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''The Promise'' (aka ''[[My Poor Marat]]'') by Aleksei Arbuzov. A popular Russian play about the lives of three teenagers during the savage 1942 winter siege of Leningrad, as the Russians fight off the Nazi invaders.  First produced in 1965 in Russia, playing 66 theatres there.  First production of the English translation by Ariadne Nicolaeff in England directed by Frank Hauser with Ian McKellen at the Oxford Playhouse, London 21 November 1966.
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First produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[Basil Rubin]] at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1967. It starred English actor [[Andrew Ray]], [[John Fraser]] and [[Olive MacFarlane]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]]. Decor by [[Raimond Schoop]].
 
 
 
Translated from the Russian by Ariadne Nicolaeff. Produced by Leonard Schach Productions, directed by [[Leonard Schach]], in the [[Labia Theatre]], from 29 May 1968. Cast: [[Olive McFarland]], [[John Fraser]],  [[Andrew Ray]].
 
 
 
An Afrikaans version translated from the German by [[Dawid Engela]] , entitled ''[[Arme Marat]]'', produced in 1968 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] for [[CAPAB]] starring [[Katinka Heyns]], [[Pieter Fourie]] and [[Cobus Rossouw]].
 
 
 
''My Arme Marat'' was presented by [[PACT]] in 1972, directed by [[Truida Louw]], starring [[Marie Koeleman]], [[Jan Engelen]] and [[Dawid van der Merwe|David van der Merwe]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(1), 1968.
 
 
 
PACT Newsletter, July 1972.
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 127.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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