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' presented by students of the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] at the [[Little Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] in September 1985
+: ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' presented by students of the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] at the [[Little Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] in September 1985
 == Sources ==

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-''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' (French title: ''[[La Folle de Chaillot]]'') by French dramatist [[Jean Giraudoux]]. Written during the German Occupation of Paris in 1943, it was not performed until after his death in 1944. The premiere was in Paris in December 1945 in a production by Giraudoux's frequent collaborator, actor and theatre director Louis Jouvet with Marguerite Moreno in the lead. It was she who had been the inspiration for the piece.
+''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (French title: ''[[La Folle de Chaillot]]'') by French dramatist [[Jean Giraudoux]]. Written during the German Occupation of Paris in 1943, it was not performed until after his death in 1944. The premiere was in Paris in December 1945 in a production by Giraudoux's frequent collaborator, actor and theatre director Louis Jouvet with Marguerite Moreno in the lead. It was she who had been the inspiration for the piece.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 118, 120.
-UTS theatre pamphlet, 1977,
+[[UTS]] theatre pamphlet, 1977.
 Little Theatre programme, 1985.
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
+== Return to ==
 == Return to ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The first South African production in English was by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town in October 1951, followed by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in 1952, starring [[Haidee Cassell]] as "Countess Aurelia", [[Ivy Collins]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Valerie Philip]], [[Shirley Wakefield]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Basil Warner]].  Decor was by [[Len Grossett]] and costumes by [[Louis Jacobson]]. The Cape Town cast were [[Haidee Cassell]], [[Dorothy Nettlefold]], [[Zandberg Jansen]], [[Geoffrey Barry]], [[Connie Dix-Hart]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Percy Sieff]]. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]].
+: The first South African production in English was by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town in October 1951, followed by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in 1952, starring [[Haidee Cassell]] as "Countess Aurelia", [[Ivy Collins]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Valerie Philip]], [[Shirley Wakefield]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Basil Warner]].  Decor was by [[Len Grossett]] and costumes by [[Louis Jacobson]].
 : ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'' performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in May 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], starring [[Herman Pretorius]], [[Jannie Hofmeyr]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Fred le Roux]], [[Dawid Minnaar]] and others.