Difference between revisions of "An Inspector Calls"
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Revision as of 13:59, 10 May 2016
An Inspector Calls by English dramatist J.B. Priestley (1894-1984)[1]. A popular thriller.
Contents
The original text
First performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and in 1946 in the UK.
Translations and adaptations
Filmed in 1954 and 2015, made into a television series in 1982.
Performance history in South Africa
First performed in South Africa by ** in **.
1948: Staged professionally by NTO in August 1948, as its second English touring production. Produced and directed by Leontine Sagan, it starred Frank Wise (Arthur Birling), Lorna Cowell (Sybil Birling), Vivien Drummond or Hazel Casson (Sheila Birling), Leon Gluckman (Eric Birling), Oswald van Blerk (Gerald Croft), Esme Celliers (Edna) and André Huguenet (Inspector Coole). Decor designed by Ronald Philip, dresses designed by Dan Welman. It toured in tandem with De Klerk's Nag het die Wind Gebring.
Sources
Wikipedia [2].
An Inspector Calls theatre programme, 1948.
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