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1. by [[Jill Fletcher]].  A play about ** Unpublished, undated typescript held by the author. (See Gosher, 1988)
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=''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' by [[Jill Fletcher]]=
  
2' ''The Play's the Thing'' (1925) or ''The Play in the Castle'', translated from the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Moln%C3%A1r] (1878-1952) play ''Játék a kastélyban''.  Presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]] in 1943.
 
  
Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' ("** in the night") and produced by [[NTO]] in 1956.
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== The original text ==
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An unpublished, undated typescript of a one-act play held by the author. 
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== Sources ==
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Gosher, 1988
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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=''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' (1925) or ''The Play in the Castle'',
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An English translation of  ''[[Játék a kastélyban]]'' ("The play in the castle") by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár  (1878-1952)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Moln%C3%A1r].
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== The original text ==
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== Translations and adaptations ==
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Translated into English as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' or ''[[The Play in the Castle]]'',
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' ("Schemes in the night")  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1943: Produced  by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], with [[Frank Douglass]] in 1943.
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1956: Produced by [[NTO]] in 1956.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Moln%C3%A1r
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''Trek'' , 8(2):16, 1943.
 
''Trek'' , 8(2):16, 1943.
  
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Revision as of 05:33, 12 April 2016

There are two plays by this name that have been performed in South Africa.


The Play's the Thing by Jill Fletcher

The original text

An unpublished, undated typescript of a one-act play held by the author.


Sources

Gosher, 1988

Go to ESAT Bibliography


=The Play's the Thing (1925) or The Play in the Castle,

An English translation of Játék a kastélyban ("The play in the castle") by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952)[1].


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as The Play's the Thing or The Play in the Castle,

Translated into Afrikaans as Gekonkel in die Nag ("Schemes in the night")

Performance history in South Africa

1943: Produced by the Johannesburg Repertory Society, with Frank Douglass in 1943.

1956: Produced by NTO in 1956.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Moln%C3%A1r

Trek , 8(2):16, 1943.

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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