Difference between revisions of "L'Amante Anglaise"
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| − | A play about a gruesome murder, based on Duras's own novel of the same name. Play first published and performed 1968. | + | A play about a gruesome murder, based on Duras's own 1967 novel of the same name. Play first published and performed in the Théâtre National Populaire-Théâtre de Chaillot on 1968. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 27 August 2016
L'Amante Anglaise is a French play by Marguerite Duras [1] (1914-1996)
The original text
A play about a gruesome murder, based on Duras's own 1967 novel of the same name. Play first published and performed in the Théâtre National Populaire-Théâtre de Chaillot on 1968.
Performance history in South Africa
1974: Staged at the Doornfontein Arena as its last production before closing in November 1974, with Ruth Oppenheim and Raeford Daniel.
1975: Directed in English for The Space (Cape Town) by Lindsay Reardon in 1975, with Glynn Day, Keith Grenville and Ruth Oppenheim. The stage manager was Fatima Dike.
Sources
Wikipedia [2] (French).
E-mail correspondence from Rina Minervini, 7-15 March, 2016
Astbury 1979.
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