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| − | by American playwright Sidney Howard. Full-length. Cast: mixed. A drama about a mother who is pathologically close to her sons and works to undermine their romances, it starred Pauline Lord and was one of the most talked-about plays of the 1926-27 Broadway season. | + | ''The Silver Cord'' is a psychological melodrama written in 1926 by American playwright Sidney Howard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Howard] (1891-1039). Full-length. Cast: mixed. A drama about a mother who is pathologically close to her sons and works to undermine their romances, it starred Pauline Lord and was one of the most talked-about plays of the 1926-27 Broadway season. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Produced for the [[Brian Brooke Company]] by [[Will Jamieson]], presented at Cape Town's [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in February | + | 1947: Produced for the [[Brian Brooke Company]] by [[Will Jamieson]], presented at Cape Town's [[Hofmeyr Hall]] in February, starring [[Dorothy Kendal-Grimston]], [[Will Jamieson]], [[Petrina Fry]], [[Joyce Murcott]], [[Frank Wise]]. |
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| + | 1947: Produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]] starring [[Gay Gibson]]. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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[[ESAT Bibliography Ndl-Nic|Nel, 1972]] | [[ESAT Bibliography Ndl-Nic|Nel, 1972]] | ||
| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Bri-Bru|Brooke]] 1978. 157. | ||
| − | + | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 30. | |
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Latest revision as of 09:30, 13 August 2016
The Silver Cord is a psychological melodrama written in 1926 by American playwright Sidney Howard [1] (1891-1039). Full-length. Cast: mixed. A drama about a mother who is pathologically close to her sons and works to undermine their romances, it starred Pauline Lord and was one of the most talked-about plays of the 1926-27 Broadway season.
Performance history in South Africa
1947: Produced for the Brian Brooke Company by Will Jamieson, presented at Cape Town's Hofmeyr Hall in February, starring Dorothy Kendal-Grimston, Will Jamieson, Petrina Fry, Joyce Murcott, Frank Wise.
1947: Produced by the Johannesburg Repertory Society starring Gay Gibson.
Translations and adaptations
Afrikaans translation by Herman Steytler: Die Onsigbare Band. Directed by Lily-Jean Satusky for K.A.T. in August 1953.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_Cord_(play)
Trek, 11(16):18, 1947.
Brooke 1978. 157.
Tucker, 1997. 30.
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