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''The Visit'' (1956), a tragicomedy by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Original German title: ''[[Der Besuch Der Alten Dame]]''. A classic play about revenge, telling of a woman who returns to the village after the war to seek recompense?* . First performed **. The original 1956 play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt was adapted for American audiences by Maurice Valency. Its first Broadway theatre production, in 1958, was directed by Peter Brook and starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
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#REDIRECT [[Der Besuch Der Alten Dame]]
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
First in South Africa ?*  First in English in 19** by **.
 
 
 
Presented by [[CAPAB]] in October 1966 directed by the New York director Stanley Waren.
 
 
 
 
 
The Visit ([[Magnet Theatre]], 1994), '''?????'''
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Besoek van die Ou Dame]]'' by [[Bartho Smit]] and performed at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] by [[NTO]] in 1962, with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] in the lead, directed by [[Fred Engelen]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visit
 
 
 
CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
== Return to ==
 
 
 
Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 V|V]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
 
 
 
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 
 
 
Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 
 
 
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