Dark Brown
There are two South African plays by this name.
Contents
Dark Brown, a full-length play by Denis Rhodes Granger
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1951: Performed by the Worcester Dramatic Society, directed by the author, Denis Rhodes Granger.
Sources
Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A Historical and Critical Survey of the South African One-act Play Written in English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.
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Dark Brown a one-act play by English playwright Philip Johnson (1900-1984)
A play about a family that discovers that their father is a public hangman.
The original text
Published by Samuel French, 1946.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1947: Directed by Jean Pearson during the FATSSA District Drama Festival in the Little Theatre, Cape Town.
Sources
http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsJ/johnson-philip.html#50872.
Donald Inskip 1972. Forty Little Years: The Story of a Theatre. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. p.134.
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